Foundation for Defense of Democracies

4th May 2012 – Briefing for the Joint Chiefs of Staff - Pakistan-Afghanistan FED Forum

The Grand Strategy of Al Qaeda: How the Enemy Learns

Sebastian Gorka

Eleven years into this war, we still do not adequately understand the Enemy. AQAM is moving from a kinetic strategy of Guevarist insurgency to a Maoist strategy that incorporates an indirect and non-kinetic approach. more...

20th May 2010 –

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Theater: Militant Islam, Security & Stability

Clifford D. May, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

What is the optimal strategy for the United States and its allies to pursue in Afghanistan? Observers across the political spectrum agree that military operations alone are not enough to secure Afghanistan against a powerful insurgency linked to global jihadism. There is increasing consensus as well that Pakistan - a refuge for important al-Qaeda figures, and also under attack by insurgents who identify themselves as Taliban - is deeply involved in this conflict. more...

24th April 2009 –

Fixing Our Pakistan Problem

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

A deadly suicide bombing hit India's embassy in Kabul on July 7, 2008. After the U.S. learned that the attack may have implicated rogue elements of Pakistan's powerful Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI), American strategic planners decided that the U.S. needed to deliver a stern warning to Pakistan. more...

6th March 2008 –

Taliban Defeat in North-West Frontier?

To some commentators, the results of Pakistan's Feb. 18 elections in its restive North-West Frontier Province appear to be a significant strategic victory for the United States.

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8th November 2002 –

Elections Results … in the Islamic World

The Islamic world is the only region of the world that has seen little or no advance in democracy and freedom over the past twenty years. In emerging Islamic democracies, freedom is threatened by radical Islamic groups that seek to impose strict Islamic rule. These groups have declared a global Jihad against all democratic societies, including the U.S., India, Israeland Australia. The battle between totalitarian Islam and democratic Islam affects the whole world. more...

30th September 2002 –

A Bloody Week of Terrorist Attacks in India and Pakistan

Islamist terrorists killed nearly forty people last week in India and Pakistan. Islamist terrorist attacks against democracy are not limited to America, Israel or the West. The Jihadists not only hate Christians and Jews, but also other Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists (recall the ancient statues the Taliban destroyed). The war against terrorism is a war to defend freedom. more...