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November 30, 2011 Buried Treasure America is in economic distress. The crisis threatens our national security because a nation that is weak economically cannot be strong in other ways. If only we had an... November 30, 2011 The Big Business Behind Iran’s Proliferation In preparing to expand sanctions on Iran this week, the governments of the European Union face a critical choice. They can carry on with their current strategy of relying chiefly on pinpoint desi... November 29, 2011 Pink Eye In June 2007, I marched in Jerusalem’s gay pride parade. To do so was a risk. A group of ultra-Orthodox rabbis had issued a hex on t... November 29, 2011 Who’s Blowing Up Iran? Another week, another explosion at or near an Iranian military installation (or is it a nuclear research... November 28, 2011 Egypt’s Military Must Step Aside With only days left before Egyptians are to vote in their first elections since the fall of Hosni Mubarak, thousands of protesters spanning every political ideology, from secular to Islamist, hav... November 28, 2011 Deutschland Darf Sanktionen Gegen Iran Nicht Bremsen Die Europäische Union stolpert durch eine neue Diskussion &uum... November 28, 2011 How Do Famous Italians Cope With Meltdown? Thanks to the ever-vigilant Italian press, in this case the... November 28, 2011 Austerity for Europe – Increased EU Aid for the Palestinians Amidst Europe’s worst economic crisis in recent memory, the European Parliament (EP) has just decided to raise Europe’s aid to the Palestinians by €100 million - 30 percent more... November 28, 2011 The EU’s Fragmented Iran Policy The European Union is stumbling through a new Iran sanctions discussion, as member states wrestle with conflicting policies to thwart Iran's quest to obtain nuclear weapons.... November 28, 2011 Pakistan Orders Closure of key US Airbase After ISAF Troops Conduct Cross-Border Attack Within 24 hours of a US attack helicopters strike inside Pakistan's Taliban-controlled tribal agency of Mohmand that killed more than 20 Pakistani troops, the Pakistan government has ordered... November 28, 2011 IMU Cleric Urges Pakistanis to Continue Sheltering Jihadis in Waziristan A top ideologue for the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan urged Pakistanis living in Waziristan to continue to shelter jihadists, and said the Pakistani state has done the most damage to terror grou... November 28, 2011 What Can Stop Iran Now? Nothing Much The latest round of media hype on Iran offers much comic relief for an otherwise terrible truth. Iran can only be stopped from getting nuclear weapons by factors that are largely beyond the contr... November 28, 2011 The Xinjiang Procedure To figure out what is taking place today in a closed society such as northwest China, sometimes you have to go back a decade, sometimes more. One clue might be found on a hilltop n... November 28, 2011 Al Qaeda Only has Two HVTs Left. Really. What passes for a deep understanding of the nature of al Qaeda's leadership within US government intelligence circles continues to amaze. According to "US counterterrorism and intelligence o... November 28, 2011 The Arab Spring: “Why Exactly at this Time?” By Sadek J. al-Azm, Emeritus, University of Damascus Translated from Arabic by Steve Miller, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies “Why exa... November 27, 2011 US Helicopters Kill 28 Pakistani Troops on Afghan Border US attack helicopters killed 28 Pakistani troops manning a border outpost along the Afghan border, according to Pakistani military officials. Pakistan has retaliated by closing the vital Khyber P... November 23, 2011 Split Ends In March, the Syrian regime began slaughtering peaceful demonstrators in Deraa, a small city close to the Jordanian border. In August, the American president called for the man responsible for th... November 23, 2011 Common Threats, Different Approaches Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour... November 23, 2011 Romney’s Iran Gaffe For a guy who generally seems solid on national security, Mitt Romney flashed some disturbing weakness at last night’s foreign-policy... November 23, 2011 The Strong Horse: Power, Politics, and the Clash of Arab Civilization Soon after the World Trade Center towers fell, leaving ashes floating over journalist Lee Smith’s Brooklyn neighborhood, he left for Cairo to find out “why the Arabs hate us.” H... November 23, 2011 Common Threats, Different Approaches Israel, the EU and the U.S. confront the challenge of a nuclear Iran Mr President of the European Parliament’s Delegation to the Israeli Knesset, Honour... November 22, 2011 A GOP Debate Preview As the U.S. heads toward the 2012 presidential elections, the country remains bogged down in a prolonged period of unemployment. Yet if Iran succeeds in its quest to obtain nuclear weapons, it wi... November 22, 2011 Egypt’s Next Big Moment With only days left before Egyptians are expected to vote in their first elections since the fall of president... November 22, 2011 What Would the Gipper Do? Back in 1985, Charles Krauthammer, writing in Time magazine, called President Ronald Reagan “the master of the... November 21, 2011 Don’t Give Up on Sanctions The release last week of the International Atomic Energy Agency’s report on Iran’s progressing nuclear program has to make one wonder whether more than 30 years of sanctions have help... November 21, 2011 The Vienna-Tehran Connection “In the first eight months of this