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February 1, 2012 The Jon Justice Show Problems with the contemporary public sphere.... February 1, 2012 ‘OPEC Can Be Broken By Making Oil The New Salt’ The only way to break the OPEC cartel of oil-producing nations is to figure out how to make the commodity as boring as salt, Foundation for Defense of Democracies Chairman and ex-CIA head James W... February 1, 2012 Analysis: Oil Reports may Offer Obama an Out on Iran Nevertheless, the EIA report could act as a political shield if Obama decided to temper the sanctions. Mark Dubowitz, a advocate for tougher Iran sanctions and head of the Foundation for Defense... January 31, 2012 The John Batchelor Show U.S. drones patrolling its skies provoke outrage in Iraq and ISAF, Afghan forces capture al Qaeda 'facilitator' in east.... January 31, 2012 Swift Sanctions on Iran Swift is also Iran's gateway to a financial clearing mechanism (known as TARGET 2 and equivalent to the FedWire in the U.S.), through which it conducts much of its $35 billion in trade with... January 31, 2012 US Lawmakers Take Next Step on New Iran Sanctions The proposed bill would target companies that do business with the IRGC, which would be "consequential" for the energy sector, said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense... January 30, 2012 Bottom Line Sebastian Gorka, a military affairs fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks about proposed Pentagon budget cuts as part of an effort to reduce $487 billion, or 8.5 percent,... January 30, 2012 Happening Now Are Iran's threats of retaliation a bluff?... January 30, 2012 Sanctions Against Iran may Destabilize, Topple Regime by ‘Ratcheting Up Hassle Factor’: Expert The 9/11 terrorist attacks drove Mark Dubowitz, a young business whiz who worked as a Bay Street lawyer and high-tech venture capitalist in Toronto, to change careers. He moved to Washin... January 30, 2012 Ahmadinejad’s Call for Talks: Olive Branch or Delay Tactic? Ahmadinejad’s call for negotiations could also be a desperate attempt to stop sanctions from escalating any further. After all, they’re not insignificant. According to Mark Dubowitz o... January 29, 2012 Iran And Syria’s Proxy War Host: Israel's assault on the radical Islamic Hezbollah has been viewed by many as a legitimate act of self-defense. Based in southern Lebanon, Hezbollah has the declared goal of destroying I... January 27, 2012 Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel Developments in Egypt. ... January 27, 2012 Prophecy Today The rise in persecution of Middle Eastern Christians.... January 27, 2012 Iran Tanker Firm Denies Link to Revolutionary Guard "The proposed legislation should call on the U.S. administration to designate NITC and NIOC under executive order for their connection to the IRGC. And it should sanction non-U.S.... January 26, 2012 News Update The latest developments in Syria.... January 26, 2012 News Update Latest developments in Syira. ... January 26, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Hamas and Fatah and the Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. ... January 26, 2012 Free Hour Egypt marks the one year anniversary of Mubarak's departure.... January 26, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Events n Yemen, Cairo and Syria.... January 26, 2012 Byline UN and Canada's deportation of an alleged Rwandan war criminal.... January 26, 2012 Foreign Entanglements On Foreign Entanglements, Matt talks with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross about foreign policy in the State of the Union. Will America miss the boat on the Arab Spring? Is Obama's triumphalism over A... January 26, 2012 Bank Tejarat Banned by US, EU in Move Stifling Iran Trade Emanuele Ottolenghi, an Iran sanctions specialist at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute, said the designation of Bank Tejarat was an important st... January 26, 2012 Going Where No Envoy has Gone Before Khairi Abaza, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, noted that the Al-Nour Party could cause an issue because "they do not believe in democracy the way the other Egyptian... January 25, 2012 Morning Edition One problem with sanctions is that they don't always work as intended. If the U.S. and Europe don't buy Iran's oil, but other countries pick up the slack, for example, nothing is accomplished.... January 24, 2012 The Jon Justice Show The GOP primary and American foreign policy.... January 24, 2012 EU imposes Iran Oil Embargo "If you had told me a year or two ago that the Europeans would do something like this, I would have said you were crazy," said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of