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October 23, 2014 The Jon Justice Show FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross explains how the media has shifted its focus from the Islamic State.... October 23, 2014 Wolf! FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross explains how terrorist groups like the Islamic State attract Western recruits.... October 23, 2014 Opinion Journal FDD Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer analyzes the recent events in Ottawa.... October 23, 2014 The Situation Room FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross analyzes the Ottawa terrorist attacker.... October 23, 2014 Kidnapping Plot in Turkey Raises New Questions About U.S. Troops’ Safety ... U.S. troops in Turkey should not wear their uniforms while off base and take other precautions so that they don’t become an “easy t... October 23, 2014 Could Terrorists Use Ebola to Attack the United States? ... "Say you’re coming from Iraq or Syria," said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington. "You&rs... October 22, 2014 Taliban Claim Freed ex-Gitmo Prisoners Visited by Members of Terror Group ... The Taliban statement, first reported by the Long War Journal, claims that Qari Abdul Rasheed Omari, a military commander for southeastern... October 21, 2014 FDD Welcomes Oren Kessler as New Deputy Director of Research Washington, D.C. - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed Oren Kessler this week as its newest Deputy Di... October 21, 2014 Obama Might Try To Circumvent Congress On An Iran Deal — And He’s Already Getting An Earful ... "The administration has been signaling for months that it will ignore Congress and impose a deal over their objections for one simple reason: T... October 21, 2014 Cavuto FDD President Clifford May reveals that US humanitarian aid could be going to the Islamic State.... October 21, 2014 The Frank Beckmann Show FDD Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer comments on the possibility that US humanitarian aid is ending up with the Islamic State.... October 21, 2014 The John Batchelor Show FDD Senior Fellows Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio discuss the Islamic State's advance in Iraq.... October 21, 2014 The John Batchelor Show FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen reflects on "the myth of Rouhani" as a great reformer.... October 21, 2014 Interview: This Is The ISIS Mastermind Responsible For The Group’s Advance Through Western Iraq Daveed Gartenstein-Ross is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and an adjunct assistant professor at Georgetown University. He recently published an article ... October 20, 2014 Power & Politics FDD President Clifford May comments on the Islamic State's continued advance.... October 20, 2014 Inside America FDD Research Associate Merve Tahiroglu participates in a panel on Turkey-US relations.... October 20, 2014 Chasing a Bad Deal With Iran ... Letting Iran keep thousands of centrifuges is contrary to the position of this, the previous administration and six U.N. resolutions. The reason is obvious.... October 20, 2014 U.S. Humanitarian Aid Going to ISIS ... “I am alarmed that we are providing support for ISIS governance,” says Jonathan Schanzer, a Mideast expert with the Washington D.C.... October 20, 2014 Of Course U.S. Humanitarian Aid Is Making Its Way to ISIS ... There is some suggestion in the piece that curtailing or shutting off aid could turn the population against the Islamic State, making it impossible for the group to keep holding terr... October 16, 2014 John Howell and Amy Jacobson FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz on US missteps during the Iran nuclear talks.... October 16, 2014 CNN Tonight FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the advance of the Islamic State to Kobane.... October 16, 2014 New! Improved! U.S. Campaign in Syria Finally Gets a Brand Name ... “The first thing that came to mind was that this didn’t make me think about hitting the bad guys in Syria and Iraq, it made me thin... October 16, 2014 Let’s Count the Ways: See How Islamic State Fighters Violate Muslim Law ... “Just about any criminal enterprise in that part of the world, they are into it,” said Bill Roggio, a senior fellow with the Founda... October 16, 2014 Islamic State Commander Key Figure Behind Recent Military Gains ... “Umar al Shishani appears to be central to ISIL’s Anbar offensive,” said Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a Washington-based c... October 16, 2014 Why It Doesn’t Really Matter That So Many Iranian Leaders Have Been Educated In The US ... Javad Zarif, Iran's