- "Hit Ayatollah Khamenei in His Pocketbook," Mark Dubowitz and Saeed Ghasseminejad, The Wall Street Journal
- "Revelations uncover bitter truths about Hezbollah’s dirty money," Jonathan Schanzer and Mark Dubowitz, Al-Arabiya
- "German Court Allows Labeling Jewish Anti-Zionist Activist as Antisemite," Benjamin Weinthal, The Jerusalem Post
- "Afghan and Coalition forces prepare for 2018 offensive against the Taliban," Bill Roggio and Alexandra Gutowski, FDD's Long War Journal
Afghan forces will be on the offensive in the coming year, but have significant challenges ahead.
- "Like President Donald Trump’s earlier pronouncements recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and declaring his intention to move the U.S. embassy there, Pence’s declaration places Egypt’s strongman, Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II in a very delicate and difficult position vis-à-vis their people and other Arabs and Muslims."
- "The Trump administration is underestimating the looming domestic threats to the Jordanian monarch that such rhetoric can cause. Pence’s announcement will likely galvanize and coalesce the domestic opposition to King Abdullah. In Egypt, Islamist activists – extremists and mainstream alike – will also mobilize in their opposition to Sissi."