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January 12, 2024 | |

Jerusalem Rejects Pretoria’s Genocide “Libel” at International Court of Justice

Israel rejected South Africa’s charge of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague on January 12. The court is expected to decide within weeks on whether...

September 16, 2022 | |

Will Congress Hold a Vote on Iran Deal Before Sanctions Relief?

The Biden administration is signaling it will continue to pursue a nuclear agreement with Iran. This endeavor faces bipartisan opposition while questions swirl over whether and how the president will comply...

March 18, 2022 | John Hardie, Matthew Zweig

U.S. Should Seize and Sell Assets of Sanctioned Russian Elites to Aid Ukraine

A bipartisan group of senators introduced legislation on Tuesday that would enable Washington to seize and sell assets of sanctioned Russian elites and then use the proceeds to support Ukraine. As Washington...

February 2, 2021 | Matthew Zweig, Andrea Stricker

It’s Time to Sanction Russia for Poisoning Alexei Navalny

In an essay in Foreign Affairs last year, Joe Biden, at the time a presidential candidate, did not mince words when it came to Russia. “We must impose real costs on Russia for its violations of...

November 14, 2019 | Eric S. Edelman, David J. Kramer

Erdoğan’s Undeserving and Underwhelming Visit to DC

Trump’s ongoing bromance with Turkey’s authoritarian leader notwithstanding, Congress and the Administration must act to make clear that the United States isn’t giving Erdoğan a blank check to act in the Middle East.

November 26, 2016 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Khamenei Threatens Reprisal Over Sanctions

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei...

August 12, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Chuck Schumer a Letter

Or may I call you “Chuck”? About 30 years ago when I first met you, you were an informal kind of guy. You had recently been elected to the House from a district in Brooklyn and Queens...

March 2, 2012 | Lee Smith The Weekly Standard |

Total Collapse

A number of recent articles make the case that...

June 15, 2011 |

Blunt Talk on Surveillance Reform

The whip weighs in.

February 10, 2011 | Thomas Joscelyn The Long War Journal

Italian judge Orders Former Gitmo Detainee Freed

An Italian judge ordered a former Guantanamo detainee released from jail on Monday. The former detainee, a Tunisian named Adel Ben Mabrouk, had been convicted of terrorism-related charges....

April 22, 2010 |

House Appoints Conferees on Iran Sanctions Legislation

Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2010) - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies welcomed the appointment of House conferees to reconcile the differing House and Senate versions of sanctions legislation targeting the Iranian regime's energy vulnerabilities.

May 1, 2009 | |

Iran Gasoline Sanctions Legislation Introduced in House

Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2009) -- The Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) welcomed the introduction of the bipartisan Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009,...

April 22, 2009 |

Open Fuel Standard Act Introduced in Senate and House

Bill Seeks to Strengthen National Security by Ending Oil's Monopoly in Transportation Washington, D.C. (April 22, 2009) -- The Foundation...

July 11, 2008 | National Review Online

Consensus Building … In Reverse

According to the New York Times, 85 Republicans in the House have submitted a letter to the Supreme Court asking it to reconsider its ruling in Kennedy v. Louisiana which invalidated the state&rs...