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November 28, 2014
Islamic State Spreading Into Northern Africa, Alarming U.S.
... “I don’t think there’s any doubt that the Islamic State is going to commit and claim responsibility for an increasing number of attacks in North Africa, both...
November 26, 2014
Israel’s lurch to the right dims two-state peace prospects
... "In terms of the nation-state bill, its effects on the peace process are immense," said Grant Rumley, a Middle East expert at the Washington-based Foundation for Def...
November 26, 2014
For Former Embassy Hostages, a Special Interest in Iran Talks
... Theoretically, there is no shortage of Iranian money to pay compensation. The Iranian government has $100 billion to $120 billion in foreign-exchange reserves in accounts out...
November 25, 2014
Here’s The Depressing Reason Why Iran May Have Rejected A Generous Nuclear Deal
... In taking an incremental approach, Iran gets the benefits of a short-term agreement — benefits like sanctions relief and diplomatic good will — while not giving up anything...
November 25, 2014
Iran’s Lower Profit From Sanctions Relief Won’t Mollify Congress
... “Every business in Iran has been hurt by the sanctions,” Ramin Rabii, managing director of Turquoise Partners, a Tehran-based investment firm, said in an interview. “...
November 25, 2014
More Nuclear Time in Tehran
... The diplomatic breathing space has also let Iran revive its economy and chip away at sanctions. The Obama Administration says the eased sanctions in the interim agreement give Iran $70...
November 25, 2014
‘Al-Shabab Doesn’t Want a Truce With Infidel Powers’
... The violent campaign between Kenya's government and Somali militants is escalating. On Sunday, a day after members of the al-Shabab group executed 28 passengers on a Kenyan bus, K...
November 25, 2014
Despite ‘Incitement,’ Abbas Seen by Washington as Bulwark
... The Mahmoud Abbas whom Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has accused of incitement has said the Jewish state practices genocide and called the temporary closure of the Temple M...
November 25, 2014
Islamic State Relaxes Vetting of Foreign Jihadists in a Bid to Boost Recruits
... To this end, Isil has also boosted its domestic recruitment drive, expanding its training camps in Syria and Iraq and reportedly "paying" locals to get trained. A repo...
November 25, 2014
The US Is On A Collision Course With An ‘Absolutely Indispensable’ Ally
The US and Turkey are headed for a showdown over Syria, as evidence mounts that Ankara is enabling groups that Washington is actively bombing. Discord between the two allies is n...
November 25, 2014
A Bad Deal With Iran in the Nuclear Talks Could Destabilize the Middle East
... "In the case of Iran getting the bomb, I've always assumed that the roughly 200 weapons ... in Pakistan now were rent-a-bombs for Saudi Arabia -- that the moment Saudi Arabia...
November 24, 2014
3 Ways the Iranian Nuclear Negotiations Could End
... Many skeptics of an Iran nuclear deal say they don't want diplomacy to fail, but they also don't believe the Iranian regime is sincere in its desire for a strictly peaceful n...
November 24, 2014
World Powers And Iran Fail To Agree on Nuclear Deal
... Members of Congress in both parties are concerned the Obama administration will try to prevent Congress from having a say in the final deal. Skeptics of the deal worry that Iran is del...
November 24, 2014
How the Obama Administration Has Already Caved to Iran
... The deadline for the Joint Plan of Action ended it seems without a final agreement between the P5+1 and Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. It’s not yet clear...
November 24, 2014
Iran, World Powers Extend Nuclear Talks as Major Gaps Remain
... The failure to win a deal is likely to embolden hard-line politicians in the U.S. Congress and in Iran who are skeptical about the concessions needed to agree an accord. Extending talk...
November 24, 2014
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended for 7 Months Amid Impasse Ahead of Deadline
... Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said the extension was a welcome relief for members of Congress who suspected that a deal was in...
November 24, 2014
Egypt, the Most Important Arab Nation, Is an ISIS Target
... Egypt has historically been one of the most stable countries in the Middle East. Today, after the failed 2011 “Arab Spring” and shake-up of official power, Egypt’s ec...
November 24, 2014
Reports: Top Iranian Negotiator ‘Frequently Shouts’ at Kerry, Western Officials
... Both sides appear convinced that it will be impossible to reach a final deal before the Monday deadline. “Given the limited time left, reaching a comprehensive agreement...
November 24, 2014
Nuke Talks Confront Deadline, Iran’s Enmity with West
... Iran has yet to explain evidence it conducted studies and tests of nuclear detonators, Yukiya Amano, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, told his board of governors last we...
November 24, 2014
U.S. and Allies Extend Iran Nuclear Talks by 7 Months
... Mr. Obama, for his part, will no longer be able to rely on Democratic leaders in the Senate to bottle up legislation that would require new sanctions. “I don’t thin...
November 24, 2014
Iran Nuclear Talks Extended, So Congress Might Turn Up the Heat
... An opposing view – which resonates among many in Congress – is that the extension plays into Tehran’s game plan. While it extends a freeze on Iran’s nuclear pro...
November 24, 2014
Republicans Could Complicate Iran Extension
... One of the concerns that prompted Reid to pull the bill was the administration's contention that holding a vote on additional sanctions before Iran did anything bad could scare of...
November 24, 2014
Reaction to Extension on Iran Talks Falls Along Partisan Lines
... Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that lawmakers might choose to design “sanctions-in-waiting” that could be impo...
November 21, 2014
Hayden: U.S. Intelligence Likely Could Not Detect Iranian Bomb
... Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, warned that the Obama administration could undermine its economic leverage over Tehran if it pre...
