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| Tony Badran |
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Tony Badran is a Research Fellow with the Center for Terrorism Research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, DC. He focuses on Lebanon, Syria and Hezbollah. His research includes US policy towards Lebanon and Syria; Syrian foreign policy, with a focus on its regional relations with Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Israel and Lebanon; Syria’s ties to militant non-state actors and terrorist groups; and Syria’s international relations, especially with Russia and the EU. Mr. Badran’s other research has dealt with Syria’s use of information warfare, as well as with the Syrian opposition movement. Mr. Badran also specializes in Lebanese affairs and has authored original work on the military history of the Lebanese civil war and on Hezbollah. Mr. Badran also works on Islamist groups in the Levant. Mr. Badran’s writings have appeared in a number of mainstream publications, including the Los Angeles Times, Forbes.com, National Review Online, ForeignPolicy.com, the Jerusalem Post, the Daily Star, NOW Lebanon, and the Mideast Monitor, among others, as well as in academic and policy journals and publications, including the Middle East Review for International Affairs, the Middle East Quarterly, Current Trends in Islamist Ideology, Transatlantic Issues, and In Focus Quarterly, as well as FDD’s Policy Studies and Policy Briefings. Mr. Badran appears regularly in the media both in the US and abroad, and is frequently quoted in print including in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Sun, Slate, the Weekly Standard, Reason, Foreign Policy, City Journal, and NOW Lebanon, among others. In addition, Mr. Badran speaks regularly at leading policy research institutes and schools. He has held regular briefings with US and EU government officials, and was invited to testify at a hearing on Syria in the European Parliament. Mr. Badran is also the author of a well-respected blog, Across the Bay, where he reports and comments on developments impacting the Levant and US policy in the region. Born and raised in Lebanon, Mr. Badran is currently completing his doctorate at New York University. He is fluent in English, French, Arabic and Greek and has a working knowledge of German and Hebrew. |
Media
In the Media
Print & OnlineLook At Who Holds The South Lebanon Trigger , NOW Lebanon (08/03/2010)
With America Exiting, Who Matters in Iraq?, NOW Lebanon (07/27/2010)
Turkey Plays Out Of Its League, NOW Lebanon (07/20/2010)
The Islamic Revolution Is Still Alive, NOW Lebanon (07/13/2010)
The Death of A Marja, NOW Lebanon (07/06/2010)
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Broadcast
The John Batchelor Show, WABC - New York (08/19/2010)
Center for Security Policy Radio, Center for Security Policy Radio (06/12/2009)
News Update, WHYY Radio (09/10/2007)
The Kojo Nnamdi Show, WAMU 88.5 FM (04/16/2007)
News Update, WKYH (08/17/2006)
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Mentions
The Fantasy of Hizbullah Moderation , quoted by Brig.-Gen (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira, Jerusalem Issue Briefs (05/23/2010)
IRGC Cell Broken up in Kuwait, quoted by Austin Knuppe, The Long War Journal: Threat Matrix (05/18/2010)
Hizbullah on The Homefront, quoted by Caroline B. Glick, The Jerusalem Post (05/17/2010)
Hedgehogs and Foxes in the Middle East (04/30/2010)
Playing with Fire in the Levant (04/15/2010)
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International Media
Lebanon: Conflict Widens to Syria, quoted by Jonathan Spyer, Jerusalem Post (01/28/2010)
Has Hizbullah Changed? The 7th Hizbullah General Conference and Its Continued Ideology of Resistance, Mentioned by Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Dr. Shimon Shapira, Jerusalem Issue Briefs (12/14/2009)
No Way Home: The Tragedy of the Palestinian Diaspora, The Independent (U.K.) (10/22/2009)
Studio 24 (08/19/2009)
Anta wa al-Hadath (08/15/2009)
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Research
Briefings and Testimonies
The Lebanese Elections and Hezbollah's Agenda (06/05/2009)Syria and the Gaza Crisis (01/16/2009)
Syria Sets its Traps for the Obama Administration, The Middle East Review of International Affairs (12/01/2008)
Intercepted Letters from al-Qaeda Leaders Shed Light on State of Network in Iraq (09/12/2008)
Studies and Monographs
Hezbollah's Agenda in Lebanon (05/17/2009)Lebanon's Militia Wars, Middle East Review of International Affairs (06/01/2008)
Events
Tony Badran to Speak About Bashar's Syria at Ten at AEI
June 10, 2010
FDD Research Fellow Tony Badran Participates in AIPAC Panel
May 5, 2009
Tony Badran Participates in Conference on Syria
March 25, 2009
FDD Fellow Tony Badran to Participate in Panel Discussing Iran's War Against the West
November 18, 2008
FDD fellow Tony Badran participates in a Hudson Insitute event
May 13, 2008
SOCIAL MEDIA
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
From NRO The Corner: The Two Dirty Little Secrets of the Mideast Peace Process by Benjamin Weinthal, 09/1/2010
From NRO The Corner: BarackObama.ir by Dr. Michael Ledeen, 08/31/2010
From The Rosett Report: Imam Feisal Meets With UAE Mosque and Money Crowd by Claudia Rosett, 08/31/2010
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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