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Jun 11
#China’s global reach of repression uses many tools, including Manhattan “police stations," overseas criminal gangs and Western university professors. This week on The Threat, we discuss Beijing’s long arm with Hong Kong democracy activist, @AnnaKwokFY: tinyurl.com/y7ths562
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Jun 11
China’s global reach of repression uses many tools and instruments, “police stations” in Manhattan, overseas gangs and Western university professors. This week on The Threat we discuss Beijing’s long arm with the Hong Kong democracy activist, Anna Kwok.
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Jun 8
Congressional candidate Adam Hamawy spoke of his past work in Bosnia for the Benevolence International Fund. The @gwupoe’s Jeffrey Parsons writes of the charity’s deep ties to Al Qaeda: tinyurl.com/37bpuj5a
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Jun 8
Iran’s foreign embassies -- from South Africa to Armenia -- are posting antisemitic Nazi cartoons reminiscent of Germany’s Der Stürmer during the 1940s, writes the @gwupoe’s Dr. Omar Mohammed: tinyurl.com/mst4jphf
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Jun 8
#ISIS has suffered a string of military defeats on the battlefield. But the terrorist organization’s ideology remains a powerful tool for recruitment in the U.S., the @gwupoe’s Jeffrey Parsons writes: tinyurl.com/59aw2rf2
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Jun 5
Great piece.
Jun 5
Who are the real Orientalists in the debate over Marjane Satrapi? My @newlinesmag colleague @Chrysographer & I sift through some of the arguments, consulted Iran scholars such as @nahid8 & @negaratduke, and quote the late artist herself, in her own words.
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Jun 5
1.) @StateDept sanctions the Cuban Institute for Friendship with the Peoples (ICAP) for being a front for Cuban intelligence. ICAP has played a central role in bringing American activists to Havana, including Hasan Piker this March: tinyurl.com/2pvw7fde
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2.) ICAP also played a central role in bringing the American political activist, Calla Walsh, to #Cuba on multiple trips beginning in 2022. I documented Walsh’s radicalization, and Cuba’s role in it, for @TheFP in March: tinyurl.com/2s3pvx5s
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What happens when Cuban regime networks, Palestinian militant organizations, and U.S.-based activist groups intersect?
My latest @WashTimes piece examines the PFLP's presence in Cuba, the role of Havana in regional influence operations, and links to a California nonprofit.
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How does ISIS use the theme of prisoner releases in propaganda to sustain loyalty and mobilize action? Drawing on our TITAN database, PoE's Jordyn Abrams's quantitative analysis unpacks the narratives behind prison breakouts and propaganda.
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Jun 2
Cuban tanks to Syria? Havana’s mercenaries in Angola? This week on The Threat podcast we discuss with @GeletMartinez the Castro’s half-century campaign to export their communist revolution round the globe. tinyurl.com/ncfjcd2r
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The Trump admin is intensifying efforts to topple the Cuban government, stationing a carrier strike group off the coast. This ep on The Threat, we explore the regime’s history of exporting Communism & discuss what a Castro exit means with @GeletMartinez
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May 29
.@dojphofficial releases new details about Mohammad al-Saadi, captured Iranian proxy commander charged with overseeing at least 20 terror attacks in Europe in 2026. His phone data revealed him to be almost a “son” of the late IRGC General Qasem Soleimani. tinyurl.com/yyfjh524
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May 28
How did an antisemitic conspiracy theory about Israel taking over Patagonia go global? Leonel Caraciki of the @gwupoe explains the powers at play: tinyurl.com/4tuxb4nm
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May 22
The teenagers who attacked the San Diego Islamic Center this week were certainly driven by anti-Islamic bigotry. But, as Jordyn Abrams writes in The Threat Substack, they were also proponents of an anti-technology extremist ideology: tinyurl.com/2z8bzztu
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May 22
The lone wolf assassin, from John Wilkes Booth to John Hinckley Jr., has been a constant throughout US history. But is politics really the motive, including for the White House Correspondents Dinner shooter? We discuss on the latest episode of The Threat: tinyurl.com/d2r4mtmd
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May 21
#Hezbollah is at its weakest point in 40 Years, the U.S. must help Lebanon permanently end its reign, write @gwupoe’s Lara Burns: tinyurl.com/nvhb5c32
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May 19
The U.S.’s capture of a Kata’ib Hezbollah commander last week marked a major strike against Iran’s global terror network. And Dr. Omar Mohammed writes for @gwupoe that the operation appears to mark a rare U.S. rendition from inside #Iraq. tinyurl.com/2p9sza2p
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May 18
The Radicalization of Calla Walsh - by @FPJaySolomon
How does a 21-year-old from Cambridge end up on a U.S. government watch list and living in a Hezbollah-controlled neighborhood of Beirut, making pro-Iran propaganda? That’s the question investigative reporter Jay Solomon set out to solve when he started looking into the disturbing case of Calla Walsh late last year.
Unbelievable story - read👇
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May 18
The Trump administration recently designated four branches of the #MuslimBrotherhood as terrorist organizations. Will Europe follow suit? Dr. Lorenzo Vidino examines the complexities for The Threat: tinyurl.com/4vp4dx5d
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