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April 20, 2010
US-Iran Sanctions Reporting Provision Poses Risk
A reporting provision in bipartisan Iran sanctions legislation under consideration in the U.S. Congress could pose a major risk for companies conducting business with the pariah state. A sma...
April 20, 2010
Obama’s Enforcer
Stuart Levey is the last person to put you in mind of Tony Soprano. Slight and good-natured, he pooh-poohs the notion that what he does for a living is a kind of genteel arm-twisting—intended to,...
April 20, 2010
Now Is The Time to Confront Iran
In his contribution on Thursday, internationally recognized human-rights expert Irwin Cotler underscored the importance of focusing on the Iranian regime's human-rights record. He has introduced th...
April 20, 2010
US Senate Seeks to Pressure Suppliers of Gasoline to Iran
Despite its vast petroleum resources, Iran is heavily dependent on imports for its transportation fuels needs, and some pro-democracy advocates say the US can use this dependence as leverage....
April 20, 2010
Amid Pressure For New Iran Sanctions, Obama Administration Weighs Efficacy
Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Washington-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said based on the targeted sanctions the U.S. and the United Nations has already establis...
April 20, 2010
US House OKs Bill Targeting Cost Invested In Iran Energy Sector
Fearing Iran is seeking to use its uranium enrichment for a nuclear weapons program, the legislation is designed to ratchet up the economic pressure on Tehran. "These sanctions are part of a...
April 20, 2010
US House Bill Would Punish Iranian Gasoline Trade
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Reuters) - Suppliers, brokers, insurers and tankers carrying gasoline to Iran could face U.S. sanctions if a bill making the rounds in the U.S. House of Representatives finds...
April 20, 2010
Obama’s First Big Diplomacy Test: Iran
Iran is shaping up to be the defining test of President Obama's engage-our-enemies diplomacy. As Mr. Obama has pursued his foreign policy in the initial weeks of his presidency, he has begun...
April 20, 2010
U.S. Congress Seen Hindering Cheap Fuel for Iran
Legislation to punish Tehran for its nuclear program by denying U.S. financial assistance to foreign companies that provide gasoline to Iran has a good chance of passing Congress. Iran may f...
April 20, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia’s Petronas Has Ended Gasoline Shipments to Iran
Washington, D.C. (April 15, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed reports that Petronas, the Malaysian state-owned energy company, has stopped supplying gasoline to Iran. Petronas joins seven other energy traders that have reportedly
April 19, 2010
US and Iraqi forces kill Al Masri and Baghdadi, al Qaeda in Iraq’s top two leaders
Iraq's Prime Minister and the US military confirmed that al Qaeda in Iraq's top two leaders have been killed during a raid in a remote region in the western province of Anbar....
April 19, 2010
Suicide bomber kills 23 in Peshawar
Terrorists have carried out their fourth major suicide attack in Pakistan's northwest in four days. A Taliban suicide bomber killed 23 people in an attack today at a crowded bazaar in the ci...
April 19, 2010
Al Qaeda beheaded in Iraq?
We should underline the following four points in our initial reaction to foreign reports, including a statement from Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri Maliki, that “Abu Omar al-Baghdadi and Abu Ayy...
April 19, 2010
Peace Talks: Bashar’s War by Other Means
Here's, belatedly, my piece from last Tuesday on Syria's smuggling of Scuds to Hezbollah: The Syrian president made a telling remark at the la...
April 19, 2010
Gates and Iran
Secretary of defense Robert Gates told the president last winter that we had no effective strategy for dealing with the Iranian nuclear weapons program. According to the New York Times Secr...
April 19, 2010
Taliban demand prisoner exchange for two ex-ISI officers
The Pakistani Taliban are demanding the government release two top Afghan Taliban commanders in exchange for two former ISI officers who are known supporters of jihadist groups. The Tali...
April 19, 2010
Where’s Iran In Obama’s War on Nukes?
It’s been one week since President Obama’s two-day “nukes are bad” extravaganza came to a close. No less than 47 heads of state attended the summit in Washington to determ...
