The Washington Institute for Near East Policy

March 8, 2016 | |

Olli Heinonen, former IAEA head of Safeguards, Joins FDD as Advisor on Science and Nonproliferation

Olli Heinonen, former head of Safeguards and Deputy Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracies as Advisor on Science a...

July 2, 2015 | Emanuele Ottolenghi, Saeed Ghasseminejad

Expert: Economic Benefits of Sanctions Relief Likely to Boost Iran’s Regional Threat

The expected windfall Iran would receive from sanctions relief as part of a nuclear deal would likely benefit its internal and external security services—including proxy terrorist groups su...

June 30, 2015 | Mark Dubowitz |

As Iran Deadline Approaches, Skeptics Draw Dueling Red Lines

In nuclear talks between Iran and the major powers, it’s deadline time, and skeptics on both sides are laying out red lines in a bid to shape a final deal. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,...

May 15, 2015 |

The Camp David Summit: Major or modest moves in U.S.-Gulf ties?

In the run up to Thursday's summit at Camp David, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry had predicted that &ldq...

May 14, 2015 | John Hannah

Veteran National Security Expert John Hannah Joins FDD as Senior Counselor

WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies announced that John Hannah, former non-resident senior fellow with FDD and national security advisor to the Vice President, joined the organ...

April 27, 2015 | Benjamin Weinthal

Is Hamas Gaining Traction in Europe?

The 13th Palestinians in Europe Conference on Saturday once again catapulted Hamas’s activities into the spotlight. The organizers of the event – the London-based Palestinian...

February 4, 2015 | |

U.S. Should Take Steps to Weaken PLO and Return as Peace Process Arbiter, FDD Scholar Tells Congress

WASHINGTON - Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee Wednesday that the United States must take a...

January 30, 2015 | |

FDD Vice President to Testify Before Congress Wednesday on Palestinian Authority’s Bid at the ICC

Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Wednesday on “...

January 27, 2015 | |

FDD Senior Fellow Tells Congress of ‘Deep Concerns’ About State of Negotiations with Iran

WASHINGTON – John Hannah, former national security advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney, told a congressional committee Tuesday that the United States’ concession to allow Iran to co...

January 22, 2015 | FDD Press Release |

FDD Executive Director to Testify Before Congress Tuesday on the Critical Demand for Iran Sanctions

Hearing rescheduled from January 20

January 16, 2015 | FDD Press Release |

FDD Executive Director to Testify Before Congress Tuesday on Iran Sanctions

WASHINGTON – Mark Dubowitz, executive director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs...

January 12, 2015 | FDD Press Release

FDD Announces New Class of Policy Professionals for National Security Fellows Program

WASHINGTON - The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced its class of 2015 National Security Fellows. This group of 30 men and women are all up-and-coming policy professionals with...

November 19, 2014 | Jonathan Schanzer

Sweden’s Gaza Refugee Contradiction

Co-authored with Einat Wilf Sweden may not know it yet, but its recent recognition of the State of Palestine may conflict with its support for a United Nations Refugee organizat...

September 9, 2014 |

FDD Calls on U.S. to Increase Pressure on Qatar, Turkey and Iran to Cease Funding for Hamas

WASHINGTON – Jonathan Schanzer, vice president for research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, recommended Tuesday that the United States increase pressure on Qatar and Turkey t...

September 8, 2014 | |

FDD Vice President to Testify Before Congress Tuesday on Hamas’ Benefactors and Terrorism Network

WASHINGTON – Jonathan Schanzer, the vice president for research for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Committee Tuesday on “Hama...

August 1, 2014 | |

This War Was Supposed to ‘isolate’ Israel. Instead, the opposite happened

“The world stands disgraced” was the banner headline that Britain’s Guardian newspaper put on ...

July 18, 2014 | Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

The Jihadist Governance Dilemma

Co-authored by Amichai Magen After making astounding territorial gains in its war against the Iraqi government, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria – which has refash...

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’...

January 23, 2014 | Clifford D. May |

‘World Powers Surrender to Iran’

Iranian president Hassan Rouhani last week tweeted a...

January 9, 2014 | Emanuele Ottolenghi |

How A Weak Iran Deal Makes Us All Less Safe and War More Likely

The debate over whether Israel would launch an attack against Iran’s nuclear facilities to blunt Tehran’s nuclear ambitions has always loomed large in the mind of Western policymakers...