I’ve appeared hundreds of times in leading TV, radio, print and digital in the US, UK, and elsewhere in the world.
Recent Media Appearances
2024
October 2, 2024
Council on Foreign Relations: “Israel, Gaza, and the Middle East a Year After the Hamas Attack”
August 15, 2024
U.S. News & World Report: “The Tortured Teens Department: What the Terror Plot Against a Taylor Swift Concert Tells Us About Youth Extremism”
July 19, 2024
Aspen Security Forum: “Denver Dialogue X ASF: The End of Soft Power?”
May 2024
The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy: “Shaping Policies to Counter Violent Extremism”
April 10, 2024
Trust. News. Democracy.: “Sensible Reforms: What Reforms Should Be Enacted to Engender Greater Civility, Transparency, Accountability, and National Security?” (starting at 3:17:00)
January 23, 2024
National Committee on American Foreign Policy: “What’s Next for U.S. Policy in the Middle East?”
2023
December 5, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “U.S. Community Responses to the Israel-Hamas War”
November 20, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “Historical Perspectives on Anti-Muslim Prejudice in the United States and Lessons for Today”
November 16, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Hate are Surging. Here’s How to Curb the Worst American Tradition.”
November 8, 2023
Quoted in The New York Times: “Longer and Bloodier the War, the Harder it Will Be for the Democratic Coalition”
October 27, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “The U.S. Faces a Public Relations Crisis in the Arab and Muslim World”
October 26, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “Conflict in the Middle East—The Israel-Hamas War”
October 12, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “Update on the Israel-Hamas War”
September 11, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “The Future of Counter Terrorism”
August 21, 2023
Foreign Affairs: Ask the Experts “Should the United States Normalize Relations With the Taliban?”
July 19, 2023
Aspen Security Forum featured on C-Span: “Shifting Tides: A New Middle East?”
July 10, 2023
Council on Foreign Relations: “The Threat of U.S. Domestic Terrorism: A Discussion of ‘Stranger at the Gate'”
April 20, 2023
The Burn Bag & Girl Security: “Farah Pandith on Global Influence and National Security”
2022
May 4, 2022
Milken Institute Global Conference: “The Future US-Asia Relations: Building Balanced Engagements Amid Global Transformations”
May 2, 2022
Milken Institute Global Conference: “Upending Paradigms: What Leading Looks Like Now”
March 7, 2022
CFR Renewing America Series: “Countering White Supremacist Violence”
2021
September 30, 2021
CFR Religion and Foreign Policy Webinars: “The Changing Landscape of Terrorism in the United States”
September 11, 2021
Monocle’s The Foreign Desk Podcast: “Did we win the war on terrorism?”
September 10, 2021
The Economist: “Farah Pandith on the success and sorrow of American Muslims”
NSI’s The SCIF: Contribution to “NSI Remembers: Lessons Learned”
September 8, 2021
ABC News Live: “How Sept. 11 became a watershed moment for US policies at home and abroad”
Al Jazeera: “Who are al-Qaeda? | Start Here”
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs: “Ending the Worst American Tradition: 20 Years After 9/11”
The New York Times: Quoted in “9/11 and After: Muslim Americans’ ‘Seismic Change’”
September 2, 2021
The Washington Post Magazine: “How 9/11 Changed: American Muslims”
September 1, 2021
Lowy Institute: “The world was changed by bin Laden’s horrific plan”
August 28, 2021
DW: “IS-K ‘building on momentum of the Taliban'”
August 27, 2021
Newsy: Farah Pandith on ISIS-K Attack at Kabul Airport
August 20, 2021
NBCLX: “As Taliban Take Over Afghanistan, We Have to Watch Out for ‘Spin'”
August 19, 2021
CNNi: Farah Pandith on the Taliban Takeover in Afghanistan
April 30, 2021
American Ambassadors Review: “Go Big on Soft Power: A Smart Countering Violent Extremism Strategy”
April 14, 2021
Financial Times: “Quitting QAnon: why it is so difficult to abandon a conspiracy theory”
March 29, 2021
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: “How Governments Can Still Win the Ideological War”
March 22, 2021
NBC News THINK: “Teen terrorism inspired by social media is on the rise. Here’s what we need to do.”
