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July 2, 2014 Terrorists & Kleptocrats: How Corruption is Eating the Palestinians Alive ... Middle East scholar Jonathan Schanzer explains in his recent book State of F... July 2, 2014 Hamas Just Lost Its Ticket To Respectability ... “This was a workaround,” Jonathan Schanzer, an expert on Palestinian internal politics at the Foundation for Defense of Demo... July 2, 2014 Rand Paul Under Fire for Claim Obama Admin ‘Allied’ With ISIL ... The more recent comment on ISIL “betrays a fundamental confusion as to the reality of the situation in Syria on the one hand, but also as... July 1, 2014 Iran’s Oil Exports Drop In June, Stay Above Western Limits "Iran is increasingly emboldened to export its oil," said Mark Dubowitz of U.S.-based independent think-tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies... July 1, 2014 ISIS Claims Supremacy Among Extremists ... "It's a debate within the movement in multiple ways, particularly about brutality. ISIS has alienated a huge chunk of the Syrian populatio... July 1, 2014 Erdogan, Survivor Of Protests And Inquiries, To Seek Presidency In Turkey ... As Mr. Erdogan accepted the nomination Tuesday, to the backdrop of a song about him, Jonathan Schanzer, an analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a research organizati... July 1, 2014 Democrats Cautious On Palestinian Unity Government After Murder Of Israeli Teens ... The crisis, said Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is likely to result in the unity government falling apart anyway. O... July 1, 2014 The Hawks’ Playbook For Opposing An Obama Nuclear Deal With Iran ... The two authors of the plan -- Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think ta... June 30, 2014 Why ISIS Won’t Take Baghdad ... Mideast expert Jonathan Schanzer of the US-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies says ISIS lacks the manpower to hold Baghdad even if it... June 27, 2014 Obama’s Dithering Has Put U.S. Security At Risk, And The Public Knows It ... Iraq is only part of the problem, however. After three years, Syria’s multiple uses of chemical weapons and more than 160,000 dead, ... June 26, 2014 FDD Welcomes Committee Approval of Bill Targeting Hezbollah’s Global Threat Network WASHINGTON – In a strong sign of bipartisan support for intensified pressure on Hezbollah and its global terrorist network, the House Foreign Affairs Committee unanimousl... June 26, 2014 CTV News FDD Vice President for Research, Jonathan Schanzer, evaluates the prospects for Iraq if it is split along sectarian lines.... June 26, 2014 CTV News FDD Vice President for Research, Jonathan Schanzer, discusses Nouri al-Maliki's future as Iraq's Prime Minister.... June 26, 2014 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow and Editor of the Long War Journal, Bill Roggio, says Iraq's parliament may declare a state of emergency.... June 26, 2014 The Rob Breakenridge Show FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, discusses Boko Haram. Listen to full program h... June 26, 2014 Andy Parks Show Live From Washington Times FDD expert, Clifford May, discusses his latest column: "Modern Jihadists."... June 26, 2014 VOA Persian FDD expert, Ali Alfoneh, discusses the rise of ISIS in Iraq.... June 26, 2014 CCTV America FDD Senior Fellow, Emanuele Ottolenghi, discusses nuclear negotiations with Iran.... June 26, 2014 CCTV America FDD Research Fellow, Tony Badran, discusses elections in Syria.... June 26, 2014 The John Batchelor Show FDD expert, Claudia Rosett, discusses Iran & North Korea.... June 26, 2014 Terry Boyd’s World FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, discusses the current situation in Iraq and ISIS' advance.... June 26, 2014 The Appalling Reaction To Israeli Teens’ Kidnapping ... Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies reminds us, “Abbas can’t have it both ways. It’s impossible fo... June 26, 2014 Legal Memo Backing Drone Strike That Killed American Anwar al-Awlaki Is Released ... The document makes no specific mention of armed U.S. drone aircraft, referring only to “contemplated lethal operations.” But the memo was drafted at a time when drone att... June 26, 2014 Observers: Iran Changing Dynamics Of Iraqi Conflict ... “Inviting Iran to help stabilize Iraq is a recipe for disaster,” said Jonathan Schanzer, a Mideast expert with the F... June 26, 2014 Bling For Minister Mastermind Greased Secret Turkey Gold Trade ... “The Istanbul prosecutor’s report leaked on March 14 is a damning document that reveals one of the most complex illicit finance s... June 26, 2014 Don’t Forget Iran’s Sexual Minorities ... While the world powers prepare for a July negotiation