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In this compelling argument for a new direction in US energy policy, world-renowned engineer and best-selling author Robert Zubrin lays out...more

 

 

 

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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

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Eye to Eye on Iran
Washington's partisan divide is as wide as it's ever been. Democrats and Republicans bitterly disagree on fundamental points of principle and policy. So it should not go unremarked: Last week, the Senate passed - unanimously - a bill that would impose serious sanctions on Iran. A similar bill already has passed the House by a 412 to 12 margin. What explains this sudden outburst of harmony? Members of Congress from both parties appear to have recognized that if those who now rule Iran acquire nuclear weapons the consequences will be dire. ...more
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service, Spanish translation here.
02/4/2010



MEDIA

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In the Media

Why Panetta Should Stop Talking
Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Daily Beast
02/4/2010


Flirting With Disaster
Claudia Rosett, Forbes.com
02/4/2010


A Tale of Two Terrorists
David B. Rivkin, Jr., Marc A. Thiessen, Wall Street Journal
02/2/2010


Press Releases

Senate Approves Gasoline Sanctions as Part of Broad Legislation Targeting Iranian Regime
01/28/2010

Notes and Comments

 

POLICY RESEARCH

Aid To Yemen: Throwing Good Money After Bad?
Jonathan Schanzer
02/3/2010


Iran Energy Monitor: 1/25/2010
01/26/2010

CTR Vantage: The Luqman Abdullah Shooting and Cause Celebre Islam
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Madeleine Gruen
11/20/2009


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David B. Rivkin, Jr. is a partner in the Washington office of Baker Hostetler LLP. He serves as Co-Chair of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism, a joint initiative of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the National Review Institute. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center and a Contributing Editor of the National Review magazine...more

EVENTS
Reuel Marc Gerecht to speak at the Foreign Policy Initiative
February 11, 2010 —

Iran: Prospects for Regime ChangeIran: Prospects for Regime Change

The ongoing turmoil in Iran almost nine months after 2009's fraudulent presidential election raises questions about the continued viability of the Iranian regime...more

Dr. Michael Ledeen to speak at Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar
February 16, 2010 —

Topic: “US National Security: Threats and Challenges: The US and the Middle East Today...more

Reuel Marc Gerecht to speak at Stanford University about the Muslim World and Democracy
February 22, 2010 —
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FROM THE BLOGS
From The Long War Journal: Iranian-backed Shia terror group kidnaps US civilian in Baghdad by Bill Roggio, 02/6/2010
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From Faster, Please!: Iran Has Nuclear Warhead, Says Soviet Physicist , 02/5/2010
It's from Sueddeutsche Zeitung, citing a "new IAEA summary...more

From Faster, Please!: The Iranian Revolution Devours Its Young , 02/5/2010
It looks like February 11th will be the most violent confrontation to date...more

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