August 16, 2021
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs: “What Does the Taliban Takeover Mean for Afghanistan and the Region?”
March 9, 2021
Council on Foreign Relations: “The Rise of Nationalism at Home and Abroad”
March 2, 2021
sparks & honey: Disrupting Hate series conversation “American Hate”
January 28, 2021
Council on Foreign Relations: “Countering Violent Extremism: Three Moves Biden Should Make Now”
January 16, 2021
The Washington Post Magazine: “Biden Should…Develop a Plan to Repair Civil Society”
January 11, 2021
Berkley Forum: “Biden and Youth Engagement: A Generation Plan of Common Cause”
2020
December 11, 2020:
NBC News THINK: “Female extremists in QAnon and ISIS are on the rise. We need a new strategy to combat them.”
November 16, 2020:
The Boston Globe: “To rebuild, look abroad”
September 11, 2020:
CNN Opinion: “Two decades after 9/11, terror has morphed”
June 11, 2020:
The Cipher Brief: “COVID Lessons Learned From Tackling Extremist Ideologies”
June 10, 2020:
NBCNews.com: “Trump’s reaction to Black Lives Matter and the pandemic has destroyed U.S. credibility abroad”
April 27, 2020:
World Affairs Council of Greater Houston: “Reflecting on Lessons Learned After 9/11 in regard to Crisis Preparedness”
February 10, 2020:
TIME: Commentary in article, “Saudi Arabia Rebuffs Trump Administration’s Requests to Stop Teaching Hate Speech in Schools”
January 23, 2020:
sparks & honey panel: “Disrupting Hate with Farah Pandith”
2019
November 12, 2019:
Tony Blair Institute for Global Change: We Need to Save the World’s Lungs and its Heart
October 27, 2019:
CNNi: Farah Pandith on Fighting Extremism after Death of ISIS Leader Abubakr al-Baghdadi
September 19, 2019:
The Milken Institute: Asia’s Geopolitical Chessboard: Avoiding Checkmate Panel
September 18, 2019:
The Milken Institute: Danger Zone: Preparing and Responding to External Threats with Parag Khanna
September 10, 2019:
UT Austin Clements Center: Counterterrorism Since 9/11 Panel
July 24, 2019:
Tufts Now: Tell Me More: How to Combat Extremism
July 18, 2019:
Interview with Susan Glasser of The New Yorker at the Aspen Security Forum: ‘Defeating Extremism: How We Win’
June 27, 2019:
The Atlantic: Ideas Piece on Farah Pandith ‘We Have Been Lazy on Hate’
June 17, 2019:
Wisconsin Public Radio: Segment on How We Win and Countering Violent Extremism
June 7, 2019:
VOA News: Farah Pandith on Countering Violent Extremism
June 7, 2019:
Global I.Q. with Jim Falk: How We Win: Combatting Violent Extremism in a New Way
May 29, 2019:
OPB Think Out Loud: Farah Pandith on “How We Win” Against Violent Extremism
May 28, 2019:
She Said/She Said Podcast: How We Win against hate and extremism: A conversation with author and diplomatic entrepreneur Farah Pandith
May 22, 2019:
Quoted in article by Graeme Wood in The Atlantic: Trump Was Right Not to Sign the Christchurch Call
May 19, 2019:
Bloomberg Opinion Q&A: The Terrorists Can Be Beaten, But Not the Way We’re Trying
May 16, 2019:
Greater Boston with Jim Braude: How Do We ‘Win’ Against White Nationalist and Jihadist Extremists?
