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February 21, 2012 Iran Offers ‘Readiness’ for Nuclear Talks as It Faces Financial Isolation “If strictly implemented, this could deny Iran’s banks the ability to move billions of dollars in financial transactions, and put immense pressure on Iran’s leaders to reconside... February 21, 2012 How Did We Forget About Mutually Assured Destruction? In the National Review, Clifford D May writes: "During the Cold War, t... February 21, 2012 Enacting Sanctions on Iran Isn’t Enough Sheryl Saperia, the Canadian policy director of the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says Canada should be making a serious effort, now more than ever, to ensure that... February 21, 2012 Conservatives Call for Obama to Intervene in Syria Fifty-six leading conservative foreign-policy experts wrote an open letter Friday to U.S. President Barack Obama calling on him to directly aid the Syrian opposition and protect the lives of Syri... February 21, 2012 EU Pays Price for Oil Sanctions on Iran: John Kemp THE SANCTIONS GAME PLAN In an influential report on the "Oil Market Impact of Sanctions Against the Central Bank of Iran", which has circulated widely in Washing... February 21, 2012 Swift Says Ready to Implement Sanctions on Iran Institutions Iran would be the first country to be cut off by Swift, according to Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington policy group, who has advised the... February 17, 2012 FDD Welcomes SWIFT’s Commitment to Expel Iranian Banks, Encourages Follow Through PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (FDD, February 17, 2012) – SWIFT, a top clearinghouse for international financial transactions, announced... February 17, 2012 Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Immediate Action in Syria Foreign Poli... February 17, 2012 Defcon 3 New round of sanctions against Iran? What's different about the current round of sanctions against Iran? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD's Vice-President of Research, explains.... February 17, 2012 The KSFO Morning Show Sanctions on Iran and Syria.... February 17, 2012 The John Batchelor Show U.S., Afghans in Taliban talks.... February 17, 2012 Obama’s Flip-Flop on Nuclear Fuel I recently wrote about the Obama administration's about-face on allowing Middle East countries to pursue nuclear fuel enrichment. Now, a distinguished group of conservative defense experts (... February 17, 2012 Would-be China Defector, Once Bo Xilai’s Right Hand, Oversaw Organ Harvesting “The so called ‘research scene’ that Wang Lijun refers to is either an outright execution site with medical vans, or possibly a medical ward, where peoples’ organs are sur... February 16, 2012 The Situation Room Concerns over whether Iran is trying to target Jewish groups in the United States.... February 16, 2012 Power & Politics Clifford May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and author Trita Parsi discuss Iran's announced advances in its nuclear program and the potential threat to the internati... February 16, 2012 Lou Dobbs Tonight Iran unveils new nuclear uranium enrichment project. What is the US and Israel's likely response?... February 16, 2012 Fox Business Foundation for Defense of Democracies VP of Research Jonathan Schanzer argues Iran could be deprived of millions if it's ejected by SWIFT.... February 16, 2012 Lars Larsen Show The rise political Islam and jihadi ideology.... February 16, 2012 The Don Kroeh Show The rise political Islam and jihadi ideology.... February 15, 2012 National Affairs Clifford May, the president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, explains what can be done to end the violence in Syria and says what is happening in Syria is a real human rights cat... February 15, 2012 File On 4 How will a European ban on Iranian oil affect Britain during a period of economic gloom Listen to the interview here.... February 15, 2012 Unmasked Judeophobia UNMASKED JUDEOPHOBIA is a meticulous examination of rising anti-Jewish ideology. Filmmaker Gloria Greenfield travels from Israel to Europe to North America, covering this phenomenon from all angl... February 15, 2012 In Growing Syria Crisis, Obama has Few Options "As the Obama administration agonizes over arming the opposition, the arming is already happening," said Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washing... February 14, 2012 Happening Now Implications of Syria's fate for Iran.... February 14, 2012 The Situation Room Are the latest attacks on Israeli diplomats signs of a "secret war" with Iran?... February 14, 2012 The Charles Adler Show Is Iran prepared to conduct attacks in North America?... February 14, 2012 The Charles Adler Show The latest developments in Iran and Syria.... February 14, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Rejecting appeal, Pakistani court says premier must face charges.... February 14, 2012 Your Turn The Arab Spring and Iran.... February 14, 2012 The Takeaway Despite China and Russia's staunch opposition, the Arab League will return to the United Nations Monday morning to propose a peacekeeping mission in Syria. But the Arab League isn’t the... February 14, 2012 Flash Brief CNN's Jim Clancy profiles Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the accident that propelled him to the Presidency.... February 12, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Egypt and violence in Syria and Lybia.... February 12, 2012 Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth Egypt, is this Obama's hostage crisis? Syria: how could we stop the killing? Israel: are we working with them or against them in our disclosures.... February 12, 2012 Iran: Stay Steady Clifford May, a perceptive student of geopolitical affairs, reports a glimmer of good news. Tough sanctions may be having an impact on Iran. The sanctions cannot do the job by themselves, however... February 12, 2012 US Extends Sanctions to Iran’s Central Bank Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said, “This executive order is the logical next step in the administration’s economic war on the Irania... February 12, 2012 US Adds Freeze of Assets to Iran Sanctions “This is an implementation of the central bank sanctions, designed to primarily target Iranian oil sales,” Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defen... February 12, 2012 Analysts Talk Arab Spring at Conservative Confab Reagan administration foreign policy expert Elliott Abrams, Senior Counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice David French, and former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore were also on the panel, w... February 12, 2012 EU Sanctions on Iran’s Main Ports Will Slash Trade If Enforced Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, a research group that supports sanctions on Iran, said the Tidewater ban is an important step... February 12, 2012 US, Allies Weigh Options in Syria Some arming of the opposition "is going to be happening in any case, because there are a lot of people in the gulf who see a lot of advantages in accelerating what's going on in Syria," said... February 9, 2012 CPAC panel debates how the Arab Spring affects the U.S. Moderator Cliff May, president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, began by asking the panelists if the Arab Spring was a good thing for America. Even the most optimistic participan... February 9, 2012 Opinion Journal John Hannah, former national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, on the violence in Syria and the Egyptian military's attacks on NGOs.... February 7, 2012 The John Batchelor Show U.S. sending commander to repair ties with Pakistan.... February 7, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The US and NATO transition from a combat role to a mentor role in Afghanistan.... February 6, 2012 Power & Politics Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Mark Dubowitz and Queen's University's Houchang Hassan-Yari discuss Iran's nuclear program.... February 6, 2012 The Don Krough Show Israel, the US, and Iran.... February 6, 2012 Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel Latest developments in Iran.... February 6, 2012 News Update Developments in Syria and Israel.... February 6, 2012 The Takeaway The latest developments in Syria.... February 6, 2012 Iran-Sanctions Bid Targets Oil, Tanker Companies A global oil embargo isn’t the intent of the congressional proposals, according to Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington policy gr... February 6, 2012 Obama Freezes Iranian Government, Bank Assets in U.S. Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington policy group that has advised the administration and Congress on sanctions, called Obama’s execu...

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