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January 18, 2012 Pakistan, Taliban Doubt Mehsud is Dead The Long War Journal, an online forum tracking counter-terrorism operations, reported during the weekend that intercepted radio communications between Taliban fighters led intelligence authoritie... January 13, 2012 State Department Sanctions Three Companies Under Iran Sanctions Act After my post, I spoke with Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, which is a Washington think tank that has pushed for stronger sanctions on Iran. Du... January 13, 2012 US Imposes Sanctions on Oil Firms Tading with Iran "It's a good shot across the bow and signals the US is serious about vigorous sanctions enforcement," said Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.... January 13, 2012 U.S. Slaps Sanctions on China State Energy Trader Over Iran "It's a good shot across the bow and signals the U.S. is serious about vigorous sanctions enforcement. This could be the beginning of a cascade of more sanctions on Chinese companies if Chin... January 13, 2012 FDD on Latest Sanctions Move: ‘A Shot Across the Bow to Beijing’ After my earlier post on the newly imposed sanctions on... January 12, 2012 Iran Says Scientist’s Murder Reveals Global Terror Campaign That alone is difficult, said Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former Central Intelligence Agency specialist on Iran who is now at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a Washington foreign- policy... January 12, 2012 China Gets Cheaper Iran Oil as U.S. Picks Up Tab for Hormuz Strait Patrols Instead, China’s oil executives are expected to demand lower prices for Iranian crude, said Mark Dubowitz, director of the Iran Energy Project at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies,... January 12, 2012 Can EU Oil Sanctions Create a Turning Point in Iran? The strategy of inflicting laser-like oil sanctions on Iran without disrupting global energy markets, and thereby reducing Iran's oil profits, was first developed by Mark Dubowitz, executive... January 10, 2012 Syrian Americans Anxiously Monitor Uprising “Sometimes I tape them, because it’s a part of our history,” said the 43-year-old mother of two, who took a leave from her job as an Arabic teacher to help the uprising that beg... January 9, 2012 Lull in Strikes by U.S. Drones Aids Militants in Pakistan Over all, drone strikes in Pakistan dropped to 64 last year, compared with 117 strikes in 2010, according to The Long War Journal, a Web site that monitors the attacks. Analysts attribute the dec... January 6, 2012 Today In Syria: “They Made [Dad] Watch My Mom Being Beaten” If you believe you've been threatened by Syrian informants and want to publicize your story, contact PBS... January 5, 2012 New Sanctions Target Iran Oil Sales In a report, Mark Dubowitz, executive director at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies -- which is pushing for more Iran sanctions -- said the narrowing of Iranian oil-crude buyers would cut... January 5, 2012 EU Officials Agree in Principle on Iran Oil Embargo The top five European importers of Iranian oil are Italy, Spain, Greece, the Netherlands and France, said Mark Dubowitz, an expert on energy sanctions at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies... January 4, 2012 2012: It Could be a Year of Middle East Uncertainty In addition, Jonathan Schanzer, vice president of research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, agreed that the "Iranian nuclear crisis will be the number one security concern of 2012."... January 4, 2012 US Urges Iran Oil Importers To Cut Purchases ‘Significantly’ "There's sufficient flexibility written into the law that the administration can make an assessment on the commitment that these countries have to either reduce the purchases of Iranian oil... January 3, 2012 Mass Murder in Syria, Inaction by Obama Critics of the administration concede that arming the opposition forces has its downside and may add to political strife and violence after Assad is gone. While acknowledging this concern, Jonath... December 30, 2011 The Sidney Awards, Part II Speaking about medicine gone wrong, Ethan Gutmann had a chilling piece in The Weekly Standard called “The Xin... December 30, 2011 Obama Administration Secretly Preparing Options for Aiding the Syrian Opposition "It seems awfully risky for the U.S. to be putting its chips all in on that mission," said Tony Badran, a research fellow with the conservative Foundation for Defense of Democracies. "There never... December 30, 2011 Clock Ticking for West to Act on Iranian Nuclear Program At the end of February, after the scheduled enactment of new American sanctions, the Department of Energy will issue a report on which countries remain Iran’s oil clients. They may include... December 29, 2011 When Will We Know We’ve Run Out of Time on Iran? So what to make of all this? First, it’s remarkable that... December 27, 2011 US Prepares for a Curtailed Relationship With Pakistan The C.I.A. has conducted 64 missile attacks in Pakistan using drones this year, compared with 117 last year and 53 in 2009, according to... December 27, 2011 New Terror Group Aims ‘To Fulfill Oath’ of Osama Bin Laden: Report "With this message we send you the good tidings of the birth of the group 'Ansar al-Jihad in the Sinai Peninsula,' and we pledge unto Allah the Great and Almighty to do our best to figh... December 22, 2011 50 US Experts Implore Obama to Press Syria Harder Around 50 US-based experts on Middle East policy and strategy signed an open letter to President Barack Obama this week imploring him to demonstrate greater leadership on the Syria crisis.... December 21, 2011 Experts to the Administration: Help Syria Now "As was the case in Libya, the situation in Syria is one in which our interests and our values converge," wrote a bipartisan group of 55 foreign policy experts on Monday... December 21, 2011 US Joins EU Push to Embargo Iran Oil Over Nuclear Effort “The ultimate goal is not to take every barrel of Iranian oil off the market, but to significantly decrease the revenue Iran receives for its oil sales,” said Mark Dubowitz, director... December 21, 2011 Do You Believe in the “New” Hamas? That’s the conceit behind an article in The National Interest titled “A new Hamas in the... December 21, 2011 US Puts Brakes on Drones, No Attack in 33 Days Washington: Pakistan is experiencing the longest respite from punitive drone strikes by the United States. Washington has now gone 33 days without a Predator or Reaper airstrike against terrorist... December 21, 2011 Catch-22 for Sanctions on Iran Mark Dubowitz, executive director of hawkish Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told NPR that Europe has even tougher choices to make in the wake of Gazprom's decision to cut Europea... December 20, 2011 Happy Hanukkah, Marines! Then there's the Ledeen family. Among my most memorable evenings was a farewell for Marine Lt. Gabriel Ledeen, who was shipping off to pre-surge Iraq. That night we brought our three young d... December 19, 2011 Administration Gets Some of the Leeway It Sought in New Iran Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank that has closely consulted with Congress on shaping such sanctions, said the law’s effect would... December 19, 2011 Pakistan Says It Returned Fire in Deadly NATO Border Attack The U.S. has sought to repair relations with Pakistan. One possible byproduct of that effort is the absence of CIA drone strikes since mid-November, an unusually long pause, said Bill Roggio, who... December 15, 2011 Pakistan: Words v. Action As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was flying toward Afghanistan earlier this week, he told the reporters flying with him that Pakistan is a critical element in ultimately winning the war in Afgha... December 14, 2011 U.S. Stops CIA Drone Strikes in Pakistan to Halt Decline in Shaky Relations: Report The U.S. has put drone strikes in Pakistan “on hold” to save a post-9/11 allegiance that’s on life support, Long War Journal reports. An official told the blog that a s... December 13, 2011 Inside the Conference Negotiations on Iran Sanctions "Every administration wants total discretion on foreign policy, but that is an impulse that Congress must always resist," Berman said at a conference on Thursday sponsored by the Foundation for t... December 13, 2011 Syrian Rebels Seek Help Waging Civil War "The most important player, the United States, has shied away from direct intervention," says Tony Badran, a research fellow for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, who says Obama is stick... December 13, 2011 Berman Resists Pressure to Weaken Iran Sanctions Measure Rep. Howard Berman of California, the ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, vowed to resist pressure from the Obama administration to weaken legislation intended to isolate the... December 13, 2011 Clinton Speech Shames Gay Bashers at Home and Abroad In was in that hateful spirit — as James Kirchick of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies wrote in... December 13, 2011 ‘No substitute for US leadership on Syria’ WASHINGTON – Syria is too important a country for its crisis to be handled by any actor other than the United States, experts on Mideast geopolitics and national security said late last wee... December 13, 2011 Oil at $150 Becomes Biggest Options Bet on Iran: Energy Markets A European ban on Iran's exports still may not boost prices because the Islamic republic's remaining trading partners, including China and India, would have increased power to negotiate... December 13, 2011 Adam Smith: I Am NOT Trying to Water Down the Iran Sanctions Legislation House Foreign Affairs ranking Democrat Howard Berman (D-CA), who announced yesterday that he would definitely not be the one carrying the administration's water on the issue, is one of the o... December 7, 2011 U.S. Slaps Iran With More Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, noted that the money-laundering designation does not call for specific penalties for companies that continue to do... December 6, 2011 Mysterious Blasts, Slayings Suggest Covert Efforts in Iran Reuel Marc Gerecht, a former CIA operative who specialized on Iran, said he doesn't believe that the CIA could mount a sophisticated covert campaign of sabotage inside Iran, where the U.S. h... December 6, 2011 The Thirty-Year War The more immediate concern is that sanctions driving up oil costs might create a windfall for Iran. The question, says Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democraci... December 6, 2011 Panetta’s Antagonistic Speech on Israel Jonathan Schanzer of the Foundation for Defense for Democracies wasn’t all that surprised by another round of heavy-handed public lecturing from the Obama team. He told me, “The compl... December 2, 2011 U.S. Senate Backs Sanctions Intended to Cripple Iran Oil Exports The Central Bank of Iran is a vital intermediary for purchasers of Iranian crude because existing sanctions against the Persian Gulf country have so constrained Iran’s ability to use the in... December 2, 2011 EU Wimps Out on Oil Sanctions to Halt Iran’s Nuclear Drive: View Iran has also sweetened the pot for India, giving refiners there far more generous payment options than those available from countries such as Saudi Arabia. Mark Dubowitz, an Iran expert with the... December 1, 2011 Iran Clings to Oil Lifeline as U.S. Pushes for Tighter Financial Sanctions Mark Dubowitz, director of the Iran Energy Project at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and co-author of a confidential report on Iran circulated on Nov. 29 to the Administration and... November 30, 2011 The Next Step in Sanctioning Iran But the Canadian government can do even more. As Mark Dubowitz and Sheryl Saperia argued recently in a column published in the National Post, Ottawa should add Iran's Revolutionary Guards Co... November 30, 2011 Iran: Sanktionen mit Blick auf den Ölpreis Der Iran reagierte wie immer. Das Außenamt hieß die neuen Sanktionen „wirkungslos“. Schon bei der bisher letzten vom UN-Sicherheitsrat verhängten Runde im Herbst 2010... November 23, 2011 Nuclear Resolution Keeps Pressure on Iran But Lacks Teeth Emmanule Ottolenghi, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies in Washington, told Deutsche Welle the resolution lacks decisiveness. 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