Analysis: Tear down Iran’s anti-democracy wall
Is there anything to say about bringing about a democratic political and social order in Iran? A lively panel titled “Anti-democratic Regimes: Confrontation or Coexistence?” at the Fo...
Elliott Abrams
Analysis: Why Iran’s Failure to Protect Religious Minorities Doesn’t Bode Well For Nuclear Deal
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure has been marked by intensified persecution and incarceration of Baha’is, Jews, Christians and Sunni Muslims, according to a new report from t...
Op-eds
Conservatives Push Congress On Iran
As Congress contemplates passing new Iran sanctions over the objections of t...
Op-eds
We Really Need to Talk About Corruption
If peace were suddenly to break out in the Middle East, John Kerry would undoubtedly assure his place in the Secretary of State Hall of Fame. Defiantly challenging a chorus of naysayers at home a...
Op-eds
Washington’s Syria Policy
Madame Chairwoman, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Committee. On behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, thank you for inviting me to testify at toda...
Legislative Testimonies
Iran’s Time Bomb
When US Vice-President Joe Biden finally got to comment on Iran in his recent speech at the policy conference of the American Israel ...
Op-eds
Unlikely Peacemakers
Sharon disengaged from Gaza because he wanted to disentangle the people he had spent a lifetime protecting from their nemesis.
Op-eds
‘Failure to Blacklist Hezbollah Undermines Security’
The Iranian regime’s genocidal threats toward Israel and the European Union’s failure to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization shaped many of the panel discussions at a one-day c...
Op-eds
A Far-Right Israeli Electorate?
Contrary to conventional wisdom, Israelis haven’t become radicals. They’ve just abandoned a delusion.
Op-eds
Have Obama and Bibi Made Up?
If the past few weeks are any guide, it looks like the open feud between Jerusalem and Washington is over.
Op-eds
America’s Future in the Mideast
Thomas Friedman, Elliott Abrams, Walter Russell Mead, and Aaron David Miller advise the next president.
Op-eds
Assad’s Ally Arrested
In Beirut last week, former Lebanese MP and cabinet member Michel Sa...
Op-eds
Tunisia Honors Convicted Murderer Samir Kuntar
The city of Bizerte in Tunisia last week honored convicted murderer Samir Kuntar, who carried out a brutal 1979 attack in Nahariya that killed Israeli policeman Eliyahu Shahar, and Danny Haran an...
Op-eds
Some Questionable State Department Actions
Prepared by staff at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies 1) Global Counterterrorism Conference Without Israel The Global Counterterrorism Forum w...
Op-eds
Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Immediate Action to Establish Safe Zones in Syria
Washington, D.C.—A bipartisan group of sixty-two foreign policy experts and former U.S. government officials signed an open letter today urging President Obama to adopt a strategy that will...
Press Releases
A New Egypt, But Is It An Improvement?
The Post reports: “Egypt’s electoral...
Op-eds
Congress Tries to Lead on Iran; Obama Clings to Failed Diplomacy
The Obama administration won’t take no for an answer. The Iran talks yielded no progress again this week, and yet the Obama administration...
Op-eds
The Whole World Is Watching
Yesterday, the White House’s Atrocities Prevention Board held its first meeting. Chaired by NSC staffer Samantha Power, author of...
Op-eds
The Europeans Play Checkers While the Iranians Play Chess
In Istanbul on Saturday, the first new talks opened since January, 2011 between the six major global powers and the Islamic Republic over its illicit nuclear weapons program. Catherine Ashton, th...
Op-eds
Who Leaked Israeli Iran Plan?
Is the United States leaking information in order to discourage an Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities? That’s what some experts are saying in the wake of a...