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July 16, 2014
Hamas Drone Injects New Element into Arab-Israeli Conflict
... The spread of drone technology into the hands of insurgent groups "is what we’ve been fearing for a while,’’ said Jonathan Sc...
July 16, 2014
Tangible Progress Made in Iran Nuclear Talks, Kerry Says
... On Tuesday, Mr. Kerry took the rare step of directly addressing Mr. Khamanei, saying the U.S. took "very seriously" his fatwa, or religious edict, against the possession or use of nu...
July 16, 2014
John Kerry’s Routine Wears Thin
... It is long past the point at which we should have increased sanctions. Mark Dubowitz, a sanctions expert with the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Right Turn:...
July 16, 2014
A Maoist in Gaza
... One does not, however, have to dig very deep to discover that the halo effect around Gilbert masks some very disturbing affiliations. To begin with, Gilbert is an active member of No...
July 16, 2014
Hamas’s Asymmetric War Against Israel
... My FDD colleague Jonathan Schanzer outlined in Politico today the mushrooming problems for Israel and U.S. allies in the Middle East. He noted,...
July 16, 2014
The Most Extreme Faction Of Al Qaeda Is Winning, And It’s Leading To The Destruction Of Iraq
... But these psychopaths weren't aimless — they were capable of channeling their madness towards specific tactical and strategic ends....
July 16, 2014
US to arm Syrian moderates, but who are they?
... While the CIA traditionally favors third-party brokers in its work with local forces, the Department of Defense is frequently more hands-on, favoring direct contacts with the...
July 14, 2014
Thank Obama For Iran’s Growing Economy
... The recovery of Iran’s economy is a good thing for the Iranian people that suffered a currency in free-fall, staggering inflation and a contraction of the country’s Gross...
July 14, 2014
Israel Vows To Continue Airstrikes Despite Growing Pressure
... Hezbollah, which tangled with Israel in the past, is unlikely to do so now, says Tony Badran, an analyst at the Foundation for Defense o...
July 11, 2014
Hamas Firing China-Designed, Syria-Made M-302 Rockets: Israel
... “Hamas is capable of manufacturing fairly basic rockets on its own,” said Patrick Megahan, research analyst at the U.S.-base...
July 11, 2014
Israel and Its Arabs: Rockets, Riots, and the Dream of Coexistence
... “These are Arab-Israelis in Jerusalem, and they destroyed a multi-million dollar project that connected them to the rest of the city,&rdq...
July 11, 2014
Obama’s Foreign Policy Is Forming Alliances We Never Thought Possible
... Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, has been calling Washington's alignment with Iran and Hezboll...
July 10, 2014
US Defense Secretary Calls ISIL Imminent Threat
... But just how much farther ISIL can push remains a question. Tony Badran at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies spoke to VOA via Skype....
July 10, 2014
Israeli Ambassador: Hamas Using Iranian Rockets to Attack Israel
... “The overwhelming number of rockets fired by either Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza strip originate in Iran, are shipped t...
July 10, 2014
Hamas Orders Civilians to Die in Israeli Airstrikes
... “The interior ministry warned citizens about Israel sending messages telling them to leave their houses,” according to translations...
July 10, 2014
In Gaza, Israel Faces New Jihadist Threats On Top Of A Wounded Hamas
... “Hamas has been on the brink of collapse,” Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democrac...
July 9, 2014
New Khamenei Demands Make Tough Iranian Nuke Talks Even Tougher
... Iran hawks said Khamenei's insistence that Iran have greater enrichment capacity was an attempt to force the United States and its allies into a bad deal....
July 9, 2014
Egypt and United States, Usual Brokers In Cease-fires, May Not Help This Time
... Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, said Israeli officials told him that...
July 8, 2014
Hamas War Crimes Provoke Response
... Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who is presently in Israel, tells me, “[Israeli Prime Minister Benja...
July 8, 2014
Palestinian Terror Groups Threaten Third Intifada
... The PFLP, in its leaflets to Arabs around Jerusalem, called for citizens to erect “popular defense committees” across the West Bank...
July 7, 2014
Analysis: Iran’s Double Game In Iraq
... And these strategies worked to keep Iran in a position of power in Iraq, and says Iranian IRGC specialist Ali Alfoneh, "the Iraqi Shia in suspe...
July 7, 2014
Militants Seize Oil Field, Expand Syrian Domain
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July 7, 2014
A Rogue State Along Two Rivers
Sources: Caerus Associates, Congressional Research Service, Institute for the Study of War, Long War Journal, Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
July 7, 2014
Five Questions With Mark Dubowitz on Iran Nuclear Negotiations, Sanctions
Mark Dubowitz is executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a hawkish think tank, and a widely called-upon ...
July 7, 2014
Obama Could Use Iraq Crisis To Ease Oil Sanctions On Iran, Warns Security Expert
... Further pressure on oil supplies could cause oil prices to spike, making it more tempting for the White House to consider lifting sanctions on Iran to put more supply on the global m...
July 7, 2014
Why Higher Iran Oil Exports Are Not Roiling Nuclear Deal
... Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, acknowledges the administration's reading of the rules all...
