An ‘abject, squalid, shameless’ debate at the Oxford Union
An Israeli professor strikes back at the Union's disgraceful attempt to paint Israel as a genocidal, apartheid state.
University of Oxford
Agile Multilateralism Is Needed to Address Cybercrime Safe Havens
With the Treasury Department’s announcement of sanctions against the cryptocurrency exchange SUEX and the 30-nation summit led by the White House, the past few weeks have served as a reminder that in...
Op-eds
What the U.S. Competition and Innovation Act Gets Right About Standards
International technical standards set the foundation for the billions of digital devices that people worldwide rely on. The standards ensure that mobile devices produced in China can connect to Swedish...
Op-eds
Strengthening U.S. Engagement in International Standards Bodies
Read full report Summary Technical standards underpin the functioning of digital devices central to everyday life. What might, at first glance, seem to be a wonky, technical process for figuring out things...
Memos
US rebukes Germany for refusal to say Iran’s threat to destroy Israel is anti-Semitic
Threats by Iran to obliterate Israel have been played down by Germany, prompting the Trump administration’s highest-profile ambassador to criticize Chancellor Angela Merkel government’s attitude...
Op-eds
David Asher Named Senior Fellow at Foundation for Defense of Democracies
David is an Expert on Countering Money Laundering and Terrorism Finance.
Press Releases
Fugitive who ran internet scams in South Florida linked to terror group Hezbollah
Once convicted of setting up phony companies to deposit stolen checks at local banks, Roda Taher fled South Florida for the Middle East to avoid prison time. ... “...
Op-eds
Analysis: Is the next ‘Arab Spring’ implosion around the corner?
The alarm bells sounding the impending youth revolt is perhaps the central takeaway from the UN’s report released Tuesday on the herculean challenges facing Arab states across the Middle Ea...
Op-eds
Turkey and Qatar: An Asymmetric Partnership That Harms Ankara
Until a few years ago, many analysts considered Turkey a rising star. With its booming economy, “zero problems with neighbours” policy, and active role in mediating the region’s...
Op-eds
Former Turkish Parliamentarian Joins FDD as Non-Resident Fellow
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...
Press Releases
Iran’s Leaders Rail Against The West — And Then Send Their Children To Study And Work There
Soon after the establishment of the Islamic Republic, Iran’s leaders shut down the entire country’s university system to purge it of Western infl...
Op-eds
Iran’s War On Women
Converging crackdowns on Iranian women last week brought the Islamic Republic’s misogynistic policies into focus. The theocrats who rule Iran are not happy about Facebook pho...
Op-eds
Iran’s Charter of Intolerance
Co-authored by Danny Eisen Canadian stakeholders have approached Senator David Tkachuk, who championed the Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act (JVTA) for eight years b...
Op-eds
The Impact of Systemic Factors
Placing the Arab uprisings in an economic and environmental context.
Op-eds
Human Rights Situation in Iran
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am very grateful for this opportunity to appear before you and address a subject which, in my view, deserves more attention than it currently receives. F...
Congressional Testimonies
El Espiritu de la Oxford Union
Hará 75 años el mes próximo que la Oxford Union debatió la siguiente resolución: “Que esta Casa bajo ninguna circunstancia luchará por el...
Op-eds
Shattered Hopes
As Pakistan's parliamentary elections approach, the PPP's future is uncertain.
Op-eds
Free Iran
The recent decision by the Obama administration to sanction some of the Iranian regime's worst human-rights abusers is a welcome if belated step in the right direction. But it falls far shor...
Op-eds
Shattered Hopes
In the midst of an eight-day trip through Europe designed to assuage fears that his country is sliding toward chaos, Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf has reaffirmed that parliamentary elections will be held on February 18. Though the last year has certainly shown us that events in Pakistan are always subject to change, the election date should be considered about as stable as anything in Pakistan's political scene. With less than a month before these elections, it is a good time to assess the influence that Benazir Bhutto's assassination will have.
Op-eds
The War is Justified by Saddam’s Evil…It Will Give Iraq a Better Future
By Richard Chesnoff There's a lot of hand-wringing over what happens to Iraq after Saddam Hussein is ousted, which he will be very shortly, now that the war has begun....