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October 22, 2009 U.N. Injustice Founded "to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war," today's United Nations is instead laying the groundwork for war galore. In the name of "justice," the U.N. handicaps democra... October 22, 2009 The New U.S. Sudan Policy: A Preliminary Review By Dr. J. Peter Pham After a weekend marked by leaks to the Washi... October 22, 2009 The Strategic Challenge of Somalia’s Al-Shabaab Since emerging from an era of colonialism under Italy and Britain, Somalia has passed through military dictatorship, famine, and civil war to regional fragmentation. In the modern period, America... October 21, 2009 The Problem of Evil Since 9/11, Michael Ledeen has been warning that this war against America was never about Afghanistan or Iraq, but has always been a regional war, with malefactors are up to no good around the wo... October 20, 2009 The Code Is Mightier Than The Sword By Mark Dubowitz and Larry Footer The Long War against radical Islam is a war of... October 20, 2009 We Have Met the Enemy . . . Speaking publicly about the role of Iran in Afghanistan--which is substantial, and about which we have considerable information--seems to be taboo for our current leaders. This is neither new nor... October 20, 2009 Taliban Rattles Pakistan By Dr. Walid Phares As the Taliban send suicide bombers inside Pakistan's cities, observers focus on the horrors and the continuing bloodshed. And though the Talib... October 16, 2009 Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West From Accomplice to Evil: “The world is simmering in the familiar rhetoric and actions of movements and regimes—from Hezbollah and al Qaeda to the Iranian Khomeinists and the Saudi Wahhabis—who s... October 16, 2009 Can Obama Accept the Prize? By Dr. J Peter Pham and Ronald D. Rotunda People can, and undoubtedly will, argue for some time about whether President Obama deserves the Nobel Peace Prize. Meanwhile, though,... October 15, 2009 House Approves Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009 Press Release October 14, 2009 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org House Approves Iran Sanctions Enabling... October 15, 2009 Pakistan Notebook Islamabad — I picked an interesting moment to visit Pakistan: four terrorist attacks in less than a week. The first was at the World Food Programme office here in the capital: five killed.... October 15, 2009 Peace Porridge President Barack Obama's premature Nobel Peace Prize has catalyzed a useful debate, in which the real question is less the timing of the award than what, exactly, he has won. How are we to r... October 15, 2009 Eritrea: Spoiler Exacerbates Crisis in the Horn of Africa and Beyond By Dr. J. Peter Pham One of the frustrations with which Africa's friends have had to repeatedly cope over the years has been the seemingly utter incapacity of the African l... October 15, 2009 Why Defeating the Taliban Is Key to Stopping Al Qaeda WASHINGTON - Sophisticated critics of sending more US troops to fight the Taliban argue that the group is not as central a threat to American national security as Al Qaeda. Yet, fo... October 13, 2009 Dr. Walid Phares to Speak at the EPP Conference in Vienna On “Transatlantic Strategies to Counter Te Press Release October 13, 2009 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org Dr. Walid Phares to Speak at the... October 13, 2009 Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West by FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen Press Release October 13, 2009 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the... October 9, 2009 Nobel Committee Pulls Oil Plug on Democracy By Dr. Walid Phares As soon as the Oslo committee issued its Nobel Peace Prize to President Barack Obama, an expected debate raged in America about the legitimacy of such a move... October 8, 2009 Fighting Jihadists Frees Muslims From Oppression By Dr. Walid Phares In an interview I conducted with Nowe Panstwo (Our Times), a Politics and History Journal in Poland, I argued that jihad as an ideology, as a movement, and a... October 8, 2009 Win Over Washington One Nuke At A Time To: The Interim Government of Honduras, Attention Interim President Roberto Micheletti From: The Hope and Change Global Consulting Service, Washington,... October 5, 2009 Kurt Westergaard, Free Speech, and Leftist Refuseniks Has Jack Layton converted to Islam? That's what activist Tarek Fatah... October 5, 2009 Time for a Hail Mary On Iran Diplomacy without leverage isn't negotiating, it's begging. And with Iran standing at the threshold of nuclear weapons, begging is NOT the right strategy. Iran's nuc... October 2, 2009 World Must Sustain Push Against Iran’s Human Rights Abuses By Dr. Walid Phares As the United States and the international community meet Iran's diplomats and hope for the nuclear crisis to be resolved, another critical fro... October 1, 2009 Want Detente? Be Careful What You Wish For As the dust settles with an eerie hazmat glitter on this year's opening of the United Nations General Assembly, I'm finally ready to give up on that Bush-coined phrase, "axis of evil."