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March 9, 2012 Syria Crisis Gets A Hearty Embrace At Pro-Israel AIPAC Conference As Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, put it in one of the AIPAC panel discussions, "The consensus has shifted."... March 9, 2012 US House Members Introduce New Legislation to Expand Iran Sanctions Jonathan Schanzer, Vice President of Research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and FDD Executive Director Mark Dubowitz recently wrote an... March 9, 2012 Conservatives Lead From the Front, but Will Obama Follow? In February, a distinguished list of conservative foreign policy ex... March 8, 2012 Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel Iran's nuclear program.... March 8, 2012 Cutting the Wires of China’s State-Run Media It was an idea hatched by three men in a prison cell. Their tools: a pair of wire cutters, a DVD player, and their faith. Their purpose: to tell the people of Changchun the truth.... March 8, 2012 Global Insurers Targeted in Latest U.S. Bid to Expand Sanctions on Iran The proposed measure “broadens the scope of U.S. sanctions to target Asian, Russian and other insurance and reinsurance companies looking to backfill on deals abandoned by their U.S. and Eu... March 7, 2012 FDD Applauds Bipartisan Efforts to Close Loopholes in Iran Sanctions PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (Mar 07, 2012) -- In the coming days, a bipartisan group of congressmen will introduce legislation to close loo... March 7, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Russia's Chariot Calls on Iran.... March 7, 2012 Why Israel Still Can’t Trust That Obama Has Its Back Writing in The New York Times on Friday, Emanuele Ottolenghi of the Foundation f... March 6, 2012 National Affairs President of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Clifford May says the support of America Israel community shouldn't be his main focus. May says Iran is the main national security thre... March 6, 2012 Congress Prepares to Go After All Iranian Banks Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a conservative policy organization in Washington, told The Cable that the new measures were necessary to... March 6, 2012 America and the Middle East: An Explosive Mix Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who helped write the latest sanctions bill, admits that there is a risk oil prices... March 5, 2012 Power & Politics Is military action the only option still available to prevent a nuclear armed Iran?... March 5, 2012 National Affairs Are sanctions against Iran working?... March 5, 2012 All Things Considered U.S. To Israel: Iran is feeling heat from sanctions. Listen to... March 5, 2012 Obama Has ‘Israel’s Back’ Preventing Iran Nuke Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Washington-based policy research group Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the only audience that counts for Obama’s message that he won&rsq... March 2, 2012 Extension 720 with Milt Rosenberg Recent Developments in Iran.... March 2, 2012 The Mike Rosen Show War Crimes and Punishment.... March 2, 2012 Mid-Day Edition Afghan soldier and teacher kill 2 ISAF soldiers in south.... March 2, 2012 How to Choke Iran Without Killing the World Economy Instead, our government wants Iran to keep shipping oil to some of its major customers -- but for cheap. "Policymakers need to ensure that they are not creating an embargo of Iranian oil but, ins... March 1, 2012 News Update NYPD's surveillance of Muslims, is it legal and vital to prevent future terrorist attacks?... March 1, 2012 The Greg Garrison Show Recent developments in Iran.... March 1, 2012 The Hugh Hewitt Show Recent developments in Iran.... March 1, 2012 Syria Hit List Targets Thousands According to Ammar Abdulhamid, a Syria expert and fellow at the conservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies, the document contains the names of people wanted by the government's milit... March 1, 2012 Iran Further Complicates Relations between Obama, Netanyahu Though the Israelis agree that stepped-up sanctions are starting to take a toll on Iran, they aren't working fast enough, says Mark Dubowitz, executive director at the Foundation for... March 1, 2012 Slaughter of Shiites on the Rise in Pakistan According to the Long War Journal, Jundallah has a history of targeting Shiites in the country. "The two most high-profile attacks against Shia took place in May 2004, when Jundallah killed 38 Sh... March 1, 2012 Secret Memo Suggests White House Ignored SOS from Iranian Opposition "It's clear that the administration was not being asked to stay away," said Michael Ledeen, a scholar with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies