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July 20, 2023 | |

King of Morocco Invites Israeli Prime Minister to Visit 

Morocco’s King Muhammad VI invited Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on July 19 to visit him in Rabat. The invitation comes two days after Jerusalem announced that it recognized Morocco’s...

June 19, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

COVID-19 in Morocco

Although Morocco seems to have escaped the worst of the pandemic with a relatively low number of confirmed cases and deaths, the COVID-19 crisis has devastated the country’s economy. Morocco, which has...

September 27, 2017 | David Adesnik |

Preventing a “Fait Accompli” in Syria

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson...

February 1, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

How much is the U.N. worth?

This may come as a shock: It’s possible, not likely but possible, that a committee of officials from the Defense, State and Justice Departments, as well as the National Security Council, wi...

January 27, 2016 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

Missouri State Senate Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and Local Government

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November 16, 2015 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

A France-U.S. Anti-Islamist Alliance

Even before the French-born Kouachi brothers went on a shooting rampage at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in January, French officials knew their luck was running out. Paris had always coun...

September 16, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi

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

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July 17, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

The Nuclear Deal’s Impact on Iran’s Revolutionary Guards

One of the foremost beneficiaries of the Iran nuclear deal sign...

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...

March 7, 2014 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

A Baleful Peace Process

To be outrageously iconoclastic among the Washington foreign-policy crowd is easy: Just suggest that the Israeli-Arab peace process is not merely pointless but actually damaging to America’...

February 6, 2014 | |

The Twisted Conundrum of Funding the United Nations

In the long and bizarre history of America’s role at the United Nations, one especially poignant moment came in December 2007, with the passage of the organization’s multi-billion dol...

March 5, 2013 |

UN Oil-for-Food Program

Mr. Chairman, distinguished members of the Committtee, I thank you for the opportunity to testify here today. Speaking as a journalist, I would like to tell you that when I fir...

March 26, 2012 |

Don’t Stay the Course

He couldn’t name a single one. In this tense campaign season, al-Qaeda is very much in the front of the Obama administration’s mind. In fact, admini...

August 3, 2011 |

‘Representing’ Al-Qaeda

Bravely entering the lion’s den — delivering a speech in praise of left-wing, “pro bono” lawyering to a group of left-wing, pro bono lawyers — Attorney General Eric...

June 15, 2011 |

Blunt Talk on Surveillance Reform

The whip weighs in.

December 11, 2010 | National Review Online

Gitmo Follies

Attorney General Eric Holder is dismayed over Congress’s refusal to cough up funds that would allow the Obama administration to close down Guantanamo Bay and transfer the 170 fire-breathing...

July 16, 2008 | Free Republic

Iraqi Army attempts to halt voter registration attacks as Iraq prepares for fall election

When Iraqi Army Brigadier General Noor Aldeen visited his old secondary school in northern Mosul this week, he had little time to reminisce about placing first in spelling and arithmetic. His for...

April 20, 2004 | Claudia Rosett Scripps Howard News Service |

Claudia Rosett Testimony to House Subcommittee on National Security

FDD senior fellow Claudia Rosett testified before the House Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations in regards to the scandal surrounding the U.N. Oil-for...