session with Iran over its illicit nuclear program, the deteriorating situation for sexual minorities continues unabated. Sadl... June 25, 2014 FDD Welcomes Palestinian Politics Analyst Grant Rumley WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies proudly welcomed Grant Rumley this week as its newest research analyst. Rumley will focus on Palestinian politics and other developmen... June 25, 2014 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, says ISIS will be pushed back because it is overextended and fragile.... June 25, 2014 CTV News FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, says the conflict in Iraq is a snapshot of the future of warfare.... June 25, 2014 CTV News FDD Vice President for Research, Jonathan Schanzer, says Abdeh Fattah el-Sisi faces a fractured country and an insurgency.... June 25, 2014 The Rob Breakenridge Show FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, discusses ISIL's advance in Iraq.... June 25, 2014 Besieged Iraqi Refinery at Baiji ‘Could Fall’ To ISIS: U.S. Officials ... "The road between Samarra and Baghdad is the real crux of the fight," Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal,... June 24, 2014 Def Con 4 "Growing concern Iraq militants can't be stopped." FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, on the origins of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.... June 24, 2014 Times Now "Al-Qaeda splinter group Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), which has carved out a large fiefdom along the Iraqi-Syrian border, poses a threat to India as well. ISIS has global ambitions and... June 24, 2014 The Mark and Dave Show FDD Senior Fellow, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, discusses ISIL's advance in Iraq. Listen to full program below.... June 24, 2014 The John Batchelor Show FDD experts Bill Roggio and Thomas Joscelyn of The Long War Journal, discuss photos released by Ansar al Islam.... June 24, 2014 Rifts Among Shiites Further Threaten The Future Of Iraq MAP: Beginning on Friday and in a rapid succession, ISIS fighters captured the western border crossings at Qaim, Waleed and Trebil.... June 24, 2014 Peace On Hold As Kidnapping of Israeli Teens Divides Palestinians ... Jonathan Schanzer, a former terrorism finance analyst at the U.S. Treasury Department, says al-Aruri is a natural suspect. Exiled by... June 24, 2014 ISIS Militants Using Shiite-Sunni Tension to Their Advantage, Expert Says ... Fox News National Security Analyst ... June 24, 2014 ISIS On The March MAP: The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to expand its control of Iraq’s western border.... June 24, 2014 Here’s Why Egypt Is Jailing 3 Al Jazeera Reporters For The Crime Of Doing Their Jobs ... But Qatari gains rapidly evaporated. "The Qataris took a number of extremely ambitious stances over the course of the Arab Spring in support of Muslim Brotherhood movements and gover... June 23, 2014 Safhe-ye Akhar FDD expert, Ali Alfoneh, discusses Iranian reactions to the emergence of ISIL in Iraq.... June 23, 2014 Happening Now FDD Vice President of Research, Jonathan Schanzer, reacts to the question of whether U.S. allies are funding ISIS.... June 23, 2014 Stay Engaged In Iraq Mark Dubowitz is executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington, D.C.-based organization focusing on foreign policy and national security. He spoke to the Trib... June 23, 2014 Anti-U.S. Cleric Muqtada al-Sadr Retakes Stage Amid Iraq Turmoil ... “It means two things - that Iraqi security forces are incapable of providing security in Baghdad and the chance of the re-emergence of sectarian s... June 20, 2014 The Roger Hedgecock Show ISIS acquires Iraq chemical weapons. Obama gives press conference on Iraq. Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, talks about the ISIS-Iraq situation.... June 20, 2014 The Iranian Regime’s Mr. Fix It ... Suleimani is a serious person. “He’s considered a hero in Iran,” says Ali Alfoneh, an Iran expert at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “He de... June 20, 2014 Obama’s Iraq Announcement Wasn’t Exactly Earth-Shattering ... As Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, a senior fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies explained to Business Insider, there are few militaries around the world tha... June 19, 2014 The Source FDD expert, Boris Zilberman, discusses German, French, and Italian military sales and their cooperation with Russians.... June 19, 2014 PODCAST: Terror’s comeback kids and Steve Coogan, foe of press censorship? Why do Iraq’s jihadists keep on coming back? On this week’s View from 22 podcast,...

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