Recent Profiles

A student of the political theorist Leo Strauss currently based at the Hudson Institute, Shulsky served as a Pentagon advisor during the George W. Bush presidency, including heading the controversial Office of Special Plans.

Academi LLC is a controversial private military contractor that was formerly called Blackwater Worldwide and later Xe Services LLC.

A lecturer in Terrorism and Radicalisation at the War Studies Departmen at King’s College London, Meleagrou-Hitchens has worked for a number of hawkish think tanks including the Hoover Institute as well as several U.S.- and UK-based groups associated with the neoconservative network, including the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Policy Exchange, and the Hudson Institute 

the American Islamic Forum for Democracy is a right-wing advocacy group that describes itself as the “most prominent American Muslim organization confronting the ideologies of political Islam.”

A controversial activist group closely connected to anti-Islamic and “pro-Israel” political factions, the Clarion Project has released films and publications that attack “Radical Islam” and call into question the trustworthiness of Muslims.

Conrad Black is a former media mogul closely connected to rightist political factions in the United States who was convicted in July 2007 for fraud and obstruction of justice and later pardoned by his friend President Trump.

David Friedman is U.S. Ambassador to Israel under Donald Trump. He is known for his extreme views on Israel, which include opposition to the creation of a Palestinian state and support for Israeli settlements.

Democratic Majority for Israel (DMFI) is a pressure group founded in early 2019 that serves as a watchdog and enforcer of Israel’s reputation in the Democratic Party.

The brainchild of Sears-Roebuck heiress Nina Rosenwald, the Gatestone Institute is a New York-based advocacy organization formerly chaired by John Bolton that is notorious for spreading misinformation about Muslims and advocating extremely hawkish views on everything from Middle East policy to immigration.

The Republican Jewish Coalition is a right wing Jewish advocacy groups that promotes an aggressive pro-Israel and anti-Iran policy.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced that he will step down from his post weeks after he was tied to President Trump's Ukraine scandal, and then refused to testify at impeachment hearings which his assistant termed a "secret star chamber inquisition."

Rupert Murdoch is the head of News Corp, the parent company of Fox News, and a long-time supporter of neoconservative campaigns to influence U.S. foreign policy.