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March 5, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Sophie McDowall

America’s Food Supply Has a Cyber Problem

Fine-tuned sensors let farmers know which fields need more water and which crops need more fertilizer. But today, a hacker halfway around the world, working as a criminal actor or paid by a foreign government,...

July 27, 2016 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Dem VP Nominee, Bipartisan Group of Senators Urge More Funding for Israel’s Missile Defense

A bipartisan group of senators has signed a public letter urging the Senate Armed Services Committee to include an additional $320 million for Israeli missile defense systems in the 2017 National...

February 16, 2016 | Benjamin Weinthal |

How the United States Mislabels Israel

Co-written by Asaf Romirowsky In a move uncharacteristic of U.S. policy as it has been carried out for decades, the Obama administration recently endorsed Europe’s version...

November 10, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Label Europe anti-Israel

On Wednesday, the European Union is slated to officially announce guidelines mandating the labeling of products from Israeli settlements. This form of economic warfare unfairly targets the Jewish...

September 4, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

The Lame Duck Who’s Dancing

The famous lame duck got some fabulous physical therapy, because President Obama—the lame duck in question– is flexing his muscles against his political opponents, and winning handily...

July 19, 2012 | Clifford D. May

Arming Ourselves Against Barbarians

We can’t do it with appeasement, accommodation and sophistry.

January 12, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Can EU Oil Sanctions Create a Turning Point in Iran?

The significance of international sanctions on Iran took on new prominence this week, after a group of US senators sent a letter on Tuesday to Catherine Ashton, the EU's c...

December 19, 2011 | FPI/FDD |

Foreign Policy Experts Urge President Obama to Take Action Against Assad

Foreign Poli...

November 11, 2011 | Mark Dubowitz

U.S. Policy in Syria

Written Testimony for the Record Contributors to this testimony included: Mark Dubowitz (FDD), Reuel Marc Gerecht (FDD), Tony Badran (FDD), Ammar Abdulhamid (FDD), Jo...

November 8, 2011 | FPI/FDD |

Towards a Post-Assad Syria

    Towards a Post-Assad Syria: Options for the United States and Like-Minded Nations to Further Assist the Anti-Regime Syrian Opposition A Discussion Paper Prepared by the Foreign...

October 25, 2011 | Policy Options for U.S. Response |

The Assad Regime’s Continuing Mass Murder of Syrians

  The Assad Regime’s Continuing Mass Murder of Syrians: Policy Options for U.S. Response   A Joint Bulletin of the Foreign Policy Initiative (FPI) and the Foundation...

August 8, 2011 | |

A Battle Plan to Stop Assad: Three Steps to Focus the Brutal Dictator’s Mind

Before Syrian President Bashar Assad's blood-soaked crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, Western capitals pampered the London-educated eye doctor with carrots rather than sticks....

August 4, 2011 | |

As Assad’s Crackdown Continues, the West Needs to Do More Than Just Watch

If the American and European posture toward Bashar Assad’s brutal crackdown on the Syrian people could be summarized in a single phrase, U.N. high commissioner for human rights Navi Pillay...

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....

August 2, 2011 | |

FDD Praises Senators for Legislation to Pressure Assad to End Repression

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June 2, 2011 | The Rosett Report |

Durban III: The Good News and the Bad News

In the United Nations cosmos of Orwellian ventures, one of the prominent features has become the series of conferences named for an initial 2001 conclave in Durban, South Africa. That gathering w...

May 25, 2011 | |

FDD Congratulates Bipartisan Group of Senators for Iran Sanctions Bill

Calls on Administration for More Sanctions Against Iran's Energy Partners and Human Rights Abusers Washington, D.C. (May 25, 2011) - FDD congratulates a bipartisan group of Senato...

May 5, 2011 |

Bipartisan Bill on Iran Seeks More Support for Dissidents

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Wednesday that would increase U.S. support for Iranian dissidents and impose new sanctions on companies that aid the ruling regime. The...

May 4, 2011 |

FDD Praises Release of Human Rights Bill and Releases Report Naming Companies Providing Tools of Opp

Press Release May 4, 2011 CONTACT: David Donadio(202) [email protected]   FDD Praises Release of Human Rights Bill and Releases Report Naming Companies Providing Tools of Oppression Used by the Iranian Regime to Brutalize Its

May 4, 2011 | Washington Post

Lawmakers Introduce Human Rights into Iran Sanctions Debate

A quartet of lawmakers have banded together to raise the prospect of human right sanctions against Iran. A press release reads, in part: The Iran Human Rights and Democracy Promotion Act of...