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April 10, 2012 What Obama Must Do in Syria After the Failed Annan Plan A Joint Bulletin of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) and the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) The Assad regime’s brutality against the Syrian people continues unabated,... April 10, 2012 The 700 Club FDD's Clifford May speaks on the growing Christian persecution in the Middle East following the Arab Spring.... April 9, 2012 Good Evening, Brussels! The Muslim Brotherhood’s candidate for President.... April 9, 2012 China Says Wanted Militants Use Nearby Countries to Stage Attacks Mr. Turkistani has been leading Chinese fighters inside the tribal belt since May 2010, when an American drone killed his predecessor, Abdul Haq al-Turkistani. In May 2011, Al Qaeda announced tha... April 9, 2012 Al-Qaida Fighters Mown Down in Airstrikes The crash of a SOCOM U-28 aircraft in Djibouti confirmed reports that U.S. Special Operations units were deployed at Camp Lemonier, the Long War Journal, which monitors global counter-terrorism o... April 6, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Recent developments in Syria. Listen to the show here.... April 6, 2012 Iran’s Spymaster Counters US Moves in the Mideast Last October, a former Central Intelligence Agency spy, Reuel Marc Gerecht, testified before Congress that if the Qods Force's role in last year's alleged plot to kill the Saudi ambassa... April 6, 2012 US Not Backing Off as Iran Sanctions Bite "If the administration did that it would provide more clarity and more comfort to companies engaged in trade with Iran that is permissible under U.S. law," said Mark Dubowitz, head of the Foundat... April 5, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Turkey on the recent arrests of two generals and the MB presidential candidate in Cairo. Listen to the in... April 5, 2012 Australian Agenda FDD's Emanuele Ottolenghi discusses Iran with Peter Van Onselen and James Brown.... April 5, 2012 Will Drones Go Nuclear? Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, agrees that at this stage, nuclear-powered drones are very much just an idea, and a potentially flawed one at that. “I don&rsq... April 5, 2012 “Wir Stehen Kurz Vor der Bombe” "Als Unterhändler hat Mousavian stets die offizielle Linie vertreten, dass das iranische Nuklearprogramm nur zivilen Zwecken diene. Dass er nun schreibt, der Iran habe schon 2002 die Fä... April 4, 2012 The John Batchelor Show UNESCO, Gabon and Comedy Central.... April 4, 2012 In Yemen, Lines Blur as US Steps Up Airstrikes U.S. officials would not say exactly how many strikes have been carried out in Yemen, and it's sometimes difficult to distinguish between Yemeni military attacks and American actions. Long W... April 4, 2012 German Trial Shows al-Qaida Targeted Europe Economy The six days of hearing have thus far revealed fresh evidence of the role of radical German Islamists in Iran. The popular website The Long War Journal has long documented the links between al-Qa... April 3, 2012 Flash Brief FDD's Jonathan Schanzer and other analysts are asked whether a U.N. Security Council presidential statement will be enough to end Syria strife.... April 3, 2012 German SPD Youth Group Calls for Attack on Iran if Sanctions Fail Jerusalem Post journalist Benjamin Weinthal, who has thankfully returned to regular blogging,... April 3, 2012 Obama’s Push to Fund UNESCO is No Joke There is little chance that Congress will amend the law so as to allow the flow of U.S. taxpayer cash to resume. But those supporting such a move got a boost recently when Comedy Central’s... April 3, 2012 Splits in ‘Friends of Syria’ Group May Help Embattled Leader Assad But Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Washington-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, says U.S. allies such as Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Qatar appear to have stepped out in front of Ob... April 3, 2012 US Lawmakers Target Iran Energy Sector for Expanded Sanctions The proposed legislation expands on existing laws by making the Iranian energy sector a “no-go zone” for any foreign investment in energy, any imports of natural gas and the sale of e... March 29, 2012 As Global March to J’lem Nears, Press War Rages Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research for the US-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, wrote in a blog post for the website of The Weekly Standard... March 29, 2012 ‘Only a Credible US Threat will Deter Iran’ IRAN will only step back from developing nuclear weapons if it feels the threat of an American strike against it is credible – and so far that isn’t the case. That’s th... March 29, 2012 Syria Is Obama’s Srebrenica But as my able colleague Tony Badran reported in his blog in www.nowlebanon.com (confirming what I picked up during my recent visit to Turkey a few days ago), Secretary