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Anti-Americanism
Larijani’s Evasive Interview Shows Iran’s Policies Remain Unchanged
Iran’s Speaker of Parliament Ali Larijani was in New York on Wednesday to attend a U.N.-sponsored conference of parliamentary speakers...
Policy Briefs
Obama’s Gift to the Ayatollah
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, signed this month by the s...
Op-eds
Iran Is Working with al Qaeda
On July 21, the Pentagon announced that Muhsin al-Fadhli, an al Qaeda operative who had been wanted for more than a decade, was killed in an airstrike in Syria earlier in the month. Fadhli has be...
Op-eds
The Iranian Nuclear Paradox
The lines are clearly drawn in Washington on President Obama’s plan for a nuclear deal with Iran. As negotiations for a final agreement continue well past their June 30 deadline, most...
Op-eds
Slow Release
A few more documents from the bin Laden raid are finally revealed. They do not flatter the judgment of the Obama administration.
Op-eds
Transformational Diplomacy
Many supporters of an Iranian nuclear agreement believe that a deal could help to moderate, even democratize, Iranian society. Barack Obama’s constant allusions to the transformative potent...
Op-eds
Ramadi Falls–And Iran Will Come To The Rescue?
Experts most everywhere agree that the fall of Ramadi to Islamic State is a disaster. It solidifies IS control over a major east-west route from Ramadi (75-100 miles from Baghdad) to deep into Sy...
Op-eds
“Terrorism in Africa: The Imminent Threat to the United States”
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Legislative Testimonies
Khamenei Breaks Silence over Nuclear Framework
There is “nothing to congratulate,” Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Thursday, breaking his silence over a nuclear framework...
Policy Briefs
The Win-Win delusion
“The West Capitulates.” That was the headline on an article by Ibrahim al-Amin, editor of the Lebanese daily al-Akbar. He elaborated: “Victors and vanquished. This is the...
Op-eds
Still Needed: Regime Change in Iran
In December 2010, a Tunisian fruit-stand vendor set himself ablaze to protest the arbitrary closure of his business. Mohamed Bouazizi’s suicide sparked an upheaval in Tunisia that...
Op-eds
New Report Documents Saudi Rights Abuses That Harm U.S. Interests
FDD Senior Fellow Urges Washington to Push for Reforms
Press Releases
Violent Extremist vs. Holy Warrior
Is Barack Hussein Obama wrong to avoid appending “Islamic,” “Muslim,” “Islamist,” or even “jihadist” to the terrorism that has struck the West with...
Op-eds
U.S. Needs To Avoid Alliances With Iranian Proxies In Middle East, FDD Scholar Tells Congress
WASHINGTON – Tony Badran, a research fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday that Iran’s interest in becoming a Middle...
Press Releases
How Congress Became the Fall Guy for Obama’s Iran Deal
One of the more astounding features of the current controversy over the Iran nuclear negotiations is the extent to which Congress is being set up to take the blame if the...
Op-eds
A Resurgent Terrorist Threat in Turkey
Turkey has long fought Kurdish insurgents within its borders, and the country now faces a severe jihadist threat in part due to Ankara’s reckless policy of allowing jihadists to exploit its...
Op-eds
FDD Announces New Class of Policy Professionals for National Security Fellows Program
WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced its class of 2015 National Security Fellows. This group of 30 men and women are all up-and-coming policy professionals with...
Press Releases
It’s Time to Pursue Regime Change in Iran
There are lots of reasons to be skeptical that 2015 will see a diplomatic breakthrough in efforts to end Iran’s nuclear weapons bid. But one of the more compelling...
Op-eds
Obama’s See-No-Islam Policy Forces Military Rethink
... Obama’s refusal to recognize the region’s unique cultural and religious diversity is also exacerbating the regional wars, said Jonathan Schanzer, the research vice-...