https://youtu.be/4LVenElKDGE About the speaker: Thomas Joscelyn is a senior fellow at FDD and is senior editor of FDD’s Long War Journal, a widely read publication on counterterrorism and related issues. Much of his research focuses on how al-Qaeda and the Islamic State operate around the globe. He has served as a consultant for the FBI’s Counterterrorism […]

https://youtu.be/6fN32FXfnBg Nothing happens in a vacuum.  Unfortunately, many leaders of terrorist organizations were emboldened by America’s muddled and haphazard withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rapid takeover of the Taliban. According to a Times of Israel article from Wednesday, August 18, 2021, Hezbollah leader, Sheik Nasrallah, called the American behavior in Afghanistan, “the moral downfall of […]

https://youtu.be/ojNxuayme1Y We have examined how the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan is perceived by our friends in the region, our enemies in the Middle East and throughout the world. But what do our Western allies think? Britain alone has lost at least 457 troops since entering Afghanistan in autumn 2001. Had the United States […]

https://youtu.be/cQrCdYtO1KY About Rep. Brian Mast: Prior to his election to Congress, Brian followed in his father’s footsteps by serving in the U.S. Army for more than 12 years, earning medals including The Bronze Star Medal, The Army Commendation Medal for Valor, The Purple Heart Medal, and The Defense Meritorious Service Medal. While deployed in Afghanistan, […]

Every day, Sarah uses her social media platforms to call out hypocrisy and antisemites, leading to a spat with Ilhan Omar.

https://youtu.be/RESUdUbUgvg Earlier this fall, after a protracted period of political infighting, Lebanon finally settled on a new government. How much of this government does Hezbollah control? To what degree is French President Emmanuel Macron going along with a Hezbollah- controlled government, despite his statement last year that he was “ashamed of Lebanon’s political leaders” because […]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTXFV6hsgKg Last month, David Albright, renowned and prominent physicist, stated “Iran is one month away from enough highly enriched uranium for at least one nuclear bomb.” Where does that place us now?  How far away is Iran from attaching it to a nuclear warhead or a drone? And what are our options? On October 13th, […]

Victoria Coates is the Director of the Center for Security Policy’s program on the Middle East and North Africa, which focuses on combatting global anti-Semitism, promoting the U.S.-Israel alliance, and combatting the threat from the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Nuclear scientists in the United States and Israel agree that at most, Iran is a few weeks away from enough nuclear fissile material for at least one bomb. Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed frustration with Iran's behavior regarding the diplomatic process, saying the window for diplomacy is closing “because Iran has been using the […]

https://youtu.be/1ZcdKwoVNNA Dr. Jonathan Schanzer is senior vice president for research at FDD, where he oversees the work of the organization’s experts and scholars. He is also on the leadership team of FDD’s Center on Economic and Financial Power, a project on the use of financial and economic power as a tool of statecraft. Jonathan previously […]