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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.... February 21, 2012 Cavuto Oil Prices Soar as Iran Halts Shipments to France, U.K.... February 21, 2012 Rutherford Developments in Syria and Iran.... February 21, 2012 The World Today Developments in Libya.... February 21, 2012 Taking Stock Iran's oil exports and the effect of sanctions.... February 21, 2012 Sanctions May Be Changing Iran’s Nuke Plans However, Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a hawkish Washington think tank, said: "Designing sanctions to make Khamenei relent in his 30-year que... February 21, 2012 Obama Administration Takes Back Seat on Iran Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, an energy expert who has been advising Congress on sanctions, said the Obama administration has tried to add sanctions "in a measured way to assure international support and to avo... February 21, 2012 Iran Offers ‘Readiness’ for Nuclear Talks as It Faces Financial Isolation “If strictly implemented, this could deny Iran’s banks the ability to move billions of dollars in financial transactions, and put immense pressure on Iran’s leaders to reconside... February 21, 2012 How Did We Forget About Mutually Assured Destruction? In the National Review, Clifford D May writes: "During the Cold War, t... February 21, 2012 Enacting Sanctions on Iran Isn’t Enough Sheryl Saperia, the Canadian policy director of the Washington, D.C.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says Canada should be making a serious effort, now more than ever, to ensure that... February 21, 2012 Conservatives Call for Obama to Intervene in Syria Fifty-six leading conservative foreign-policy experts wrote an open letter Friday to U.S. President Barack Obama calling on him to directly aid the Syrian opposition and protect the lives of Syri... February 21, 2012 EU Pays Price for Oil Sanctions on Iran: John Kemp THE SANCTIONS GAME PLAN In an influential report on the "Oil Market Impact of Sanctions Against the Central Bank of Iran", which has circulated widely in Washing... February 21, 2012 Swift Says Ready to Implement Sanctions on Iran Institutions Iran would be the first country to be cut off by Swift, according to Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington policy group, who has advised the... February 17, 2012 FDD Welcomes SWIFT’s Commitment to Expel Iranian Banks, Encourages Follow Through PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC (FDD, February 17, 2012) – SWIFT, a top clearinghouse for international financial transactions, announced... February 17, 2012 Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Immediate Action in Syria Foreign Poli... February 17, 2012 Defcon 3 New round of sanctions against Iran? What's different about the current round of sanctions against Iran? Jonathan Schanzer, FDD's Vice-President of Research, explains.... February 17, 2012 The KSFO Morning Show Sanctions on Iran and Syria.... February 17, 2012 The John Batchelor Show U.S., Afghans in Taliban talks.... February 17, 2012 Obama’s Flip-Flop on Nuclear Fuel I recently wrote about the Obama administration's about-face on allowing Middle East countries to pursue nuclear fuel enrichment. Now, a distinguished group of conservative defense experts (... February 17, 2012 Would-be China Defector, Once Bo Xilai’s Right Hand, Oversaw Organ Harvesting “The so called ‘research scene’ that Wang Lijun refers to is either an outright execution site with medical vans, or possibly a medical ward, where peoples’ organs are sur... February 16, 2012 The Situation Room Concerns over whether Iran is trying to target Jewish groups in the United States.... February 16, 2012 Power & Politics Clifford May, president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and author Trita Parsi discuss Iran's announced advances in its nuclear program and the potential threat to the internati... February 16, 2012 Lou Dobbs Tonight Iran unveils new nuclear uranium enrichment project. What is the US and Israel's likely response?... February 16, 2012 Fox Business Foundation for Defense of Democracies VP of Research Jonathan Schanzer argues Iran could be deprived of millions if it's ejected by SWIFT.... February 16, 2012 Lars Larsen Show The rise political Islam and jihadi ideology.... February 16, 2012 The Don Kroeh Show The rise political Islam and jihadi ideology.... February 15, 2012 National Affairs Clifford May, the president of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, explains what can be done to end the violence in Syria and says what is happening in Syria is a real human rights cat... February 15, 2012 File On 4 How will a European ban on Iranian oil affect Britain during a period of economic gloom Listen to the interview here.... February 15, 2012 Unmasked Judeophobia UNMASKED JUDEOPHOBIA is a meticulous examination of rising anti-Jewish ideology. Filmmaker Gloria Greenfield travels from Israel to Europe to North America, covering this phenomenon from all angl... February 15, 2012 In Growing Syria Crisis, Obama has Few Options "As the Obama administration agonizes over arming the opposition, the arming is already happening," said Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washing... February 14, 2012 Happening Now Implications of Syria's fate for Iran.... February 14, 2012 The Situation Room Are the latest attacks on Israeli diplomats signs of a "secret war" with Iran?... February 14, 2012 The Charles Adler Show Is Iran prepared to conduct attacks in North America?...

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