Latest Press Releases

Press Release – Jamestown Welcomes Janusz Bugajski as Senior Fellow; Jacob Zenn as Editor of Terrorism Monitor
The Jamestown Foundation is proud to announce the addition of two new associates to its team. Janusz Bugajski, a renowned expert on Russia, Europe, the Balkans and trans-Atlantic relations who has published several books with Jamestown, joins the foundation as a Senior Fellow. Jacob Zenn, Senior Fellow on... MORE

New Book — Striking Back: Overt and Covert Options to Combat Russian Disinformation
Western responses to Russian disinformation have been weak and uncoordinated. Most democratic countries have relied on defensive measures, such as media literacy programs and pressure on social networks. Jamestown Senior Fellow Thomas Kent proposes energetic new efforts to expose Russian narratives and to promote democratic... MORE

Press Release – IN MEMORIAM: Brent Scowcroft, 1925–2020
With deep sadness, The Jamestown Foundation marks the passing of Brent Scowcroft, a world-renowned expert of international affairs and the former National Security Advisor to Presidents Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush. General Scowcroft was a member of The Jamestown Foundation's Board of Directors from... MORE

Press Release – The Jamestown Foundation Launches New Website: Stealth War
The Jamestown Foundation is happy to announce the launch of a new website: Stealth War. Based upon the strategic insights offered by Jamestown Board Member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding in his best-selling book, Stealth War: How China Took Over While America's Elites Slept, this new website will be a compendium... MORE

Press Release – U.S. Secretary of State Comments on Research into the Forcible Suppression of Uyghur Birthrates
On June 29, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo cited the Jamestown Foundation's most recent research report by Dr. Adrian Zenz, titled “Sterilizations, IUDs, and Mandatory Birth Control: The CCP’s Campaign to Suppress Uyghur Birth Rates in Xinjiang,” in an official statement: The world received disturbing reports... MORE

Sterilizations, IUDs, and Mandatory Birth Control: The CCP’s Campaign to Suppress Uyghur Birthrates in Xinjiang
Dr. Adrian Zenz is one of the world’s leading scholars on People’s Republic of China (PRC) government policies towards the country’s western regions of Tibet and Xinjiang. Research performed by Dr. Zenz in 2017-2018 played a significant role in bringing to light the Chinese government’s... MORE

Press Release: The Circassians: Past, Present and Future – In Remembrance of Paul Henze and Kemal Karpat
On May 21, 2007, a day regarded as Circassian Memorial Day by the Circassian Diaspora, the Jamestown Foundation hosted a one day conference entitled: The Circassians: Past, Present, and Future. Participating in that event were some of the world's leading experts on the North Caucasus... MORE

Press Release – Russian Government Declares Jamestown Foundation ‘Undesirable’ Organization
Yesterday, April 8, the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation declared The Jamestown Foundation an “undesirable” organization, ostensibly in response to a series of articles published by Jamestown regarding nationalities trends in the Northwest Caucasus. The Russian authorities claim that Jamestown’s reporting and analysis... MORE

Press Release: Jamestown Senior Fellow Jacob Zenn Releases New Book, “Unmasking Boko Haram”
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The kidnapping of 276 schoolgirls from the village of Chibok, Nigeria, in 2014 drew the world's attention to the previously little-known extremist group Boko Haram. Numerous questions followed, among them: Where did Boko Haram come from? What explains the rise of this... MORE

Jamestown Welcomes New Board Member Brigadier General (ret.) Robert Spalding
The Jamestown Foundation is proud to announce the addition of retired U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Spalding to its Board of Directors. Jamestown President Glen Howard stated: "The addition of retired General Spalding to the Jamestown board will benefit the foundation immensely and allow us to... MORE