May 5, 2019:
CNN Fareed Zakaria: Interview with Farah Pandith and Jessica Stern
April 24, 2019:
The Cipher Brief Q&A: The Social Media Side of the Terrorist Threat
April 23, 2019:
Wisconsin Public Radio: Examining Terror Attacks in Sri Lanka and How to Prevent Violence
March 27, 2019:
NCLC story by Jordan Baker: Farah Pandith on Countering Extremism on College Campuses
March 21, 2019:
Featured in an article by Rikar Hussein in Voice of America: Analysts: IS Ideology Still a Threat Despite Setbacks
March 17, 2019:
Interviewed on CNN International by Zain Asher: Interview by Zain Asher
March 15, 2019:
Featured on CNN The Lead with Jake Tapper: Terrorism Expert Panel
March 15, 2019:
Featured on CBS News with Reena Niden: Countering Violent Right Wing Extremism
March 12, 2019:
Interviewed on NPR’s Morning Edition by Steve Inskeep: Why Young Muslims Need To Hear From Former Extremists
March 11, 2019:
Interviewed by the Cipher Brief: Why the U.S. is Losing the War on Extremism
January 10, 2019:
Contributor: 2019 Challenges in Counter-Extremism, Tony Blair Institute: National Security Readiness Requires Cultural Listening
2018
12/5/2018
Expert contributor, Global Terrorism Index 2018: Measuring the Impact of Terrorism
12/4/2018
Op-ed in Axios: How Khashoggi’s murder could reset expectations for U.S.-Saudi ties
10/30/2018
Featured in a column by Jeffrey Robbins in the Boston Herald: U.S. must stop being played by Saudi Arabia
9/13/2018
Featured panelist: ‘Battling Global Extremism: What Next?’, Council on Foreign Relations panel discussion with former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair, counterterrorism expert Bruce Hoffman, moderated by NPR’s Tom Gjelten.
6/16/2018
Interviewed by The Wire’s Maya Mirchandani: US is Falling Behind on Using Soft Power to Counter Violent Extremism
6/12/2018
Interviewed by The Daily O’s Saif Ullah Khan: Tackling insurgent ideologies: American diplomacy from Bush Sr to Obama to Trump-Kim Jong Un summit
5/20/2018
Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree from Tufts University.
4/6/2018
Interviewed by NPR’s Tom Gjelten: Trump And Muslims: A Warming Abroad, A Cooling At Home
2017
12/7/2017
Article in The Cipher Brief: Trump’s Move a Gift to Extremists
11/30/2017
Interviewed on PBS News Hour: Trump’s anti-Muslim retweets make Americans less safe, analysts say. Here’s how
10/11/2017
The Cipher Brief Op-ed: Extremists Take Aim at the Plastic Minds of Kids
9/28/2017
Interviewed by The Cipher Brief‘s Bennett Seftel: Recruits Hear Extremist Messages in ‘Surround Sound’
9/6/2017
Featured in The Cipher Brief: Rohingya Suffering Feeds Extremist Message Worldwide
8/30/2017
Featured in The Cipher Brief : State Department Special Envoys- Focus or Fat?
8/15/2017
Featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered”: Tillerson Calls Out Key Persian Gulf Allies in Religious Freedom Report
8/14/2017
Featured on MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber”
7/20/2017
Featured in Bloomberg: Islamic State is Dying on the Battle Field and Winning on the Internet
6/7/2017
Featured by the London Speaker Bureau on “How to win the war on terror.”
5/31/2017
Featured on the Council on Foreign Relation’s “How to Stop Terrorism” Podcast
5/26/2017
Featured on Public Radio International’s Otherhood Podcast
Quoted in Reuter’s
5/25/2017
Featured on NPR’s All Things Considered
5/22/2017
Quoted by PBS NewsHour on President Trump’s trip to Saudi Arabia
Featured on CNN’s New Day
5/21/2017
Featured on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper
5/3/2017
Featured by The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy
4/21/2017
Quoted in Foreign Policy “Elmo Joins the Forever War”
Interviewed by KCRW’s “Press Play with Madeleine Brand” on Understanding terrorism in France and Europe
2/11/2017
Featured in Matter of Fact with Soledad O’Brien
2/10/17
Featured in “Otherhood” on Public Radio International
1/31/17
Quoted by the AFP on on the growing threat of extremism, explaining that new initiatives in countering violent extremism should address radicalization on social media.
1/29/17
Featured on CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper
2016
11/10/16
Featured in the Women in Public Service Project’s Election 2016: The State of the 50×50 Movement in the U.S. and Beyond
10/11/16
Featured in PBS Frontline’s Confronting ISIS
9/11/16
CNN’s State of the Union with Jake Tapper on the 15th Anniversary of 9/11
9/2/16
Washington Post Op-Ed: Trump’s Anti-Muslim Tirades Have Costly Consequences
6/16/16
Marketplace Tech: How ISIS uses technology to attract new recruits.
