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December 11, 2012 Al Qaeda: Far From Gone American commanders in Africa say Al Qaeda and their affiliates are expanding their hold in Mali. Here's where else the organization is growing around the world.... December 11, 2012 News Update Syria and Assad's chemical weapons.... December 11, 2012 Real News Syria after Assad's fall.... December 11, 2012 The Charles Adler Show Syria's chemical weapons and developments in Egypt and Israel.... December 11, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The political turmoil in Egypt.... December 11, 2012 The Lars Larson Show US counterterrorism policy.... December 11, 2012 Real News The UN’s International Telecommunications Union conference in Dubai.... December 11, 2012 Power & Politics FDD's Clifford May discusses the violence in Syria and the political unrest in Egypt.... December 11, 2012 How Close Did Israel Just Come to Its Own Cuban Missile Crisis? Hundreds of Iranian-made, long-range missiles already smuggled into Gaza provided a secret sense of urgency behind Israel's recent campaign against Hamas, and the the Jewish state acted with... December 11, 2012 US Ambassador Warns Syria If the Syrian government crosses American “red lines” by using chemical weapons against its own people, that will “change our calculations in a fundamental way,” Robert Fo... December 11, 2012 UN Envoy Is Seeking a Deal to Oust Assad From Syria With the support of the United States, the... December 11, 2012 UN Envoy Says Clinton, Lavrov to Work Together on Syria U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met with United Nations Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi today, renewing a diplomatic push to end... December 10, 2012 News Update Egypt’s opposition vows to keep the protests up against Morsi’s referendum. Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracy Khairi Abaza weighs in.... December 10, 2012 News Update FDD's Khairi Abaza explains what he saw while he was visiting Egypt.... December 10, 2012 Leaders with Ginni Thomas Dr. Sebastian Gorka is a national security expert who trains special forces soldiers on counterterrorism and intelligence. Gorka, who recently became a U.S. citizen, was born in Britain... December 10, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The ongoing political turmoil in Egypt following Mohammed Morsi's decree and the drafting of the constitution.... December 10, 2012 On Europe’s Foreign Agenda: How to Handle Israel Compared with Americans, Europeans express more sympathies with Palestinians in their dispute with... December 10, 2012 Morsi Retreats, a Little The Post reports that Eg... December 10, 2012 Al Qaeda Expansion in Libya Part of Long-Term Terror Vision? Al Qaeda's expansion in Libya, following the successful terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate and CIA annex in Benghazi on Sept. 11, is part of a long-term plan by Al Qaeda senior leadershi... December 10, 2012 Leading from the Rehab Center Since suffering a near-fatal stroke last January, two tasks have obsessed Senator Mark Kirk from his encampment at a Chicago rehabilitation center: relearning how to walk, and expanding the econo... December 10, 2012 US Renews Exemptions From Iran Sanctions The Obama administration reissued waivers that exempt nine countries, including China, India and Turkey, from fully complying with U.S. sanctions targeting Iran's oil exports, as the U.S. at... December 10, 2012 Is the US ‘War on Terror’ Still Tenable? With America's "war on terror" now focused far beyond its original targets in Afghanistan and Pakistan, the legal justifications for it have become increasingly irrelevant and untenable, eve... December 7, 2012 Foreign Policy Experts Examine Democracies in the Mideast The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) hosted a day-long conference on "Dictators and Dissidents: Should the West choose sides?" The focus of this year's event was the Middl... December 7, 2012 Ambassador Ford: Hey, Syria’s a Mess Ambassador Robert Ford, who has served in Syria bravely in the face of physical danger, spoke in Washington, D.C., at a conference held by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It is... December 7, 2012 New Iran Sanctions Measure to ‘Lock Up’ Oil Earnings-US Official The United States has aggressively ramped up its use of financial sanctions this year to pressure Iran to stop pursuing nuclear weapons, but a measure that takes effect in February could have the... December 7, 2012 Conference Mulls the Hard Choice Between Dictators and Dissidents It wasn't that long ago that the question posed by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies' (FDD) annual national security conference — "Dictators and Dissidents: Should the Wes... December 7, 2012 Syrian Rebels Gain, But For How Long? The resignation of Syrian Foreign Ministry spokesman Jihad Makdissi on Monday is just one of a series of recent setbacks for the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The news follows a... December 7, 2012 Springtime for Assad We are beginning to doubt whether Bashar Assad is a genuine reformer. Our latest clue comes from... December 5, 2012 The Tammy Bruce Show The political unrest in Egypt and the UN Internet grab in Dubai.... December 5, 2012 What Good is It Giving the Turks Patriot Missiles? The Associated Press reports: “U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says NATO’s decision to send Patriot missiles to Turkey is a clear message to Syria: Turkey is backed by... December 4, 2012 News Update FDD's Khairi Abaza weighs in on the protest in Egypt and why judges are on strike.... December 4, 2012 Delaware’s Afternoon News with Allan Loudel The latest developments in Syria and Egypt.... December 4, 2012 Analysts: Egypt’s Military Won’t Buck the Brotherhood Egypt's military played a decisive role in the 2011 uprising that ended the rule of dictator Hosni Mubarak in the face of a popular uprising. The generals are likely to stand aside this time... December 4, 2012 The Growing Divide Between Israel and Europe Late Sunday, Barak Ravid, the scoop-prone diplomatic correspondent for the Israeli newspaper Haaretz,... December 3, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The recent fighting in Gaza.... December 3, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Egyptian President Mohammaed Morsi's power grab.... December 3, 2012 Homeland Security Radio The state of national security challenges.... December 3, 2012 News Update FDD's Jonathan Schanzer weighs in on Ehud Barak retiring from Israeli politics weeks after the Israel-Gaza conflict.... December 3, 2012 Australian Parliament Briefed on Chinese Organ Harvesting The controversy over organ harvesting in China is back in the news with a group of experts visiting Australia's to brief MPs and senators. China insists it is working hard to build a... December 3, 2012 Real News The United Nations granting the Palestinians observer state status.... December 3, 2012 The Frank Gaffney Show Sebastian Gorka discusses Turkey, its growing Islamization and the affect the Syrian civil war is having on that change.... December 3, 2012 News Update The United Nations granting Palestinians observer state status.... December 3, 2012 News Update The United Nations granting Palestinians observer state status.... December 3, 2012 The UN Vote on Palestine: Profiles in Cowardice Last week's vote to extend non-member observer status to the Palestinians at the United Nations was a virtual primer on what is wrong with the U.N., the European Union, the Palestinian Autho... November 29, 2012 Anderson Cooper 360 FDD's Reuel Marc Gerecht weighs in on the Benghazi scandal and Amb. Rice's incorrect explanation of the attack.... November 29, 2012 News Update FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi explains why Canada and the U.S. are expected to oppose a bid for Palestinian statehood.... November 29, 2012 Vocal Point Calls to move Gitmo detainees to the continental United States.... November 29, 2012 The Current The conundrum of Bradley Manning: whistleblower or traitor?... November 29, 2012 Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth The battle within Palestinian politics of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority.... November 29, 2012 Rick Rantz Show The latest fighting between Israel and Hamas....

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