California State University-educated Foreign Minister, lived in the US longer than just about any other high-ranking Iranian regime official.... October 16, 2014 Why the Islamic State Is Losing ... They cannot capture the Shia metropolis of Baghdad outright and have been putting their effort into consolidating control of Sunni areas in northern and western Iraq.... October 16, 2014 Who Benefits From U.S. War on Islamic State? Maybe Al Qaida ... “Their preferred outcome is that it chews up the leadership (of the Islamic State), leaves the foot soldiers and they can get the foot so... October 16, 2014 Pants on Fire: Duncan Hunter Makes Unconfirmed Claim Border Patrol Caught At Least 10 ISIS Fighters ... "It’s implausible given the way the criminal-justice system works to have 10 ISIS fighters arrested at the border and never charged,"... October 16, 2014 Isis Still on the Front Foot in Iraq ... Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, director of the centre for the study of terrorist radicalisation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, believes that it is probably the latter.... October 15, 2014 The John Batchelor Show FDD Senior Fellow and Editor of the Long War Journal Bill Roggio discusses the fall of Iraq's Anbar province to the Islamic State.... October 15, 2014 The Don Kroah Show FDD President Clifford May discusses his column, "The Truth About Diversity." Listen here.... October 15, 2014 Andy Parks Show Live from Washington Times FDD President Clifford May discusses his latest column, "The Death of R2P."... October 15, 2014 The Jon Justice Show FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross clears up some misconceptions about the Islamic State's conversion propaganda.... October 15, 2014 CBN News FDD Senior Fellow David Weinberg comments on Qatar's financial support of terrorism.... October 15, 2014 The Steve Malzberg Show FDD President Clifford May gives his thoughts on the lack of a US strategy against the Islamic State.... October 15, 2014 Iran Executions Surge Amid U.S. Nuclear Talks ... “The administration has really made a big mistake in not repeatedly highlighting abuses,” said Mark Dubowitz, an authority o... October 14, 2014 Happening Now FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz discusses renewed Iran nuclear talks.... October 14, 2014 America’s News HQ FDD Vice President for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses Turkey's lack of a response to the Islamic State.... October 14, 2014 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on recent fighting in Kobane.... October 14, 2014 CTV News FDD VP for Research Jonathan Schanzer discusses the Islamic State's advance into Kobane.... October 14, 2014 CTV News FDD President Clifford May comments on the meeting of world military leaders to discuss the Islamic State.... October 14, 2014 Did Israel Sabotage Iran’s Illicit Nuclear Facilities at Parchin? ... Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, believes that the Hezbollah operation may have been triggered for different reasons. “The attac... October 14, 2014 Iran’s Message to World: You Need Us to Fight Islamists ... “Once perceived as the mastermind behind terrorist attacks against the U.S. military in Iraq, Suleimani suddenly emerges as an ally in th... October 14, 2014 Iran Gears Up to Open for Business ... “This is an effort to further undermine Western leverage vis-à-vis Iran at a critical time in the nuclear negotiations by encourag... October 14, 2014 Al-Qaeda Terror Financier Worked for Qatari Government ... Dr David Weinberg, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank investigating Qatar’s links to terror funding, said: “The U... October 14, 2014 Turkey, the Pretender ... When civil war broke out in 2011, Mr. Erdogan aided the Islamic State and al-Qaida because he expected Assad to fall, said Jonathan Schanzer, who analyzed terrorist finances for the... October 14, 2014 Shady Ally? Qatar Accused of Sponsoring Terror ... "Qatar has pledged, over the last decade or so, over a half a billion dollars to Hamas governments, to Hamas infrastructure projects, and Hamas... October 14, 2014 First Rule of the Anti-ISIS Club Is: You Do Not Talk About the Anti-ISIS Club ... Turkey’s behavior has been the subject of much debate. If they are an ally, they have an awfully funny way of showing it. As Jonathan Sch... October 10, 2014 The Bill Handel Show FDD Senior Fellow Daveed Gartenstein-Ross on the Islamic State's advance towards Kobane.... October 10, 2014 The Current FDD Senior Fellow Thomas Joscelyn discusses the relationship between Khorasan and Al Qaeda....

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