... October 1, 2009 Guinea: At the Edge of the Precipice By Dr. Walid Phares When Captain Moussa Dadis Camara seized power the day before Christmas Eve last year following the death of longtime ruler General Lansana Conté, I wa... October 1, 2009 Abdullah al-Faisal: Extremist Ideologue with Influence in the West By Madeleine Gruen In 2009, Americans have seen an increase in terrorism-related arrests of U.S. citizens who traveled abroad for training and battlefield experience. In January... October 1, 2009 Can Sanctions “Cripple” Iran? In 1981, Israeli leaders sent bombers to destroy Saddam Hussein's nuclear reactor at Osirak. Rafael Eitan, the... September 30, 2009 We’ve Been Talking to Iran for 30 Years The Obama administration's talks with Iran-set to take place tomorrow in Geneva-are accompanied by an alm... September 29, 2009 Daniel Patrick Boyd Charged With Plotting Attack on Quantico Marine Base On Sept. 24, a superseding indictment was filed in the criminal case against Dan... September 28, 2009 The Najibullah Zazi Detention Memo and His Use of Explosives On Sept. 24, the government submitted a memorandum of law supporting its motion for a permanent order of d... September 25, 2009 Gasoline Sanctions Needed to Force Iran’s Hand on Nuclear Program Press Release September 25, 2009 CONTACT: Judy Mayka 202-621-3948 judy@defenddemocracy.org Gasoline Sanctions Needed to Force... September 25, 2009 Why Iran Could Be Obama’s Defining Moment President Obama has just been presented with what could be the defining moment of his presidency and perhaps a defining moment in world history. On the eve of his speech calling on the nations of... September 24, 2009 Authority Complex In 1996, Vice President Al Gore was named by President Bill Clinton to chair the White House Commission on Aviation Safety. Over the months that followed, he and an impressive list of commissione... September 24, 2009 Putting Puntland’s Potential into Play By Dr. J. Peter Pham In last week's column, I noted that the United States military and intelligence communitie... September 24, 2009 The President And Two Dictators America has "re-engaged the United Nations," said President Barack Obama in his maiden speech Wednesday to the U.N. General Assembly. Yes, it has, and within hours both Libya's Col. Muammar... September 24, 2009 Gaddafi, Ahmadinejad and the Muslim Political World’s Ongoing Clown Show Pop quiz: Who is the President of Indonesia? If you knew the answer was Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, award yourself a gold sticker in the shape of the Wikipedia logo. But if you're amo... September 24, 2009 UN Turns Blind Eye to Weaker Middle East Nations By Dr. Walid Phares How ironic that Middle East's dictators and their allies showed up at the General Assembly in New York in 2009 to blast what they coined as a Western ab... September 23, 2009 Message to the U.N. – Support Democracy Not Dictators By Dr. Walid Phares As President Obama was addressing the General Assembly of the United Nations, just before Libya's dictator Moammar Kadhafi called for the demise of the... September 22, 2009 Ahmadinejad Personally Recruited Sanctions Buster During New York Trip, Court Documents Show For the fifth time in five years, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is descending on New York to speak at the September opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His previous visits... September 21, 2009 Will Obama ‘Do a Rumsfeld’ In Afghanistan? When I was in Afghanistan earlier this year it was clear we didn't have enough troops to do anything more than tread water. Things have only gotten worse. President Obama is offerin... September 18, 2009 Pashtuns and Pakistanis The war in Afghanistan obviously isn't going well. Depressing critiques from all quarters underscore Afghanistan's appalling poverty, warlordism, religious conservatism, corruption, pop... September 18, 2009 Obama Tosses an Ally Overboard – And We Get Zip Remember Polish jokes? They're politically incorrect these days, so no one makes them. No one, that is, except President Obama. By cancelling the promised missile shield, he in effect cut Po... September 17, 2009 Dr. Walid Phares to participate in Trans-Atlantic Legislative Summit on Counter Terrorism Next week, an important summit will be held by a number of legislators from the European Parliament, the US Congress and the Canadian Parliament to discuss "al Qaeda's and other Jihadi force... September 17, 2009 Why Is Missile Defense Controversial? Missile defense - as the term might suggest - is defensive, not offensive. Brilliant American scientists have developed sophisticated technologies to prevent missiles - including those armed with... September 17, 2009 Axis Of Opportunism The bad old Axis of Evil is back in the news. That's not because President Barack Obama has resurrected the label, but because he's now planning to hold direct talks with its two surviv... September 17, 2009 Somali Instability Still Poses Threat Even After Successful Strike on Nabhan By Dr. J. Walid Phares The United States struck an important blow against Islamist terrorism in the Horn of Africa earlier this week when, in the middle of the day on Monday, Sp... September 17, 2009 Meet Diana Ralph, the Bizarre Anti-Israeli Conspiracy Theorist Who Charmed the United Church of Cana The United Church of Canada narrowly avoided disgrace last month, when its members rejected a bigoted resolution aimed at boycotting Israel. But a scandalous new revelation suggests the controver... September 16, 2009 Bin Laden: U.S. Must Break From Israel For Peace By Dr. Walid Phares Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden spoke to the American people on the eighth anniversary of 9/11 asserting that the main reason for the al-Qaida attacks on New... September 15, 2009 Oil Itself Is A Problem On June 18, 2009, inFOCUS editor Jonathan Schanzer interviewed R. James Woolsey. Mr. Woolsey was Director of Central Intelligence from 1993 to 1995. Mr. Woolsey is Chairman of the Adviso... September 15, 2009 Are Naomi Klein et al Being Used as Palestinian Authority Sock Puppets? For the last little while, Toronto has been the scene of a teapot tempest over its International Film Festival (TIFF). On one side are a bunch of Hollywood celebrities and local anti-Israeli acti... September 15, 2009 Canada Grows Up Anti-Americanism has been Canada's defining intellectual ailment for generations. Not the fire-breathing hatred felt in some parts of the world, or even the elitist sneer directed westward f...

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