Ileana Ros-Lehtinen

February 14, 2018 | |

Israel, the Palestinians, and the Administration’s Peace Plan

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August 10, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Middle East and Africa/US politics: US mediation in the Gulf flounders amid divided opinion

The US secretary of state, Rex Tillerson, has continued to push for dialogue and an end to the boycott of Qatar to resolve the ...

July 25, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Assessing the U.S.-Qatar Relationship

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February 2, 2017 | Jonathan Schanzer

Israel, the Palestinians and the United Nations: Challenges for the New Administration

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October 19, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

The president should not tie his successor’s hands

You’re probably familiar with the old story about the inebriated guy looking for his wallet at night under a streetlight — not because that’s where he dropped it but because wha...

August 31, 2016 | Clifford D. May |

Iran and the future of the Middle East

Nixon went to China. Obama will not be going to Iran. The 1972 visit of President Richard M. Nixon to the People’s Republic included meetings with both Chairman Mao Zedong, the com...

March 22, 2016 | Tony Badran

Hezbollah’s Growing Threat Against U.S. National Security Interests in the Middle East

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September 16, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

The Iran Deal and its Impact on Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps

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July 9, 2015 |

The Gulf Cooperation Council Camp David Summit: Any Results?

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to testify before...

June 17, 2015 | Clifford D. May |

The Road to ‘Entropy on a Scale Not Seen in Centuries’

Lt. Gen Michael T. Flynn (ret.) served 33 years in the U.S. Army. Being named President Obama’s director of the Defense Intelligence Agency in 2012 was the culmination of his career. He tho...

February 3, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Palestinian Authority’s International Criminal Court Gambit: A True Partner for Peace?

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, members of the Committee, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), thank you for inviting me to testify today. After a...

November 19, 2014 | Mark Dubowitz

Examining What a Nuclear Iran Deal Means for Global Security

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September 12, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I tha...

September 12, 2014 | David Andrew Weinberg |

The Gulf Cooperation Council: Deepening Rifts and Emerging Challenges

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...

September 9, 2014 | |

Hamas’s Benefactors: A Network of Terror

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman Poe, Ranking Member Deutch, Ranking Member Sherman, and distinguished members of these subcommittees, on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, I thank yo...

May 21, 2014 | |

The Gulf Cooperation Council

Chairman Ros-Lehtinen, Ranking Member Deutch, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you on behalf of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies for the opportunity to discuss tensions in...

May 13, 2014 | Claudia Rosett |

Eyes Wide Shut to North Korea’s Terror Ties

News of North Korea is dominated right now by Pyongyang’s threats to carry out yet another nuclear test, which would be its fourth since 2006, and its third since President Obama took offic...

May 8, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?

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May 8, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What’s Next?

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October 18, 2013 | |

Moscow’s American Uranium

By Matt Baker The state-owned Russian nuclear energy company that built Iran’s nuclear reactor in Bushehr is about to finalize a transaction that will give Russia absolute...