who worked as a senior official for R... March 1, 2012 A Call to Arm But the fact remains that weapons are reaching opposition members, and some, including Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Jonathan Schanzer, believe that since Saudi Arabia is supplying... February 29, 2012 Iran Suffers ‘Crippling Effect’ of Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington research, said the individual sanctions amount to a “co... February 29, 2012 US Skips Chance to Hit Foreign Firms with New Iran Penalties Before High-Stakes Israel Meeting Mark Dubowitz, a sanctions expert advising the administration on Iran, said announcing more penalties Wednesday would have sent a message that the administration was serious about sanctions enfor... February 29, 2012 Global Fuel Shortage Would Grow Without Iran’s Supply, U.S. Says “The report confirms that the majority of the price increase in February is due to supply and demand factors, with Iran sanctions playing a much less significant role,” Mark Dubowitz,... February 28, 2012 The John Batchelor Show AQAP suicide bomber kills 26 Yemenis and should the US continue its counterterrorism relationship with the new president of Yemen?... February 28, 2012 Fox 5 Morning News Can Israel strike Iran on its own?... February 28, 2012 The Syrian Activist Hit List Looks Like It’s Real "This kind of info on this scale cannot be available to the general public, or faked." —Ammar Abdulhamid, a fellow at the conservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies... February 28, 2012 U.S. Teaming With New Yemen Government on Strategy to Combat Al Qaeda Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula — the group’s formal name — stepped in to fill the vacuum. In response, the C.I.A. and Special Operations forces have carried out nearly a dozen drone... February 27, 2012 The Kudlow Report Is Iran holding oil hostage?... February 27, 2012 The Charles Adler Show The killing of Marie Colvin in Syria.... February 27, 2012 Will Israel Act as the West’s Protector? I asked Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who has worked strenuously to develop and advocate for sanctions, where he thought we now stood and whether Israel should doubt... February 24, 2012 NewsHour Bradley Manning: hero or villain?... February 24, 2012 Inside Story A report has revealed the New York police spying on Muslim citizens without any apparent evidence of criminal activity. Is this type of surveillance legal, and what will the US government do now?... February 24, 2012 InBusiness Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, talks about the outlook for sanctions against Iranian banks. Swift, the global bank-transfer messaging... February 24, 2012 Tunisian President Marzouki Against Military Aid to Syria “A peaceful solution is a fantasy – we are talking about a war. The opposition needs weapons and funding. We need to start talking about arming the opposition; until then the internat... February 24, 2012 Swift May Expel Iran’s Central Bank, Hindering Oil Payments Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies in Washington, said he believes Swift is seeking “political cover to do something unprecedented” tha... February 23, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Koran burning in NATO error incites Afghans.... February 23, 2012 Activists Ensure that the World Sees Syria’s Bloodbath The United States should send a covert team into Syria to assess the rebels and what they need and start working on training, doctrine and building a chain of command, says Tony Badran, a researc... February 23, 2012 America is Ready to Fix Our Sanctions Mess for Us It’s also getting a bit much for the fiercely pro-sanctions Foundation for Defense of Democracies, based in Washington, D.C. “Targeting Chinese companies may present a significant pol... February 22, 2012 The John Batchelor Show US announces a 'surge' of military trainers to Afghanistan.... February 22, 2012 International Bank Clearinghouse Ready to Evict Iranian Finance Institutions “If SWIFT follows through on its public commitment to ban Iranian banks, it could sever the Iranian regime’s financial lifeline,” said Mark Dubowitz, an Iran sanctions expert ad... February 22, 2012 As Syria Crackdown Intensifies, Debate Rages Over U.S. Options “What [the Obama administration] wants to see in Syria is a peaceful political solution," said Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. “Anybody wh... February 21, 2012 Fox Business Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies discusses sanctions on Iran and how it could cause a rise in U.S. oil prices....

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