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
August 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 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”