Congress
The Foundation for Defense of Democracies provides timely research and analysis on a range of national security issues to Members of Congress and their staff. Consistent with our organization’s values and commitments, FDD believes these issues transcend partisanship and require those working in and with government to work across the political aisle when crafting meaningful policy and legislation.
FDD Resources for Congress
FDD offers assistance and information to Members of Congress and their staff.
- In person briefings with our experts and scholars
- Critical Issues briefs on timely national security issues
- Rapid response research driven by Congressional needs
- Expert testimony for hearings
Recent Testimony
Mark Dubowitz - Progress of the Obama Administration’s Policy Toward Iran - 11/15/2011
Mark Dubowitz - U.S. Policy in Syria - 11/9/2011
Mark Dubowitz - Implementation of Iran Sanctions - 7/26/2010
Jonathan Schanzer - Reexamining U.S. Aid to the Palestinian Authority - 9/14/2011
Jonathan Schanzer - Yemen on the Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy - 2/3/2010
Reuel Marc Gerecht - Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil - 10/26/2011
Emanuele Ottolenghi - Common Threats, Different Approaches - 11/23/2011 - European Parliament
Sebastian Gorka - The Evolution of the Terrorist Threat Since 9/11 - 6/22/2011
Claudia Rosett - The United Nations: Urgent Problems that Need Congressional Action - 1/25/2011
Orde Kittrie - Financial Hardball: Corralling Terrorists and Proliferators - 4/6/2011
Thomas Joscelyn - Unrest in the Middle East: Ramifications for U.S. Homeland Security - 4/6/2011
Thomas Joscelyn - Al Shabaab: Recruitment within the Muslim American Community - 7/27/2011
Tony Badran - Axis of Abuse: U.S. Human Rights Policy toward Iran and Syria - 9/22/2011
Francis J. "Bing" West - The Way Ahead in Afghanistan - 7/27/2011
Critical Issue Series
FDD’s “Critical Issues” series is aimed at providing key background and analysis on policy matters that will be of concern to the 112th Congress and to others in the policy arena. The series supports more thorough in-person presentations available by FDD scholars. These presentations are available on a range of national security subjects that are listed on the menu below. Consistent with our organization’s values and commitments, FDD believes these issues transcend partisanship and require those working in and with government to work across the political aisle when crafting meaningful policy and legislation. We hope the material is helpful to you and welcome further exploration of these issues together.
- Al-Qaeda and Iran: Bedfellows in Terror
- Egypt: Politics and Instability
- Hamas vs. Fatah: The Palestinian Civil War
- Hezbollah: Terror Out of Lebanon
- Homegrown Terror in the United States
- Iran Sanctions: How the West Can Stop the Iranian Bomb
- Iran’s Green Movement
- Iran’s Sponsorship of Terrorism Worldwide
- Militant Islam: Understanding the Ideology and the Challenge to America
- Missile Defense: A Crucial Defense for America
- The Muslim Brotherhood: Understanding its Roots and Impact
- Pakistan and America’s Covert Air Campaign Against Al-Qaeda
- Terrorism Finance: How America Follows the Money
- United Nations Corruption and the Need for Reform
- The War on Terror: A Perspective Ten Years After 9/11
FDD’s Iran Energy Project
The Iran Energy Project provides research in support of energy sanctions against Iran’s gasoline, natural gas, crude oil and oil sectors and analyzes the prominent role of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Iran’s energy industry, as part of a comprehensive strategy to pressure the Iranian regime to abandon its pursuit of nuclear weapons, support for terrorism, and brutal oppression of its own people. Click here to visit FDD's Iran Energy Project.
FDD's Iran Human Rights Project
FDD’s Iran Human Rights Project is a multi-tiered program is designed to hold the Iranian regime accountable for its human rights violations by exposing is abusers and facilitators and giving voice to its victims. Click here to visit FDD's Iran Human Rights Project.
Contact
To learn more about FDD’s Congressional initiatives, please email Congress@defenddemocracy.org.