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BOOKS

From Energy Crisis to Energy Security

Edited by Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Clifford D. May

Energy BookAmerican dependence on oil sends hundreds of billions of dollars overseas every year, forces the U.S. to put its troops in harm's way, and undermines American diplomatic efforts... 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

The Worst of Time
Henry Luce would have been mortified. The founder of Time magazine believed Americans had a responsibility to stand up to the enemies of freedom and democracy.  He saw the 20th century as "the first great American Century." He would have wanted the United States to lead in the current era as well. Now Time has hired Fareed Zakaria who is perhaps best known for "The Post-American World" which, he insists, "is not a book about the decline of America, but rather about the rise of everyone else." ...more
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service
09/2/2010



MEDIA

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In the Media

Mideast Peace Talks' Hidden Threat
Jonathan Schanzer, Politico
09/1/2010


What Have We Learned From Iraq?
Kathleen Troia "KT" McFarland, FoxNews.com
08/31/2010


Fishy Business: Military Commission for Mastermind of USS Cole Attack Delayed, Again
Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard
08/27/2010


Press Releases

FDD's Iran Energy Project Releases Report on Iran's Energy Partners
08/5/2010

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POLICY RESEARCH

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


Testimony Before The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on The Impact of U.S. And European Sanctions on Iran
Mark Dubowitz
07/29/2010


The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Clifford D. May
06/4/2010


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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

FROM THE BLOGS
From NRO The Corner: The Two Dirty Little Secrets of the Mideast Peace Process by Benjamin Weinthal, 09/1/2010
In his desire to fast-track the peace-process negotiations between Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday and Thursday in Washington, President Obama has failed to acknowledge two dirty little secrets...more

From NRO The Corner: BarackObama.ir by Dr. Michael Ledeen, 08/31/2010
Did you know that the Islamic Republic of Iran has devoted a website to President Obama'  It's mostly gossip, but there's a bit of deep thinking, mullah-style...more

From The Rosett Report: Imam Feisal Meets With UAE Mosque and Money Crowd by Claudia Rosett, 08/31/2010
As the imam behind the Ground Zero mosque project, Feisal Abdul Rauf, continues his State Department-hosted "public diplomacy" visit to the United Arab Emirates, the glimpses of his activities over there get ever more interesting...more

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