April 18, 2010
The Gates Memo: World’ s Least Well Kept Secret
So, under the headline “Gates Says U.S. Lacks Policy to Curb Iran’s Nuclear Drive,” the New York Times reports that according to anonymous government officials: “Defense S...
April 18, 2010
Our New Year’s Resolution for Iran — Slap Them With Sanctions
Saturday is the Iranian holiday of Nowruz, marking both the first day of spring and the first day of the Iranian calendar. This year, the holiday is also a milestone for Americans. We've bee...
April 18, 2010
Hitting Tehran Where It Hurts
After three decades of an Islamic revolution that has neither upheld Islam's virtues nor brought revolutionary change from repression, many Iranians have had enough. But political transformation, i...
April 18, 2010
The El Baradei Candidacy
The seemingly interminable reign of President Hosni Mubarak has suppressed Egypt’s domestic political scene for decades. The Pharaoh, as he is known, has held an iron grip on power since th...
April 17, 2010
Top al Qaeda leader linked to 5 Americans on trial in Pakistan
Pakistani prosecutors claim that five Americans currently on trial for attempting to join al Qaeda were in contact with a top leader of the terror group. The five Americans are said to h...
April 15, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia’s Petronas Has Ended Gasoline Shipments to Iran
Press Release April 15, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org FDD Welcomes Reports that Malaysia's Petronas Has Ended...
April 15, 2010
To Pressure Iran, Obama Should Work on Europe — Not Russia and China
The Obama administration is squandering valuable time and resources in making extended overtures to Russia and China to join the West's crackdown on Iran's illegal atomic program. Secretary of Stat...
April 15, 2010
Kim Jong Il’s ‘Cashbox’
Despite all the pomp and nuclear summitry, North Korea keeps sliding down President Barack Obama's to-do list. Yet something must be done. The threat here is not solely North Korea's ow...
April 15, 2010
The Obama Doctrine
In recent days, the Obama administration has fired a salvo of national security initiatives: a new Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), a new National...
April 14, 2010
Standing up to Iran: Turn off Tehran’s gas
International diplomacy has failed to end Iran's nuclear program, halt its support for terrorist groups or force the regime to respect basic human rights. But a new strategy is at hand: In a...
April 14, 2010
U.S. to ease sanctions on software
The Obama administration said Monday it will ease some sanctions on Iran, Sudan and Cuba to allow U.S. exports of social-media software to help those countries' citizens "circumvent" government cen...
April 14, 2010
Review: Leaving Terrorism Behind
Though its chapters are somewhat uneven, Leaving Terrorism Behind makes a valuable contribution to the study of terrorist deradicalization and disengagement. The volume’s most significant c...
April 13, 2010
Peace Talks, Bashar’s War by Other Means
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is known to have a penchant for brinksmanship. Calculating that he has nothing to fear from a timid Obama administration, he is upping the ante in his direct mili...
