The United Nations just re-elected a veteran human rights abuser to a seat on the Human Rights Council. That tends to happen every year, but there is special cause for concern when the abuser is Qatar,...
It’s simple, homicidal logic: No Israel, no problem
America Should Lend Them a Hand
The theocrats who seized power in Iran are still widely misunderstood
Why Washington Should Seek Regime Change in Tehran
On June 27, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced that Turkey would be normalizing relations with ...
As Turkey continues to face a deteriorating security environment, The Cipher Brief sat down with Aykan Erdemir, a former member of the Turkish parliament and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation...
Is there anything to say about bringing about a democratic political and social order in Iran? A lively panel titled “Anti-democratic Regimes: Confrontation or Coexistence?” at the Fo...
Co-written by Yossi Mansharof Contrary to news...
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...
Google translation The arrival of three members of the radical Islamic terrorist organization "Hamas" in Sofia on Wednesday should alarm all Bulgarians fight neo-fascist and ant...
The Bulgarian government flatly rejected on Thursday reports that meetings between official representatives of the government and Hamas officials took place. Vessela Tcherneva, the...
The Iranian regime’s genocidal threats toward Israel and the European Union’s failure to list Hezbollah as a terrorist organization shaped many of the panel discussions at a one-day c...
The city of Bizerte in Tunisia last week honored convicted murderer Samir Kuntar, who carried out a brutal 1979 attack in Nahariya that killed Israeli policeman Eliyahu Shahar, and Danny Haran an...
In Egypt over the weekend there was an election, more or less. And a coup — sort of. At least that’s what I took away from a discussion we had here at the...
In Istanbul on Saturday, the first new talks opened since January, 2011 between the six major global powers and the Islamic Republic over its illicit nuclear weapons program. Catherine Ashton, th...
On Aug. 23, 1996, Osama bin Laden, within a few months of arriving in Afghanistan, issued a manifesto proclaiming himself at war with the world's only remaining superpower. Bin Laden's...
When the Abu Ghraib prison-abuse crisis exploded, I analyzed the reactions coming from the Arab world. In an election year, the stakes are high for all parties involved. Each side wants a c...
In the next days a major battle in the War of Ideas will be unfolding worldwide and particularly through the international media. We are now witnessing a massive campaign by Hezbollah's stra...
To celebrate July 4th, Americans shoot off fireworks – a colorful reminder of the struggle for independence. This month, Israelis have been celebrating 60 years of independence and any stor...