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Experts

David Adesnik
Director of Research
David Asher
Senior Fellow
Tony Badran
Research Fellow
Bradley Bowman
CMPP Senior Director
Toby Dershowitz
Senior Vice President for Government Relations and Strategy
Mark Dubowitz
Chief Executive
Eric S. Edelman
Senior Advisor
Annie Fixler
CCTI Deputy Director
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Senior Fellow
Saeed Ghasseminejad
Senior Advisor on Iran
John Hannah
Senior Counselor
Olli Heinonen
Senior Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation
Thomas Joscelyn
Senior Fellow and Senior Editor of FDD's Long War Journal
Tzvi Kahn
Senior Iran Analyst
Orde Kittrie
Senior Fellow
Michael Ledeen
Freedom Scholar
Eric B. Lorber
CEFP Senior Director
Clifford D. May
Founder & President
LTG H.R. McMaster
CMPP Chairman
Jacob Nagel
Visiting Fellow
Emanuele Ottolenghi
Senior Fellow
Chip Poncy
CEFP Senior Advisor
Bill Roggio
Senior Fellow and Editor of FDD's Long War Journal
Sheryl Saperia
Director of Policy for Canada
Jonathan Schanzer
Senior Vice President for Research
Behnam Ben Taleblu
Senior Fellow
Benjamin Weinthal
Research Fellow
Juan C. Zarate
CEFP Chairman
Matthew Zweig
Senior Fellow

Key Points

Behnam Ben Taleblu is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

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Tony Badran, Tablet magazine’s Levant analyst, is a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He tweets @AcrossTheBay.

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Featured
October 29, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn,  Dr. Ahmed Shaheed,  Rose Parris Richter,  Prof. Irwin Cotler

Profiles of Iranian Repression

Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic

Report
FDD Analysis
March 14, 2019 | Behnam Ben Taleblu

U.S.–designated terrorist Soleimani gets Iran's highest military honor

Axios
March 14, 2019 | Tony Badran

Hezbollah’s Deadly Lies

For years, the terrorist organization duped the expert class into believing it was peacefully evolving. Now that many have wised up, new and more dangerous fictions emerge.

Tablet Magazine
March 14, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer,  Ghaith al-Omari

Trump’s Subtlety Could Yield Middle East Peace

Past administrations have publicized their plans too soon, provoking fury from fanatics on both sides.

The Wall Street Journal
March 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May,  Mark Dubowitz,  Orde Kittrie

In the Line of Fire: Human Shields

FDD's Foreign Podicy
March 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May

A brief history of Jew-hatred

It’s as old as the Judean Hills and remarkably diverse.

The Washington Times
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In The News
Iran Appointed to U.N. Women’s Rights Committee
March 13, 2019 | Clifford D. May
Washington Free Beacon
In Wake of Sanctions, Hezbollah Asks Donors for More Money
March 12, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal
The Tower
Britain Has Discarded the Delusion That Hizballah Has Two Wings, but Europe Clings to It
March 12, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal,  Mark Dubowitz
Mosaic Magazine
Experts: Europe’s View of Two Wings of Hezbollah is “At Odds with Reality”
March 11, 2019 | Mark Dubowitz,  Benjamin Weinthal
The Tower
Axios World: Bonus: The president's former man
March 7, 2019
Axios
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Events

EVENT: FDD's National Security Summit

August 28, 2018 | 10:00

EVENT: Iran's Deceptive Financial Practices

June 5, 2018 | 12:15
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Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation
Center on Economic and Financial Power
Center on Military and Political Power
FDD’s Long War Journal
Iran Program
Military Edge
National Security Network
Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab
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