FDD's Long War Journal

FDD's Long War Journal is a counterterrorism-focused news and analysis outlet operated under the umbrella of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a neoconservative think tank funded by private donors with hawkish, pro-Israel foreign policy priorities. The outlet concentrates almost entirely on jihadist groups, Islamic militancy, and U.S. military operations abroad, and approaches those topics from a hardline counterterrorism standpoint. Its posture toward the Trump second term is mixed: it broadly aligns with the administration on Iran pressure and Israel policy, but has been openly critical when Trump's approach to Afghanistan or the Taliban is seen as insufficiently tough on terrorist safe havens.