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September 30, 2020 | Aykan Erdemir, Philip Kowalski

‘Blue Homeland’ And The Irredentist Future Of Turkish Foreign Policy

Turkey and Greece, two NATO allies, nearly experienced a full-fledged military conflict in August. Two of their warships collided during a naval standoff over hydrocarbon exploration in the Eastern...

August 11, 2015 | |

Despite their Quiet, Gulf States Remain Uneasy about Iran Deal

The Obama administration insists that “99% of the world” supports the Joint Comprehensi...

July 26, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

The Nuclear Deal Gives a Dangerous Amount of Atomic Expertise to Iran

The nuclear deal that the six world powers signed with Iran last week commits the United States to eventually removing a ban on Iranian graduate students applying for advanced degrees in nuclear...

July 13, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal, Emanuele Ottolenghi

In Iran We Trust? Illegal Purchases of Nuclear Weapons Technology continued to June ‘15

Can Iran be trusted to uphold the nuclear deal being finalized in Vienna? Can the Obama administration its partners in the P5+1 be trusted to hold Iran’s feet to the fire in case of violati...

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...

July 6, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Vienna Dispatch: Kerry Says “Difficult Issues” Remain in Nuclear Talks with Iran

Secretary of State John Kerry told reporters in Vienna that ongoing negotiations between the P5+1 global powers and Iran had made progress but that more work was needed before a final agreement c...

July 2, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

Despite Deadline Extension, Iran and West Far Apart on Details of Nuke Deal

Although the West and Iran agreed to extend nuclear negotiations a week past the June 30 deadline, major differences still exist between the two sides, USA Today reported Tuesday. Iran h...

June 2, 2015 | John Hannah |

When the U.S. Will Intervene in the Gulf, and Other Notes From the Camp David Summit

I've held a number of discussions with people who have direct knowledge of the conversations that took place at this month’s Camp David Summit between President Obama and leaders from...

May 22, 2015 | |

North Korea’s Takeaway From The Iran Nuclear Talks

In defense of the Iran nuclear talks, Obama administration officials have made a number of unlikely claims, including the repeated proposition that under the current Tehran regime Iran’s nu...

May 20, 2015 | Tony Badran FDD Policy Brief

New Hezbollah Legislation In A New Sanctions Environment

The House of Representatives last week passed H.R. 2297, the “Hezbollah International Financing Prevention Act of 2015,” tightening sanctions on the Iranian-sponsored terrorist g...

May 20, 2015 | Sheryl Saperia |

The Case for Expanding Canada’s Sanctions Against Iran

In a desperate attempt to reach a nuclear agreement with Iran, the Obama administration has forfeited many of its core demands. The framework announced last month in Lausanne, Switzerland, abando...

May 18, 2015 | Boris Zilberman FDD Policy Brief |

Russia and the Illusion of “Snapback” Iran Sanctions

President Obama insists that international sanctions...

May 12, 2015 | Tony Badran |

How Hezbollah Sees the Iran Nuclear Deal: We Win, You Lose

Last week, the Israeli Air Force struck a cache of long-range missiles belonging to Hezbollah and put the Shia militia on notice. As air force chief Major-General Amir Eshel explained, "Our abili...

May 7, 2015 | John Hannah |

Will the Fallout from the Iran Deal Make the Middle East Less Stable?

Let’s stipulate that any effort to reach a nuclear accord with a rabidly anti-American theocracy like the Islamic Republic of Iran is by its nature a risky enterprise. That’s especial...

April 16, 2015 | Michael Ledeen |

The Iran Deal: Forget About Stability, Our Strategy Should Be Survival

As you’d expect, ...

April 9, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

Iran Agreement: Tehran Gives the V-Sign

If it is implemented, the preliminary framework for a deal over Iran's nuclear programme, agreed on last week in Lausanne, will be a great victory for the Islamic Republic and its aspiration...

April 2, 2015 | Jonathan Schanzer |

If a Palestinian Minister Falls and No One Is Around to Hear It…

Big news stories are a dime a dozen these days. Between the Iran nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, and the war in Yemen, it’s an ideal environment for making...

January 7, 2013 | Michael Ledeen Faster, Please! |

The New Iranian Hostage Crisis

Over and over again, we are told that direct U.S.-Iranian negotiations would be a radical departure from past practice, and might decisively improve the “relationship.” Both...

August 30, 2012 | |

The Arafat Probe is Fuel for Anti-Israel Conspiracy Theorists

On Tuesday, French prosecutors announced that they had opened an inquiry into the 2004 death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. Specifically, they will investigate the suspicions of Suha Arafat...

October 4, 2010 | Mark Dubowitz Weekly Standard |

Will Obama Follow Through on Iran Sanctions?

After enacting comprehensive energy sanctions on companies that do business with Iran, and encouraging 31 other countries to follow suit, last Thursday the United States announced penalties again...