6/13/16
Radio Boston, WBUR: How to stop extremist ideology in the wake of the Orlando attack.. Release of the DHS Homeland Security Advisory Council report for a national CVE plan, namely by scaling up local ideas.
6/11/16
America’s Global Challenge on BBC Radio—Newshour Extra: How the next president should deal with the spread of extremist, ISIS-inspired ideology.
3/29/16
Daily Dot: “Why ISIS is winning the online propaganda war”
3/27/16
Face the Nation with Former CIA Deputy Director Michael Morell and Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic on “Should the U.S. & EU Declare War on ISIS?”
3/24
Yahoo News: Interview w/Bianna Goldoryga and Dan Klaidman to discuss Sec. Kerry’s trip to Brussels
2/23
Launch of CSIS Commission on Countering Violent Extremism: Keynote by Tony Blair and closing remarks by Farah Pandith and Juan Zarate.
1/18/16
CBS News: How Muslim Extremists Are Recruiting Young People
Older
12/30/15:
Boston Herald: Saudi aid for hate must end
12/23/15:
Public Radio International: How to stop ISIS from recruiting young people: Use the Internet
12/17/15:
The Boston Globe: Building Dumbledore’s Army to fight ISIS
12/8/15:
New York Times: The World Needs a Long-Term Strategy for Defeating Extremism
News 4 San Antonio: How Moms Can Help Fight ISIS
Al-Jazeera America: On the Front Lines
12/6/15:
Yahoo News: President Obama, San Bernardino, ISIS and domestic terror, interview with Katie Couric
CBS News: Obama urges Muslims to confront problem of extremism “without excuse”
12/4/15:
IB Times: The War On ISIS: How European Countries Are Fighting Radicalization After Islamic State Fighters Return Home
12/3/15:
Christian Science Monitor: Islamic State adds smartphone app to its communications arsenal
11/22/15:
CNN: State of the Union with Jake Tapper
11/18/15:
WNYC: Reaching Muslim Youth:
CFR and Foreign Affairs: The Paris Attacks: Resources from Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Affairs:
11/17/15:
Radio Boston, WBUR: Paris Attacks
Bloomberg View, Islamic State Dominates the Digital Battlefield,
Council on Foreign Relations Townhall
11/16/15:
KPCC: Counterterrorism experts weigh in on the US response to the Paris attacks
11/15/15:
Center for Strategic and International Studies: 2016 Global Forecast
11/14/15:
CBS: Face the Nation
Council on Foreign Relations: Countering Extremism After the Paris Attacks,
10/15/15:
Fusion: How the fight against ISIS is being waged over teenagers’ social media accounts
9/11/15:
WNYC (NPR): Reflecting on 9/11, Assessing Today’s Threats
8/24/15:
Huffington Post: “YouTube’s Battle Against ISIS”
8/5/15 :
Harvard University School of Education, EdCast: Learning to Love or Hate
7/20/15:
CBS News: “Short take: Chattanooga and Ground Troops”
7/16/15:
Washington Free Beacon: “Congress: Stopping Terror Must Start at Home”
The Washington Post: “Counter-extremism or ethnic profiling? Congress can’t decide”
Voice of America: “Are US Gains Against Islamic Extremists’ Recruiting Illusory?”
7/2/15:
The Hill : “To counter violent extremism, focus on the young”
6/30/15:
The Washington Times : “Islamic State preys on all religions, but groups not of ‘the Book’ brutalized”
6/29/15:
The Independent: “Isis, a year of the caliphate: Who can defeat the so-called ‘Islamic State’ – and how?”
6/18/15:
The Independent: “Isis, a year of the caliphate: How powerful is the ‘Islamic State’ and what threat does it really pose to West?”
6/13/15:
National Journal: “What Should the U.S. Do About ISIS?: Engage Muslim Millennials”
6/10/15:
Amnesty International podcast: “In a Nutshell”
6/9/15:
Harvard University’s Belfer Center: US Institute of Peace and Foreign Policy “PeaceGame”:
6/7/15:
The Boston Globe: “Are Boston terrorism cases a trend?”
