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October 15, 2012 Exclusive – India’s HMEL Bought 2 Million Barrels of Iranian Oil: Sources India's HMEL, part-owned by steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal, has emerged as a new oil client of sanctions-hit Iran, potentially complicat... October 15, 2012 Analysis: Will New EU Sanctions on Iran Count? The European Union’s foreign ministers are slated to convene on Monday in Luxembourg to rubber-stamp a new round of energy sanctions on Iran’s vulnerable gas, financial and shipping s... October 15, 2012 Doha’s Four Seasons Hotel Tea Lounge a Painful Exile for Syrians in Qatar No one at the Tea Lounge in Doha's Four Seasons Hotel seems to have come to Qatar to take in the sights. An exiled Somali shuffles documents back and forth to the man across from him, domina... October 12, 2012 NewsWatch FDD's Sebastian Gorka discusses the missteps which allowed four Americans to be killed at the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.... October 12, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Lara Logan, the CBS News and ‘60 Minutes’ correspondent, stunned a Chicago audience with her interventionist critique of America’s response to the attacks in Libya.... October 12, 2012 Better To Elect Islamists Than Have Dictators? Listen to the debate here. "Politics is the art of choosing between t... October 12, 2012 Afternoon Edition Cyber security and Panetta's recent warnings about a "cyber Pearl Harbor."... October 12, 2012 Bin Laden Is Dead, Al Qaeda Is Alive President Barack Obama’s campaign continues to claim that it has “decimated” al Qaeda, the world’s most notorious terror group, despite increasing evidence the group is ex... October 12, 2012 Syria’s Civil War Leaves Its Cities, Economy and Cultural Heritage in Shambles In Syria’s cities and towns, entire blocks of apartment buildings have been shattered, their top floors reduced to pancaked slabs of concrete. Centuries-old markets have been gutte... October 12, 2012 Obama Implements Additional Iran Sanctions The White House implemented new sanctions against Iran Tuesday, as the US seeks to tighten the financial screws on the regime in Tehran. US President Barack Obama issued an executive ord... October 12, 2012 A Conservative Split Over the Middle East Mitt Romney’s speech on foreign affairs this week was surprisingly moderate. Rhetorically it was full of sound and fury but, on closer examination, it signified no major change of policy. Romney... October 12, 2012 Iran’s Sea Trade Buckles Under Western Sanctions Iran's vital seaborne trade is buckling under the weight of Western sanctions, deepening hardship for a population deprived of basic imports and heaping intense pressure on Tehran over its n... October 12, 2012 Holding Civil Society Workshops While Syria Burns Syria's bloody civil war is threatening to turn into a regional conflict. For six days in a row as of Oct. 8, Turkey has lobbed artillery into northern Syria in response to shells from Presi... October 12, 2012 EU Moves Closer to New Iran Sanctions The European Union provisionally approved new economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program on Friday, with senior diplomats giving their backing to measures against Tehran's bank... October 9, 2012 News Update Romney’s foreign policy speech.... October 9, 2012 Newsnight Iran and the significance of the economic and political events of recent weeks and days.... October 9, 2012 News Update The US presidential debate.... October 9, 2012 The Source Iran sanctions, the plunge of Iran's currency, and the Iranian nuclear program.... October 9, 2012 Al Mihak The impact of the Arab revolutions on the Arab economies and prospects for economic stability in the region. Watch th... October 9, 2012 Al Qaeda’s Resurgence The murder of Ambassador Stevens and three other Americans in Libya on September 11 has created a growing... October 9, 2012 Senator Works on Tighter US Sanctions for Iran Republican Senator Mark Kirk, who last year co-authored a package of U.S. sanctions on Iran's banking and oil sectors, is working on new legislation that would further tighten the economic n... October 9, 2012 World Have Your Say Who is the real enemy of the Arab world? Listen to the program here.... October 9, 2012 Limited Impact Seen If Iran’s Natural Gas Exports Cut-US EIA A reduction in natural gas exports from Iran would not have much impact on world energy markets, but could hurt Turkey and part of Azerbaijan, according to a U.S. report due to be released on Tue... October 9, 2012 New Sanctions to Further Challenge Iranian Oil Sales Iran's oil-export decline may have bottomed out for now, but the trouble isn't over for the country's crude sales. Recently enacted sanctions and further proposed restrict... October 8, 2012 America’s Morning News "Innocence of Muslims" riots.... October 8, 2012 The Source