July 3, 2014
Iran’s Top Spy Is The Modern-Day Karla, John Le Carré’s Villainous Mastermind
... Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA officer based in Istanbul, and now an analyst at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, was responsible for turning Revolutionary Guardsmen f...
July 3, 2014
Israel’s Target Is In Turkey
... It’s been alleged that while Hamas’s headquarters were moved from Damascus due to the Syrian civil war, Aruri moved to Turkey in 2012. Aruri, having lived in West Bank be...
July 2, 2014
Who Is The Palestinian Family Allegedly Behind The Deaths Of Three Israeli Teens?
... Grant Rumley, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies who specializes in Palestinian politics, said that recent years h...
July 2, 2014
Israel Bombs Gaza While Hamas’ Kidnapping Mastermind Sits in Turkey
... Senior Israeli officials confirmed for The Daily Beast that al-Arouri is the Hamas leader who has encouraged, funded and coordinated a campaign to ramp up kidnappings in the West Ban...
July 2, 2014
What Kurdish Independence Would Mean
... The issue, however, is that a KRG state would be fundamentally weak since it would have to take into account bigger and more important powers like Turkey and Iran. This may have seri...
July 2, 2014
Holding the line on Iran sanctions
... To prevent this result — or another six months of stalling when the Iranians continue to make progress on advanced centrifuges and ballistic missile research, Congress...
July 2, 2014
Saudi Arabia Takes a Hardline Stance as Militants Make Gains
... “Nothing focuses the mind like having al-Qaeda [or the functional equivalent] on your borders,” said David Weinberg, senior...
July 2, 2014
Terrorists & Kleptocrats: How Corruption is Eating the Palestinians Alive
... Middle East scholar Jonathan Schanzer explains in his recent book State of F...
July 2, 2014
Hamas Just Lost Its Ticket To Respectability
... “This was a workaround,” Jonathan Schanzer, an expert on Palestinian internal politics at the Foundation for Defense of Demo...
July 2, 2014
Rand Paul Under Fire for Claim Obama Admin ‘Allied’ With ISIL
... The more recent comment on ISIL “betrays a fundamental confusion as to the reality of the situation in Syria on the one hand, but also as...
July 1, 2014
Iran’s Oil Exports Drop In June, Stay Above Western Limits
"Iran is increasingly emboldened to export its oil," said Mark Dubowitz of U.S.-based independent think-tank Foundation for Defense of Democracies...
July 1, 2014
ISIS Claims Supremacy Among Extremists
... "It's a debate within the movement in multiple ways, particularly about brutality. ISIS has alienated a huge chunk of the Syrian populatio...
July 1, 2014
Erdogan, Survivor Of Protests And Inquiries, To Seek Presidency In Turkey
... As Mr. Erdogan accepted the nomination Tuesday, to the backdrop of a song about him, Jonathan Schanzer, an analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a research organizati...
July 1, 2014
Democrats Cautious On Palestinian Unity Government After Murder Of Israeli Teens
... The crisis, said Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, is likely to result in the unity government falling apart anyway. O...
July 1, 2014
The Hawks’ Playbook For Opposing An Obama Nuclear Deal With Iran
... The two authors of the plan -- Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a Washington think ta...
June 30, 2014
Why ISIS Won’t Take Baghdad
... Mideast expert Jonathan Schanzer of the US-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies says ISIS lacks the manpower to hold Baghdad even if it...
June 27, 2014
Obama’s Dithering Has Put U.S. Security At Risk, And The Public Knows It
... Iraq is only part of the problem, however. After three years, Syria’s multiple uses of chemical weapons and more than 160,000 dead, ...
June 26, 2014
The Appalling Reaction To Israeli Teens’ Kidnapping
... Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies reminds us, “Abbas can’t have it both ways. It’s impossible fo...
June 26, 2014
Legal Memo Backing Drone Strike That Killed American Anwar al-Awlaki Is Released
... The document makes no specific mention of armed U.S. drone aircraft, referring only to “contemplated lethal operations.” But the memo was drafted at a time when drone att...
June 26, 2014
Observers: Iran Changing Dynamics Of Iraqi Conflict
... “Inviting Iran to help stabilize Iraq is a recipe for disaster,” said Jonathan Schanzer, a Mideast expert with the F...
June 26, 2014
Bling For Minister Mastermind Greased Secret Turkey Gold Trade
... “The Istanbul prosecutor’s report leaked on March 14 is a damning document that reveals one of the most complex illicit finance s...
June 26, 2014
Don’t Forget Iran’s Sexual Minorities
... While the world powers prepare for a July negotiation session with Iran over its illicit nuclear program, the deteriorating situation for sexual minorities continues unabated. Sadl...
June 25, 2014
Besieged Iraqi Refinery at Baiji ‘Could Fall’ To ISIS: U.S. Officials
... "The road between Samarra and Baghdad is the real crux of the fight," Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal,...
June 24, 2014
Rifts Among Shiites Further Threaten The Future Of Iraq
MAP: Beginning on Friday and in a rapid succession, ISIS fighters captured the western border crossings at Qaim, Waleed and Trebil....
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