year, Austrian firms supplied goods and services worth a total of 189 million euros to the Islamic Republic, more than, for example, to Israel, Thailand o... November 21, 2011 Sanctioning Iran’s Military-Industrial Complex As the United States and its allies have tightened sanctions on Iran, they have sought in particular to isolate the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the regime’s most aggressive inst... November 21, 2011 The Fall of the House of Assad Bashar al-Assad is finished. The Arab League has condemned him, as have former allies Qatar and Turkey. One time Saudi intelligence chief Turki al-Faisal says Assad’s exit is inevitable. Pe... November 21, 2011 Obama and the EU Could Stop Iran’s Nuclear Quest With Crippling Financial Sanctions On Monday, November 14, only days after the United Nations' nuclear authority detailed... November 21, 2011 EU Must Take Iran Action For almost 10 years, the European Union has engaged Iran’s rulers in fruitless diplomatic efforts to halt their nuclear weapons program. Last week, the International Atomic Energy Agency co... November 18, 2011 Syria Ruffles Turkey’s Feathers The attack by Syrian regime thugs on Turkish missions in Syria last Saturday has spurred a strong rebuke and warnings from Ankara. However, while this may have been the most open Syrian attack ag... November 17, 2011 The War Against the Mullahs This past weekend’s monster explosion at a Revolutionary Guards base outside Tehran has attracted the usual assortment of speculation and “informed information,” most of it suck... November 16, 2011 AQAP Seizes Another Town in Southern Yemen Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has taken control of yet another town in southern Yemen. The town of Al Koud fell to the terror group on Monday after heavy fighting over the weekend. "... November 16, 2011 Obama’s Iran Failure The Obama administration’s Iran policy rested on three pillars—the peace process, engagement, and containment. The first would win the newly elected president credit wit... November 16, 2011 Iran Options The report issued by the International Atomic Energy Agency last week confirms that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will soon have their fingers on nuclear triggers -- unless serio... November 15, 2011 Belarus, the Land of No Applause Unlike other dictators, who speak of their love for “freedom” and “liberty,” President Aleksandr Lukashenko of Belarus is admirably blunt abou... November 15, 2011 Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction... November 15, 2011 Obama’s Disarmament Policy: We Go First While the Obama administration has spent the last three years attempting to take the world down the Road to Zero nuclear weapons, last week the International Atomic Energy Agency released a repor... November 15, 2011 Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction... November 14, 2011 The President, the Constitution, and National Security Position One: The president has the authority to launch war unilaterally — without any authorization from Congress — in the absence of an attack, or even a t... November 14, 2011 How to Target the Islamic Republic Diplomatically The International Atomic Energy Agency report released on Tuesday confirmed the West’s suspicions that the Islamic Republic is working on a nuclear weapons system. According to the the Vien... November 14, 2011 Reading IAEA in Tehran Reading the Iranian press last week after the International Atomic Energy Agency released its report on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program elicited a sense of déjà vu: It... November 14, 2011 A Blow to Obama’s Russia ‘Reset’ Last week's International Atomic Energy Agency report on Iranian nuclear activities has understandably ruffled feathers in American and European foreign-policy circles. Among other damning c... November 11, 2011 U.S. Policy in Syria Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo... November 10, 2011 Why Has Canada Not Yet Banned Iran’s Terrorist Organization? According to press reports, a United Nations organization has revealed that, "Iran's government has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon." The International... November 10, 2011 The IAEA Exposes Iran’s Shell Game In order to fool the U.S. intelligence community when it comes to a nuclear weapons program, all a rogue regime has to do is change the name of the government agency housing it. Although that may... November 10, 2011 Iranian Nuclear Details Should’ve Been Released Years Ago A new report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) offers a detailed list of evidence in regard to Iran’s clandestine efforts to build a nuclear device and fit it onto long-ran... November 10, 2011 Iran: No More Doubts After two weeks of speculation about a possible Israeli strike against Iranian nuclear installations, the Israeli government went silent - the onset of winter makes any military operation unlikel... November 9, 2011 ISAF Beats Back Assault on Eastern Afghan Base Coalition troops defeated a massed assault by the Haqqani Network and allied terror groups on a remote base near the border with Pakistan earlier today. Afghan officials claimed that more than 60... November 9, 2011 Among the Truthers Do we live in the age of conspiracy? In April, after repeated prodding by then-Presidential candidate Donald Trump, Barack Obama felt compelled to release his "long form" birth ce...

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