The transfer of Omar Khadr from Guantanamo Bay to Canada.... October 8, 2012 Happening Now FDD's Mark Dubowitz discusses the effectiveness of sanctions on Iran and if they will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon.... October 5, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Unrest in Jordan and Salam Fayyad under fire. Listen to the program here.... October 5, 2012 EU Questions “Taboo” Against Broad Trade Embargo on Iran The European Union has begun discussing the possibility of a broad trade embargo against Iran, moving beyond the web of energy, business a... October 5, 2012 West Seizes On Iran’s Currency Woes The U.S. and Europe are working on new coordinated measures intended to accelerate the recent plunge of Iran's currency and drain its foreign-exchange reserves, according to... October 5, 2012 Chavez Faces Strongest Challenge This Weekend With Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez facing the most serious re-election challenge of his 14-year reign, international observers are bracing for the possibility of social unrest... October 4, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The latest developments in Libya following the US consulate attack. Listen to the program here.... October 4, 2012 Free Hour President Morsi’s foreign policy since he took office three months ago. ... October 4, 2012 Europe Weighs More Sanctions as Iran’s Currency Plummets The U.K., France and Germany are pressing for new sanctions to bring Iran’s economy to its knees and curb its nuclear ambitions, according to several European diplomats, as rioting over the... October 4, 2012 Iran Police, Demonstrators Clash in Tehran Protests Iranian police and demonstrators clashed Wednesday during street protests linked to rising prices and the plunging value of the national currency. Police in black riot gear fired tear ga... October 3, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Taliban suicide bomber kills 14, including 3 ISAF troops. Listen to the program here.... October 2, 2012 Experts on Today’s Riots in Iran Mark Dubowitz – FDD Executive Director and Director of FDD's Iran Energy Project Battle Rial is underway. Sanctions were designed to put the regime to a choice between an atomic weapon... October 2, 2012 Right Now FDD's Clifford May joins Caryn Lieberman to discuss whether Omar Khadr is a murderer or a victim?... October 2, 2012 Studio Discussion This studio discussion is on the protests that have spread across the Muslim world over a US made video insulting the prophet Muhammad. Those protests have now been going on for 10 days.... October 2, 2012 Video Claims Marine Vet a Hostage in Syria A video has surfaced purporting to show the Marine-turned-journalist who went missing nearly two months ago while on assignment in war-ravaged Syria. The 47-second clip, which was posted... October 1, 2012 Power & Politics FDD's Mark Dubowitz discusses the best options to deal with Iran's nuclear ambitions and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's "red lines."... October 1, 2012 News Update The topic of Iran and Syria, Palestine and Obama’s speech before the United Nations General Assembly.... October 1, 2012 News Update Uncovering Iran's procurement process and sanctions loopholes.... October 1, 2012 The Scott Hennen Show Cliff May, President of the Foundation for The Defense of Democracies, on the mounting criticism at the Obama Administration over the Libyan consulate attack. Should Susan Rice resign? Was there... October 1, 2012 Right Now Omar Khadr's return to Canada.... October 1, 2012 Syria Between Hama 1982 and Lebanon Recent talks between the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the rebels appear to have hit a hard spot. The Egyptian peace initiative is on the rocks after the failure of Turkish P... October 1, 2012 How the Rushdie Affair has Inspired Some Fine Arab Writing Amid all the uncertainty wrought by the Arab Spring, one consequence was entirely predictable: that it would unleash a glut of hastily-written books trying to make sense of it all. A new one arri... October 1, 2012 Netanyahu Explains Iran to the US Voters Over the course of his career, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given some stem-winders at the United Nations. But none was as intriguing or as important as the speech he delivered y... October 1, 2012 Beware of Tikkunism and Tikkunistas Tikkun olam, Hebrew for making the world a better place, is an important component of Jewish religion and culture. But when removed from the wider Jewish context and artificially... October 1, 2012 After Bo Xilai’s Purge, Web Searches for ‘Organ Harvest’ Suddenly Allowed The Communist Party in China enforces a regime of Internet censorship so strict that when there’s a gap—especially a big, obvious, gaping one—observers are apt to conclude that...

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