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September 17, 2025 | Cleo Paskal |

Indian Re-emergence and the Foreign Policy Boom

Look into India’s eyes today and you’ll see it—quiet, youthful confidence reshaping the nation and its place in the world.

March 15, 2022 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Varsha Koduvayur, Samuel Hodgson

Crypto-Fascists

Cryptocurrency Usage by Domestic Extremists

June 14, 2021 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Samuel Hodgson

Skinheads, Saints, and (National) Socialists

An Overview of the Transnational White Supremacist Extremist Movement

January 20, 2020 | David May |

War by Other Means

A History of Anti-Israel Boycotts, From the Arab League to BDS

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman in the Middle

Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America

November 14, 2018 | Clifford D. May |

Bring Asia Bibi to America

She lives in an unfree and intolerant nation, and her life is in imminent danger.

October 29, 2018 | Tzvi Kahn, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Rose Parris Richter, Prof. Irwin Cotler

Profiles of Iranian Repression

Architects of Human Rights Abuse in the Islamic Republic

July 25, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Assessing the U.S.-Qatar Relationship

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October 6, 2016 | David Weinberg

HuffPost Politics

FDD senior fellow David Weinberg discusses the consequences of Congress overriding Obama's veto on JASTA. Watch the interview...

October 4, 2016 | David Weinberg

Americans Can Sue Saudi Arabia Now. So What?

Congress overrode...

April 20, 2016 | David Weinberg

Why is President Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia important now?

US President Barack Obama’s visit to Saudi Arabia this week for meetings with King Salman and other leaders of the Gulf Cooperation Council appears first and foremost to be about reassuranc...

September 30, 2015 | Grant Rumley |

Mahmoud Abbas Tells UN He Will No Longer Observe Oslo Accords

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday declared that he will no longer be bound by the 1993 Oslo Accords between Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, citing Israel's fa...

June 9, 2015 | Aykan Erdemir |

Former Turkish Parliamentarian Joins FDD as Non-Resident Fellow

WASHINGTON — Dr. Aykan Erdemir, a former member of the Turkish Parliament from 2011 to 2015, has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) as a non-resident fellow. Based in An...

June 3, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Prepaid Cards May Be Iran’s Latest Sanctions-Busting Tactic

Is Iran using virtual currency and other new payment methods to circumvent financial sanctions? As recently revealed by an exclusive Reuters ...

May 12, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

Successes and Failures of the U.S. and NATO Intervention in Libya

Download the full written testimony here (PDF). Ch...

December 26, 2013 | Clifford D. May |

Iran’s Delays and Deceptions

Just before Congress recessed for the holidays, 26 senators — 13 Democrats and 13 Republicans, led by Senators Robert Menendez (D., N.J.) and Mark Kirk (R., Ill.) — introduced the Nuc...

February 19, 2013 |

Mona Eltahawy’s Illiberal Liberalism

The Egyptian activist's position on free speech and protest is troubling

August 1, 2012 | Claudia Rosett The Rosett Report |

Syria, Vogue, and the Apologia of Joan Juliet Buck

It’s now 17 months since Vogue published its cover-story paean to the first lady of Syria, “Asma al-Assad: A Rose in the Desert.” Readers were treated to a profile of A...

July 17, 2012 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Gunpowder & Lead |

Islamism in the Popular Imagination

Co-authored by Lauren Morgan The term “Islamist” has been bandied about frequently since revolutionary events gripped the Arab world last year. It is a term meant to...

May 14, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer The Journal of International Security Affairs

How Saudi Arabia Has Survived—So Far

On December 17, 2010, the self-immolation of Tunisian street vendor Muhammad Bouazizi, who was protesting the confiscation of his wares and harassment by the country’s authorities, touched...