Palgrave Macmillan

September 27, 2023 | Jonathan Schanzer |

No Incentives for Terrorism: U.S. Implementation of the Taylor Force Act and Efforts to Stop ‘Pay to Slay’

July 26, 2022 | David Kilcullen |

Missing the Mark

Reassessing U.S. Military Aid to the Lebanese Armed Forces

October 20, 2021 | Cleo Paskal |

The Strategic Importance of the Pacific Islands

Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation

April 28, 2021 | Dr. Brenda Shaffer |

Iran Is More Than Persia

Ethnic Politics in the Islamic Republic

October 14, 2020 | Emily de La Bruyère, Nathan Picarsic

Made in Germany, Co-opted by China

January 27, 2020 | Svante Cornell, Dr. Brenda Shaffer

Occupied Elsewhere

Selective Policies on Occupations, Protracted Conflicts, and Territorial Disputes

May 9, 2019 | Jonathan Schanzer, Nicole Salter

Oman in the Middle

Muscat’s Balancing Act Between Iran and America

November 1, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Is Turkey Abetting Iran?

David Ignatius of the Washington Post...

October 29, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

One-Man Show

Perhaps the greatest casualty in Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s campaign against political challengers has been former Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad. &l...

October 28, 2013 | |

FDD’s Jonathan Schanzer Releases New Book on Palestinian Governance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Washington, DC -- The Foundation for Defense of Democracies announced the release of a new book today by...

October 25, 2013 | Jonathan Schanzer |

The Bizarro Doctrine

American foreign policy in the Middle East has now entered Bizarro World–a place made humorously famous by comedian Jerry Seinf...

April 11, 2013 | FDD Policy Brief |

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Resigning?

Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad tendered his resignation to President Mahmoud Abbas yesterday, according to...

October 12, 2012 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Reality Catches Up with Hamas

Hamas' long-standing political leader Khaled Meshal was in trouble the moment Western sanctions - punishment for Iran's illicit nuclear activities - began eating into Tehran's fund...

October 24, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer The Jerusalem Post |

Schalit Deal May Boost Fatah-Hamas Unity

Exchange deal provides a window for unity that could complicate US policy in a region where there are already complications.

October 18, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer The National Interest |

Reining in Abbas: How America Should Punish the Palestinian Leader

A new budget battle is brewing between the Republican-led Congress and the Obama White House. This time it’s not about trimming domestic spending. It’s about the $600 million in annua...

October 5, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer The Hill |

Congress Needs to Investigate a Corrupt Palestine Investment Fund

In a twist that almost certainly violates U.S. law, American taxpayers are unwittingly contributing to a Palestinian sovereign wealth fund controlled in part by the terrorist group Hamas....

May 10, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Why the Hamas-Fatah Deal Is Bad for the Palestinians

The Palestinians zealously celebrated last week’s unity deal between Hamas and Fatah. Young men in both the West Bank and Gaza cruised around in their cars, honking and flashing the victory...

April 20, 2011 | Jonathan Schanzer |

Fighting Terror in Sudan

The government of Sudan recently accused Israel of incinerating a car with a Hellfire missile near the coastal town of Port Sudan along the Red Sea. The aerial attack killed two people. President...

November 8, 2010 | Wall Street Journal |

Prosecute Hezbollah

In the coming weeks, the United Nations will indict the killers of Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in its first-ever tribunal to try terrorists. As the international prosecutors of the Secur...

November 5, 2010 |

The Ashburn Jihadist Signals A Greater Danger

The FBI’s arrest of Farooque Ahmed of Ashburn, Va., for allegedly assisting al Qaeda in planning multiple bombings around the nation’s capital paints a sobering picture of the threat...