April 12, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Russia’s Lukoil to End Gasoline Shipments to Iran
FDD Welcomes Reports that Russia's Lukoil to End Gasoline Shipments to Iran Joins list of Iran's energy partners bowing out of Iranian market Washington, D.C. (April 7, 2010) – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed reports that Russia's
April 12, 2010
Russia’s Lukoil Ends Iran Energy Development Project over Concern about Increased U.S. Sanctions
Russia's Lukoil Ends Iran Energy Development Project over Concern about Increased U.S. Sanctions Expresses Willingness to Continue if Political Pressure Lessens Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today welcomed
April 12, 2010
Shell Joins List of Companies Ending Gasoline Sales to Iran
Shell Joins List of Companies Ending Gasoline Sales to Iran Threat of gasoline sanctions has forced many major companies out of Iranian market, but final legislation and strong presidential support still needed Washington, D.C. (March 10, 2010) - The
April 12, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Two Large Gasoline Suppliers to Iran Bow Out of Market
FDD Welcomes Reports that Two Large Gasoline Suppliers to Iran Bow Out of Market Threat of gasoline sanctions exerting significant pressure on regime, but final legislation and strong presidential support still needed Washington, D.C. (March 8, 2010) -
April 12, 2010
Senate Approves Gasoline Sanctions as Part of Broad Legislation Targeting Iranian Regime
Senate Approves Gasoline Sanctions as Part of Broad Legislation Targeting Iranian Regime FDD Urges Congress, Administration to Press for Enactment to Keep Pressure on Regime Washington, D.C. (January 28, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies
April 12, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Swiss Energy Company Has Ended Gasoline Sales to Iran
FDD Welcomes Reports that Swiss Energy Company Has Ended Gasoline Sales to Iran Sanctions legislation moving through Congress already increasing pressure on the Iranian regime Washington, D.C. (January 11, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of
April 12, 2010
House Takes Major Step toward Gasoline Sanctions on Iran
House Takes Major Step toward Gasoline Sanctions on Iran Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act receives large bipartisan majority Washington, D.C. (December 15, 2009) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) praised the U.S. House of
April 12, 2010
FDD Applauds Introduction of Senate Banking Committee Iran Sanctions Bill
FDD Applauds Introduction of Senate Banking CommitteeIran Sanctions Bill Legislation includes sanctions on gasoline sales to Iran, other forms of economic warfare against Iranian regime Washington, D.C. (October 29, 2009) - The Foundation for Defense of
April 12, 2010
House Approves Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
House Approves Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009Sanctions on gasoline sales to Iran also needed to increase pressure on the regime Washington, D.C. (October 14, 2009) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) today praised the U.S. House of
April 12, 2010
FDD Applauds Congressional Action Targeting Iran’s Need to Import Gasoline
FDD Applauds Congressional Action Targeting Iran's Need to Import Gasoline Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2009) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for approving a measure to bar companies that sell or
April 12, 2010
Gasoline Sanctions Needed to Force Iran’s Hand on Nuclear Program
Gasoline Sanctions Needed to Force Iran's Hand on Nuclear Program Revelation of Second Nuclear Site Shows Need for Crippling Pressure Washington, D.C. (September 25, 2009) - The revelation that Iran has built a second, previously undisclosed nuclear
April 9, 2010
Sudan’s Election Fiasco
Former President George W. Bush is nowadays widely derided for his "faith-based" approach to foreign policy, characterized, according to its critics, by both the overweening ambitions of its prom...
April 8, 2010
Petraeus’s Israel Problem
Max Boot is a good historian. On Islam, I often disagree with him, finding in his work the wishful thinking common among Islamic Democracy Project enthusiasts. Still, he is thoughtful and civil,...
April 8, 2010
Preemptive Disarmament
Where's realpolitik when you need it? Last September, when President Barack Obama chaired a United Nations Security Council summit themed around his dreams of a planet without nuclear weapon...
April 8, 2010
Two States, No Solution?
Could Barack Obama be the American president who makes history by settling the Palestinian/Israel conflict once and for all? He and his closest advisers seem to think so. And why not? Th...
April 7, 2010
FDD Welcomes Reports that Russia’s Lukoil to End Gasoline Shipments to Iran
Press Release April 7, 2010 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org FDD Welcomes Reports that Russia's Lukoil to End Gasoline...
April 7, 2010
Nuclear Posturing
Let me see if I have this straight: Iran is developing nuclear weapons and threatening to use them and/or share them with terrorists. In response, President Obama has renounced the development of...
April 7, 2010
Born-Again “Resister”
Walid Jumblatt returned from his long-awaited visit to Syria last week a born-again “resister.” Completing the retreat from his previously-held positions, Jumblatt has adopted wholesa...
April 7, 2010
The American Terrorist Obama Wants to Kill
Co-Authored with Lee A. Casey Anwar al-Awlaki is an American citizen, born in New Mexico. He is best known as a radical imam who preaches jihad and celebrates violent Islamic ex...
April 6, 2010
Obama’s Scary New Plan for Nukes
Today President Obama reversed 60 years of U.S. nuclear policy and pledged we would not retaliate with nuclear weapons were we -- or our treaty allies --- attacked with conventional, biological o...
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