D... January 24, 2012 Afghan Troops Ramp Up Attacks on Western Trainers, Threatening Allied War Effort “It’s sort of a catch-22,” said Bill Roggio, the editor of Long War Journal, a Web site that closely tracks the Afghan war. “Our plan is to turn the country over to the Af... January 24, 2012 UK, EU Lobby To Protect Key Azeri Gas Project From Iran Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the December U.K. delegation in Washington was comprised of members of the Treasury, the foreign office and of... January 24, 2012 Bank Tejarat Banned by US, EU in Move Stifling Iran Trade Emanuele Ottolenghi, an Iran sanctions specialist at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington-based research institute, said the designation of Bank Tejarat was an important st... January 23, 2012 Arab League Mulls Unity Gov’t Plan for Syria Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps is providing significant quantities of weapons, technology and assistanc... January 23, 2012 Regime Change: How Fear of Iran Nukes, and Campaign Politics, Revived the Call Taking a cue from the Arab Spring and the toppling of Arab tyrants by popular movements, some regional experts say an Iranian population infuriated by increasingly dire economic conditions could... January 23, 2012 EU States Agree Gradual Ban on Iran Oil, Sanctions on Central Bank Emanuele Ottolenghi of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington said the oil embargo was possibly the last card Western governments could play to avoid military confrontation w... January 20, 2012 Daily Brief The shooting of an Iranian nuclear scientist that’s been blamed on the U.S. and Israel.... January 20, 2012 European Union Said to Discuss Freezing the Assets of Iran’s Bank Tejarat Emanuele Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, an advocacy group in Washington that supports sanctions on Iran, said a ban on Bank Tejarat could have serious i... January 19, 2012 Defcon 3 Are Islamists replacing autocrats in Egypt and Turkey? ... January 18, 2012 Morning Edition Can the world stop Iran's nuclear program?... January 18, 2012 King Abdullah of Jordan: ‘We Have to Keep Our Fingers Crossed’ on Peace Talks Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President of Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told me that the peace pro... January 18, 2012 Saudi Arabia is Not ‘Targeting’ $100 Oil On Iran, the kingdom has quietly supported efforts by the United States and its allies to pressure Tehran into ending its uranium enrichment program. But like the Obama administration, EU policym... January 18, 2012 Pakistan, Taliban Doubt Mehsud is Dead The Long War Journal, an online forum tracking counter-terrorism operations, reported during the weekend that intercepted radio communications between Taliban fighters led intelligence authoritie... January 17, 2012 The Jon Justice Show Spotlight on Somalia.... January 17, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Pakistani premier is ordered to court to face reprimand.... January 16, 2012 FDD Academic Fellows Application Please complete this application and send it together with a passport size... January 15, 2012 Economic Regime-Change Can Stop Iran Bomb Iran’s threat to close the Strait of Hormuz, the choke-point for Persian Gulf oil... January 13, 2012 State Department Sanctions Three Companies Under Iran Sanctions Act After my post, I spoke with Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which is a Washington think tank that has pushed for stronger sanctions on Iran. Du... January 13, 2012 US Imposes Sanctions on Oil Firms Tading with Iran "It's a good shot across the bow and signals the US is serious about vigorous sanctions enforcement," said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.... January 13, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The latest developments on sanctioning Iran.... January 13, 2012 Fox 5 News at 5 Pentagon leaders scrambled Thursday to contain damage from an Internet video purporting to show four Marines urinating on Taliban corpses -- an act that appears to violate international laws of w... January 13, 2012 News Update White House weighs in on Marine video investigation.... January 13, 2012 U.S. Slaps Sanctions on China State Energy Trader Over Iran "It's a good shot across the bow and signals the U.S. is serious about vigorous sanctions enforcement. This could be the beginning of a cascade of more sanctions on Chinese companies if Chin... January 13, 2012 FDD on Latest Sanctions Move: ‘A Shot Across the Bow to Beijing’ After my earlier post on the newly imposed sanctions on...

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