Clinton caught her Turkish... March 29, 2012 Bush Institute Unveils Freedom Collection Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, a contributo... March 28, 2012 Fox News.com Live FDD's Sebastian Gorka comments on efforts to dislodge Bashar al-Assad from power and the US's troubled relationship with Pakistan.... March 28, 2012 The Jon Justice Show Al Qaeda's continuing strategy.... March 27, 2012 The John Batchelor Show Afghan security forces kill 3 ISAF troops in south, east. Listen to the interview here.... March 27, 2012 US and Pakistan Bargain Over CIA Drones The diplomatic furor threatens to halt the CIA's drone program, which in the last eight years, has killed an estimated 2,223 Taliban, al Qaeda and other suspected militants with 289 strikes,... March 26, 2012 Nzone Tonight Allan Lee from Shine TV spoke with Middle East correspondent Dr Emmanuele Ottolenghi about why peaceful solutions in the Middle East are so hard to find. ... March 26, 2012 Defcon 3 Can we stop Iran from getting nukes? FDD's Mark Dubowitz discusses the sanctions on Iran. ... March 26, 2012 Real News FDD President Clifford D. May comments on the current situation in Syria and if the US and NATO should intervene as it did in Libya.... March 26, 2012 Clairement, Il y a eu Défaillance Pour Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, de la Foundation for Defense of Democracies, «l’une des clefs est de savoir s’il y a eu suffisamment d’échanges d’informations e... March 26, 2012 Withdrawal Symptoms US Marines were disarmed before being addressed by US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta, who had flown in to Afghanistan after the Bales incident. The Americans, led by their president, were still i... March 26, 2012 Syria Crisis – Thursday 22 March 2012 Writing for Now Lebanon, defence analyst Tony Badran claimed US secretary of state Hillary Clinton had "emphatically dismissed" the idea of buffer zones during a meeting last month with Turkey&#0... March 23, 2012 Lou Dobbs Tonight Hezbollah Preparing for Attacks Within the U.S.? Fox News Middle East analyst Walid Phares, Foundation for Defense of Democracies' Sebastian Gorka and Fox News contributor Judy Miller on the... March 23, 2012 The Heat FDD's Sebastian Gorka debates the NYPD's surveilance of Muslim communities. Is it unconstitutional or a necessary tool to prevent future terrorist attacks?... March 23, 2012 The John Batchelor Show The Pakistani and Afghan connections of the Toulouse killer.... March 23, 2012 Iran Exposed: GPM Interviews the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Introduction The FDD is a non-partisan institution focusing on national security and foreign policy. FDD was foun... March 23, 2012 Drones at Issue as US Rebuilds Ties to Pakistan On the American side, the drone program is also evolving. The pace has relented, with 64 strikes recorded in 2011, down from 117 in 2010, according to the Long War Journal, a Web site that closel... March 23, 2012 Pakistani Lawmakers Want a Halt to US Drone Strikes Drone strikes stopped for six weeks following the Nov. 26 incident, but then resumed in mid-January. Since then, at least 10 suspected U.S. attacks have been carried out in Pakistan’s triba... March 23, 2012 Countries Debate Whether to Arm Syrian Opposition Tony Badran, a research fellow at the D.C.-based think tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), told Fox News that the U.S. was "adamantly against any hint of inc... March 22, 2012 Crane Durham’s Nothing But Truth Russia's involvement in Syria, US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, and Iran's nuclear strategy.... March 22, 2012 Afternoon Edition The shooting in Toulouse.... March 21, 2012 The Brett Winterble Show The future of the Afghanistan war. Listen to the interview here.... March 21, 2012 A Drive in the Country with Joe Weber Middle east update.... March 21, 2012 US Exempts 11 States from Iran Sanctions; China, India Exposed Mark Dubowitz, an advocate for tougher sanctions on Iran and the head of the Foundation for Defence of Democracies, said Japan's example was likely to be significant. "The key numbe... March 21, 2012 Major Nations Could Face Economic Sanctions Over Iran Oil Buys Mark Dubowitz of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a pro-sanctions group, said the administration’s approach would help reassure nervous oil markets by showing that Japan can conti... March 21, 2012 US Exempts Japan and 10 Other Countries From Sanctions Over Iran Oil “It will calm oil market anxiety by signaling that the administration is going to let some Iranian oil flow,” said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of D... March 21, 2012 The Heat Daveed Gartenstein-Ross comments on the NYPD's surveillance of Muslims.... March 20, 2012 The Jon Justice Show The consequences of a nuclear-armed Iran....

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