November 20, 2014
Cleric: Iran Will Use ‘Suicide Operations to Send its Message to the World’
... A hardline Iranian cleric affiliated with the country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Iran has used “suicide operations” in the past and will use them again &...
November 20, 2014
Report: There are Active ISIS Cells Inside Turkey
Turkey has contributed to the rise of the brutal Islamic State by turning a blind eye to the ongoing flow of money, weapons, illegal oil, and fighters across its border to the jihadist group in S...
November 20, 2014
Corruption Currents: Spanish Folk Singer Jailed
... The Foundation for Defense of Democracies launched a project targeting sanctions and illicit finance. (press release) ......
November 20, 2014
The Pros and Cons of a SWIFT Response
... The earlier SWIFT ban is widely seen as having helped persuade Iran’s government to negotiate over its nuclear programme. The ban was one of the first sanctions Tehran as...
November 19, 2014
Doubts About Afghan Forces Rise After Attack in Capital
... Before Tuesday’s attack, analysts had suggested that the Taliban is set to exploit weaknesses in Afghanistan’s security forces as U.S. and NATO troops dwindle to about 12,0...
November 19, 2014
5 Reasons Why Iran Wants a Nuclear Deal, and May Fail
... As Monday's deadline for a deal on Iran's nuclear program nears, here are five reasons Iran wants an agreement — and five barriers to an accord: Reasons Iran w...
November 18, 2014
Analysis: Making Up is Mostly About Iran
... David Andrew Weinberg, a specialist on Gulf affairs and a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told The Jerusalem Post that Sunday night’s Riyadh s...
November 18, 2014
Obama’s Fire Sale to Iran
... For years we have been negotiating and Iran still will not agree to any meaningful prohibitions on enrichment. You would think by now the administration would have figured out the lay...
November 18, 2014
On Iran Nuclear Deal, Down to the Wire in Vienna
... The third possible outcome is, of course, no deal at all. The Obama administration’s reading of the Joint Plan of Action could be defined as strict interpretationalist in this in...
November 17, 2014
Iran Seeks Quick Relief from U.N. Sanctions in Nuclear Talks
... The five Security Council resolutions sanctioning Iran don't hit it as hard as the U.S. and European Union penalties, which have largely isolated Iran from the international finan...
November 17, 2014
Terror Financiers are Living Freely in Qatar, US Discloses
... The two Qataris — Khalifa Muhammad Turki al-Subaiy and Abd al-Rahman bin Umayr al-Nuaymi — are living in Doha, the country’s capital, and are free to go as they pleas...
November 17, 2014
Obama Condemns Islamic State’s Killing of Peter Kassig
... Analysts said that the change in the videos suggested that something may have gone wrong as the militants, who have been under sustained attack from a United States-led military coalit...
November 17, 2014
GOP Poised to Dash Obama’s Iran Hopes
... Experts believe negotiators will extend their talks beyond the November deadline for several months, which would allow Republicans to pass Iran legislation before a deal is reached....
November 14, 2014
Caving to Iran
... Last year in Geneva the administration agreed to ease sanctions, which, with the credible threat of military force already eroded, was the most powerful instrument the White House had...
November 13, 2014
4 Turkish terrorists caught in Texas after being smuggled across border
... Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said he would be surprised if the men were part of a plot against the U.S....
November 13, 2014
McCain Helps a Business Partner of Iran
... Jonathan Schanzer, a scholar at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, noted that even while Iran is not able to benefit from access to the mine and steps have been taken to...
November 13, 2014
Reasons for a New Counterterrorism Framework
... One of the key criticisms of the Obama approach in combating terrorism, especially al Qaeda, is that the administration does not fully understand the organization, which hinders or bli...
November 13, 2014
Iranian Negotiator: U.S. Must Bow to Our ‘Inalienable Nuclear Rights’
... Iran’s foreign minister and lead negotiator in nuclear talks said this week that the United States must bow to Iran’s “inalienable nuclear rights” and hinted th...
November 13, 2014
AP Sources: IS, al-Qaida Reach Accord in Syria
... Militant leaders from the Islamic State group and al-Qaida gathered at a farm house in northern Syria last week and agreed on a plan to stop fighting each other and work together again...
November 13, 2014
Bipartisanship is Our Best Hope for Stopping a Bad Iran Deal
... President Obama has been making so many concessions that the likelihood of Iranian negotiators making a deal by the Nov. 24 deadline, rather than waiting for more generous terms to fal...
November 13, 2014
12 People to Follow on Twitter for the Iran Talks
... It’s fish-or-cut-bait time in the Iran nuclear talks, with the deadline for an agreement now less than two weeks away. Events are moving quickly. How can you prepare for the flur...
November 12, 2014
Preemptive Strike
... Two weeks before a crucial diplomatic deadline, newly victorious Republicans in Congress are plotting to derail one of Barack Obama’s few remaining chances for a second-term poli...
November 12, 2014
Iran Escapes Isolation; Obama Frantic for a Deal
... Just when you think things can’t get any worse in the P5+1 talks, along comes this news: Russia signed a contract Tuesday to build two more nuclear reactors in Iran to b...
November 12, 2014
Iran Expert: Congress Can Defend Iran Sanctions From Obama
In a conference call with reporters Wednesday morning, Mark Dubowitz, an Iran expert and executive director of the nonpartisan Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that Congress has tools...
November 12, 2014
Sanctions Expert: Iran Cheats “Incrementally” to “Eat Up Time” and Avoid Consequences
... For an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal, Bret Stephens interviewed Mark Dubowit...
November 12, 2014
The Beltway’s Syria Fairy Tales
... Tom Joscelyn and Bill Roggio have the story at The Long War Journal: CENTCOM draws misleading line between Al Nusrah Fron...
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