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February 20, 2020 | John Hannah |

The Debate That Democrats Didn’t Have in Las Vegas

Republican foreign-policy experts weigh in on the most eventful debate of the 2020 primary.

October 24, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Aykan Erdemir

Trump’s Turkey problem

In what may well have been the shortest duration of sanctions in modern history, President Trump on Oct. 23 lifted all of the sanctions he had imposed on Turkey just nine days earlier for “escalating...

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman’s Growing Ties with Iran Threatens its Neutrality: FDD Report

 Weapons smuggling to Houthis via Oman rank among recent concerns

February 9, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

U.S. Slams Germany for Refusal to Extradite Turkish Terrorist to America

Germany's legal system, according to critics, has earned a reputation over the years as being overly lenient toward terrorists involved in the murder of US officials and Israelis.

November 9, 2018 | David Adesnik, Andrew Gabel

Iranian Oil Exports Already Down Before Sanctions Came Back Online

Even before the reinstatement of sanctions earlier this week, Iran’s oil exports had already fallen by as much as 40 percent from their previous high, or one million barrels per day (bpd). Secretary...

October 17, 2018 | Andrew Gabel |

Tehran’s Oil Exports Rose Slightly in September, Halting Sharp Decline

Bloomberg has reversed its prior assessment that Iranian oil exports continued to plunge in September, halting – but not reversing – the sharp decline that began after the U.S. announced...

September 27, 2018 | David Adesnik |

Iranian Tankers Hide Locations Ahead of Impending Sanctions

The International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) requires the continual operation of an Automatic Ident...

May 18, 2018 | Aykan Erdemir |

Turkish Banker Sentenced for Iran Sanctions-Busting Scheme

A Manhattan court Wednesday sentenced Mehmet Hakan Atilla, deputy general manager of Turkey’s second...

September 14, 2017 | Olli Heinonen |

IAEA Inspections in Iran under the JCPOA

Bloomberg News reported a doubling of nuclear inspections in Ir...

May 12, 2017 | Thomas Joscelyn

Trump Reportedly Considering Mike Rogers, Author of Scorned Benghazi Report, for FBI Director

Bloomberg is reporting that President Trump is considering former Rep. Mike Rogers to replace James Comey as FBI director. Rogers is a former FBI agent; by the end of his seven terms in Congress...

April 17, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz |

Auditing Standards for Clients Doing Business with Iran

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March 24, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Taking the War to the BDS Activists

Israel is in a war against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement that includes using preemptive measures to curb the potential impact on the Jewish state, Strategic Affairs Minister Gila...

March 3, 2017 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iranian Officials: Obama-era Prisoner Release was ‘Ransom’

Iranian intelligence agencies are fighting over credit for forcing the U.S. to pay ransom for...

September 1, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Gives Green Light to Direct $1.7 Billion from U.S. to Military

A debate has raged in recent weeks over whether the Obama administration’s $400-million payment to Iran in January – part of a $1.7-billion ...

September 1, 2016 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Gives Green Light to Direct $1.7 Billion from U.S. to Military

A debate has raged in recent weeks over whether the Obama administration’s $400-million payment to Iran in January – part of a $1.7-billion...

July 19, 2016 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross |

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Jamil Jaffer, former senior adviser to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior fellow at the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, react to the Turkish co...

March 24, 2016 | R. James Woolsey |

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Chairman of FDD's Leadership Council Jim Woolsey weighs in on the aftermath of the terror attacks in Brussels.  ...

January 6, 2016 |

Economic Sanctions and Terror Finance Expert Joins FDD’s Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance

Washington, DC -- Eric B. Lorber, an expert on anti-money laundering policy and terror finance issues, has been named senior advisor at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Center on...

July 7, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Should America and Israel Let Their Enemies Kill Each Other Off?

As some see it, what’s happening now in the Mideast provides the best excuse the Israelis have had in a long time to just sit back and let their worst enemies rub each other out. Senior Isr...

June 25, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

An Unhelpful Ally

The Middle East is aflame. The rapid march of the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham, or ISIS, from Syria into Iraq has rattled Washington and Brussels. The Palestinian-Israeli conflict is also he...