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BOOKS

Freedom Betrayed

By Michael A. Ledeen
In this call to embrace the worldwide democratic revolution, this book argues that global democracy should be the centerpiece of U.S. strategy....more

 

 

 

 

PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES

FEATURED PROJECTS

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The U.S. is vulnerable to an emerging threat. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could "cripple military and civilian communications, power, transportation, water, food, and other infrastructure."

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The Center for Terrorism Research (CTR) is dedicated to identifying effective strategies and techniques to combat the threat of terrorism.

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The Center for Law & Counterterrorism puts FDD in the forefront of legal aspects of the war on terrorism – finding the proper, shifting balance that protects both our freedoms and our safety.

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The Future of Terrorism Project examines the strategies that will be needed to defeat new, more lethal strains of terrorism that now threaten America and the free world.

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We are sending hundreds of billions of dollars in oil money to regimes hostile to our interests and our way of life. Our national and economic security is at risk as long as oil has a monopoly in the transportation sector.

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The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) brings together Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular groups -- American and European -- concerned about the threat posed by terrorist-owned media outlets.

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The Committee on the Present Danger's goal is to stiffen American resolve to confront the challenge presented by terrorism and the ideologies that drive it.

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Africa, often called the “forgotten front” in the global war on terror, has become the next major front in the war by militant Islamism.

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A Pandora's box of corruption and incompetence at the United Nations has been exposed since FDD hired Claudia Rosett as its own investigative reporter and assigned her to the beat.

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Through educating the policy community and the public about the deadly activities of the Iranian-Hezbollah-Syrian axis, FDD attacks its most vulnerable points: its worldwide media operations, its standing in the United States and Europe, its finances, and its efforts to support terror around the world.

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MEDIA & RESEARCH

IN FOCUS

Wet Work
Osama bin Laden sleeps with the fishes. His deputy, Khalid Sheikh Mohammad sleeps between clean sheets, eats three square meals a day and receives the same quality medical care as U.S. military officers. Yet for many people, not least the President of the United States, what happened to OBL – shot dead by Navy SEALs – represents justice and victory, while what happened to KSM – waterboarded under conditions designed to ensure no lasting physical harm -- was unjust and outrageous. Is there any logic to this? ...more
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service
05/12/2011



MEDIA

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In the Media

Hamas Mourns Osama
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service
05/5/2011


Don't Get Cocky, America
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Foreign Policy
05/2/2011


Al Qaeda Emir Osama bin Laden Confirmed Killed by US Forces in Pakistan
Bill Roggio, The Long War Journal
05/2/2011


Press Releases

FDD Praises Release of Human Rights Bill and Releases Report Naming Companies Providing Tools of Oppression Used by the Iranian Regime to Brutalize Its People
05/4/2011

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POLICY RESEARCH

Iranian Tools of Oppression and the Companies that Provide Them
Mark Dubowitz
05/4/2011


Palestinian Pulse: What Policymakers Can Learn From Palestinian Social Media
Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz
10/19/2010


FDD Report on Iran's Energy Partners
Mark Dubowitz, Laura Grossman
08/5/2010


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FEATURED EXPERT
Dr. Michael Ledeen is the Freedom Scholar at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. He is also a contributing editor at National Review Online. Previously, he served as a consultant to the National Security Council, the State Department, and the Defense Department... more
EVENTS
Reuel Marc Gerecht Participates in Panel on the Arab Spring and the Future of Middle East Democracy
May 19, 2011 —

You are cordially invited to a young professionals event
hosted by the Foreign Policy Initiative
on the evening of Thursday, May 19th
in New York City...more

Sebastian Gorka to Speak at Conference on Winning the Ideological War Versus al Qaeda
May 25, 2011 —
Fighting the Ideological War: Strategies for Defeating al Qaeda

A One-Day Conference
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011
9:00 a...more

FROM THE BLOGS
From The Weekly Standard Blog: Why Was Key Source on Bin Laden's Courier Freed? by Thomas Joscelyn, 05/13/2011
Reuters has published its account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden...more

From The Weekly Standard Blog: John Brennan Is Still Wrong on Gitmo Detainee by Thomas Joscelyn, 05/13/2011
A recently leaked threat assessment prepared at Guantanamo draws into question the Obama administration’s analysis of a detainee who was transferred to Yemen shortly before all future transfers to the unstable nation were suspended...more

From The Hill's Congress Blog: Will Palestinian Bonds Be Legal After Hamas Joins the Unity Government? by Dr. Jonathan Schanzer, 05/11/2011
The BBC reports that an investment firm recently began selling the Palestinian government’s first-ever bonds...more

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