6/2/15:
United States Institute of Peace and Foreign Policy “PeaceGame”
5/20/15:
Council on Foreign Relations and Foreign Policy “Global Efforts to Counter Violent Extremism”
5/10/15:
Let Your Voice Be Heard! Radio: “Getting to the Root: The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist”
5/5/15:
The Hill: “Social media can stop ISIS”
4/30/15:
The Washington Diplomat : State Department Wages Online War To Blunt Islamic State’s Momentum
4/3/15:
Fortune.com: “How Farah Pandith plans to stop online extremists from reaching Muslim millennials”
3/9/15:
Chatham House’s The World Today: “Interview: Farah Pandith”
2/25/15:
PoliticKing with Larry King: “Why Extremists’ Recruiting Efforts Resonate With Some Western Muslim Millennials”
2/22/15:
CBS’s Face the Nation: “Does the U.S. have a strategy to fight extremists and their violent ideology?”
2/19/15:
CBS News: “American attitudes on fighting ISIS are changing”
2/17/15:
i24 News: “Farah Pandith on Countering Extremism”
CNN “The Lead” With Jake Tapper: “How to stop so many young Westerners from joining ISIS”
2/11/15:
Bloomberg News: “Islamic State Is a Threat to the Entire World: Pandith”
2/9/15:
The Guardian: “Women Can Recruit Women Better Than ISIS Can,” Farah Pandith,
2/5/15:
CBS News: “Fighting ISIS: Stopping the radicalization of millennials”
1/31/15:
Today’s Zaman: “Challenges for a Muslim in America after the Paris attacks”
1/28/15:
The Telegraph: “The Female Face of Terror,” Farah Pandith and Sasha Havlicek,
Also in Le Monde
1/24/15:
The Economist: “Multicultural and aggrieved”
1/23/15:
Slate’s “The Gist”: “The Five-Second Story”
1/22/15:
Rudaw (Kurdish Station): “Why Do Some Western Muslims Radicalize?”
1/18/15 :
ABC’s This Week: “Terror Flashpoint: How to Stop Radicalization”
1/16/15:
IndiaWest: “Too Early to Comment on Communal Politics in India: Experts”
1/15/15:
Global Voice Hall (CNN affiliate): “Extremists Recruit Children, Farah Pandith Weighs In”
1/14/15:
The Daily Beast: “White House: Don’t Call It Terrorism”
Also featured in
Japanese newspaper Sankei Shimbun:
Vice News: “How Gang Policing Tactics Could Help Prevent Terror Attacks”
CBS News: “Can the White House win the “battle of ideas” against extremists?”
1/13/15:
International Business Times: “Despite Paris Attack, France Will Not Pull Out Of US-Led Coalition Fighting ISIS, Experts Say”
1/12/15:
Sirius XM “Morning Briefing” with Tim Farley on POTUS
Christian Science Monitor: “Optics politics: Why Obama skipped the Paris rally with other world leaders”
Picked Up In:
Alaska Dispatch New Tang Dynasty TV
CQ Rollcall: “Muslim Staffers Host Eid Reception Wednesday”
1/11/15:
CBS’s Face the Nation: “How can the U.S. stop the spread of radicalization?”
1/9/15:
CFR 1/9/15 Media Call: “Media Conference Call: Farah Pandith on Violent Extremism”
Fox News: “How to counter the narrative of radical Islam”
Bloomberg News: “Can Extremists Be Stopped?”
The Australian: “Charlie Hebdo attack: Extreme targeting began with Salman Rushdie”
1/8/15 :
NPR’s Here & Now: Young Muslims In Europe Struggle With Identity
Picked up by WPSU
1/7/15:
The Wall Street Journal: “In Wake of Paris Attacks, a Look at Violent Reprisals Against Artists Depicting Islam”
Vice News: ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Shooting Rampage Is Fourth Attack In Three Weeks to Raise Terror Concerns In France
Bloomberg TV: “How Will International Community Respond to Paris Attack?”
CNN’s The Lead : “Analyst: French officials knew of extremist threat”
Knowledge@Wharton: “In the Struggle Against Extremism, Social Media Is the Message”