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Experts
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Research Fellow
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Resident Scholar
Ahmad Sharawi
Senior Research Analyst
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow
David Daoud
Senior Fellow
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus
Senior Fellow
Natalie Ecanow
Senior Research Analyst
Mariam Wahba
Research Analyst
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Senior Advisor on Asymmetric Warfare
About
FDD analyzes political dynamics across the Arab world, including how governance challenges, sectarian tensions, and democratic transitions affect U.S. interests, counterterrorism efforts, and the broader strategic competition in the Middle East.
FDD Analysis
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: October
Policy Tracker
The Muslim Brotherhood Still Controls Jordan’s Rebranded Ummah Party
Policy Brief
The Abraham Accords at Six: How a New Paradigm Outpaced the Old Peace
Middle East 24
Palestinians Must Heed the Lesson of Nasser’s Aswan Dam
Real progress for Palestinians and the wider Arab world requires breaking free from emotional gridlock and making peace.
This is Beirut
Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: September
Policy Tracker
Experts
Hussain Abdul-Hussain
Research Fellow
Jonathan Schanzer
Executive Director
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Resident Scholar
Ahmad Sharawi
Senior Research Analyst
Bernard Haykel
Senior Fellow
David Daoud
Senior Fellow
Lt. Col. (Ret.) Jonathan Conricus
Senior Fellow
Natalie Ecanow
Senior Research Analyst
Mariam Wahba
Research Analyst
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross
Senior Advisor on Asymmetric Warfare
In The News
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Israel, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt and the U.S. consider joining Saudi war
Mario Nawfal
Trump’s Ultimatum: Will America’s Nuclear Energy Offer Draw Saudi Arabia Into the Abraham Accords?
New York Sun
Saudi Forces Win Back Control of Key Red Sea Port After Rapid Advance Left Houthis Overextended
New York Sun
Events
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EVENT: Shatter the Nations: ISIS and the War for the Caliphate
October 21, 2019 | 8:00