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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
Jamestown Article on CCP Influence Operations in Singapore Draws Media Attention
On July 16, The Jamestown Foundation's China Brief published an article by Russell Hsiao titled "A Preliminary Survey of CCP Influence Operations in Singapore." The piece has already been viewed over 10,300 times, making it one of the most read in the history of the publication. Within days, Hsiao's analysis... MORE
Press Release – Jamestown Delegation Travels To Minsk, Belarus
On November 4–6, Jamestown Foundation President Glen Howard led a delegation to the Republic of Belarus on a fact-finding visit to meet with President Alyaksandr Lukashenka and other civilian and military officials. The delegation included: Dr. Michael Carpenter, recently the US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense... MORE
Defeating ISIS and Al-Qaeda on the Ideological Battlefield: A Jamestown Foundation Workshop
In June, the Jamestown Foundation hosted a workshop of four experts led by Senior Fellow Michael W.S. Ryan to provide a starting point for an informed discussion concerning how the United States and its partners could defeat the ISIS group’s and al-Qaeda’s ideology. Hassan Hassan... MORE
Jamestown Analyst Adrian Zenz Interviewed, Cited in Numerous Outlets
Adrian Zenz's May 15 article, New Evidence for China’s Political Re-Education Campaign in Xinjiang, was cited in numerous press articles around the world. A selection of highlights: The Economist: China has turned Xinjiang into a police state like no other Washington Post: Former inmates of China's... MORE