Energy Information Administration

December 19, 2024 | Janatan Sayeh, Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Too Little, Too Late, By Biden on Iran

President Biden pulled punches when enforcing oil sanctions against Iran. Forsaking the leverage inherited from President Trump’s “maximum pressure,” Biden opted for “maximum deference” from the get-go, and with clearly disastrous results. Not only is there no deal in place today constraining Iran’s nuclear program, but Tehran’s theocrats have used oil export revenues – an estimated at $144 billion of which was earned during Biden’s first three years – to underwrite the cycle violence currently engulfing the Middle East.

Op-eds
October 21, 2024 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Biden Administration Admits Iran’s Oil Exports Have Grown Exponentially in Value and Volume

Earlier this month, the Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its first report about Iran’s petroleum exports as mandated by the Stop Harboring Iranian Petroleum(SHIP) Act enacted earlier this year....

Policy Briefs
August 19, 2022 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Tehran’s $1 Trillion Deal: An Updated Forecast of Iran’s Financial Windfall From a New Nuclear Agreement

European and American diplomats say negotiations over the fate of the nuclear deal with Iran have reached their final stage. As a series of previous FDD publications have shown, the new nuclear deal would...

Insights
April 22, 2022 | Matthew Zweig, John Hardie

How to Target Russian Oil Exports Without Upending Global Energy Markets

Western sanctions should focus not on taking Russian supplies off the market, but on markedly reducing the revenue Russia earns from each barrel of exported oil.

Op-eds
April 13, 2022 | Saeed Ghasseminejad |

Iran Likely to Gain More Than $70 Billion From the Removal of Oil Sanctions

Mohsen Khojastemehr, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company, said earlier this month that Iran’s oil production has returned to its pre-sanctions levels. While this claim may constitute an exaggeration,...

Policy Briefs
February 20, 2022 | Behnam Ben Taleblu, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Making Sense of Iran’s Three-Pronged Nuclear Fork In The Road

US officials have deployed an impressive array of metaphors over the past 10 months – from dwindling patience, to a diminishing runway, to a closing window – to describe the Biden administration’s...

Op-eds
October 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman |

Washington Should Avoid a Self-Inflicted Wound in the Sinai

Withdrawing from the Multinational Force and Observers might be penny-wise, but would certainly be pound-foolish.

Op-eds
May 20, 2020 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Oil Prices – More Like Post-9/11

After a precipitous drop, the oil market has rebounded significantly over the past month, much like it did during the post-9/11 period, when oil prices recovered as travel returned to normal levels. As...

Policy Briefs
May 1, 2020 | Andrea Stricker |

Nuclear Fuel Working Group Recommends Key Steps to Safeguard U.S. Uranium Supply

The Department of Energy (DOE) on April 23 released a long-awaited report by the president’s Nuclear Fuel Working Group (NFWG), which recommends key steps to assure an independent, continued supply of...

Policy Briefs
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...

Policy Briefs
November 26, 2012 | Bill Roggio The Long War Journal

Another IMU ‘Weapons Facilitator’ Captured in Northern Afghanistan

Afghan and Coalition forces captured a "weapons facilitator" from the al Qaeda-linked Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan during an operation in Kwajah district in Afghanistan's Takhar province y...

Op-eds
September 6, 2012 | Bill Roggio, Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Analysis: The Taliban’s ‘Momentum’ Has Not Been Broken

"We've broken the Taliban's momentum in Afghanistan, and begun the transition to an Afghan lead," President Obama said during his...

Op-eds
November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

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Congressional Testimonies
November 15, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations |

Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran

      Opening Remarks Q and A Introduction...

Op-eds
August 3, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz |

Congress Should Consider Syrian Energy Sanctions

The Assad regime’s ruthlessness is on vivid display as the Syrian security forces, with Iranian assistance, continue their bloody campaign to crush a four-month long democracy uprising....

Op-eds
June 15, 2011 | World Defense Review

U.S. Engagement of Africa in the National Interest

Earlier this year, citing an array of new initiatives including the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the President's Emergency Plan for...

Op-eds
June 13, 2011 | Journal of International Security Affairs

Securing Africa

 On February 6, 2007, President George W. Bush launched a major evolution in American military posture when he formally announced that he had directed the Pentagon to establish a new unified...

Op-eds
September 16, 2010 | World Defense Review

Nigeria at the Crossroads, Again

Focused on the final stretch of the midterm elections at home, policymakers and pundits in the United States have hardly evinced any interest in concerning themselves with electoral politics abro...

Op-eds
May 14, 2010 | Jonathan Schanzer Foreign Policy

The State Department Can’t Be Trusted with Iran Sanctions

The U.S. Congress is very close to sending President Barack Obama a bill designed to sanction Iran's energy industry -- and potentially stop Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his cot...

Op-eds
March 5, 2009 |

Can We Drill Our Way to Energy Security?

Op-eds