http://www.defenddemocracy.org/ en pmegahan@defenddemocracy.org Copyright 2012 2012-11-14T04:15:23+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/washington-forum-2013/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/washington-forum-2013/#When:12:00:23Z www.FDDWashingtonForum.org 2013-12-11T12:00:23+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/washington-forum-20131/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/washington-forum-20131/#When:16:00:23Z www.FDDWashingtonForum.org 2013-12-10T16:00:23+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/change-through-the-ballot-box/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/change-through-the-ballot-box/#When:13:15:27Z Analysis from Golnaz Esfandiari, Reuel Marc Gerecht, Amb. John Limbert, and Ray Takeyh What are the implications of this election on the U.S-Iranian relationship? When the next Iranian president takes office, can we expect him to change the course of its nuclear program and avoid a confrontation with the West? Will there be any shift toward greater freedoms for the Iranian people or will we see greater restrictions? Will the next president even matter, so long as the Supreme Leader is calling the shots? 2013-06-07T13:15:27+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/claudia-rosett-speaks-on-iran-and-the-un1/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/claudia-rosett-speaks-on-iran-and-the-un1/#When:08:00:46Z ‘Iran at the UN: An Underreported Game of Influence’ The Henry Jackson Society, London, UK 2013-04-15T08:00:46+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/the-turkish-american-alliance-opportunities-and-challenges/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/the-turkish-american-alliance-opportunities-and-challenges/#When:13:30:25Z A Conversation with Soner Cagaptay, Doug Feith, Jonathan Schanzer, and Gönül Tol How does Turkey's Syria policy help the United States? How do Turkey's financial ties to Iran and Hamas complicate the Turkish-American relationship? How seriously does Turkey take its counter-terror finance responsibilities? What does the recent rapprochement between Ankara and Jerusalem mean for future ties between these two US allies? 2013-04-12T13:30:25+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/lebanon-and-israel-the-forgotten-front/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/lebanon-and-israel-the-forgotten-front/#When:13:15:29Z Analysis from Brig. Gen. Michael Herzog, Tony Badran, and Hussain Abdul-Hussain While the 2006 U.N.-brokered truce between Lebanon and Israel has largely held, experts are assessing whether Hezbollah’s mounting military presence throughout Lebanon will result in renewed conflict, jeopardizing the fragile balance between the two neighbors and raising new questions about the future of the region. What does Hezbollah’s increasing arsenal of rockets and missiles—which some estimates say is 10 times its capability in 2006—mean for the Lebanese people, particularly the Shia? 2013-04-10T13:15:29+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/clifford-d-may-discusses-obamas-foreign-policy-in-his-second-term/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/clifford-d-may-discusses-obamas-foreign-policy-in-his-second-term/#When:18:00:50Z The Obama Doctrine in the Second Term: U.S. Foreign Policy Adrift The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC 2013-03-22T18:00:50+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/james-kirchick-joins-discussion-on-partisan-media/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/james-kirchick-joins-discussion-on-partisan-media/#When:21:00:41Z How Partisan Media Contributes to Healthy Politics SXSW, Austin, TX 2013-03-11T21:00:41+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/claudia-rosett-speaks-on-un-corruption/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/claudia-rosett-speaks-on-un-corruption/#When:23:30:03Z Corruption at the United Nations: An Ongoing Enigma Phoenix, AZ 2013-03-10T23:30:03+00:00 http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/ethan-gutmann-speaks-at-the-world-uyghur-congress/ http://www.defenddemocracy.org/events/ethan-gutmann-speaks-at-the-world-uyghur-congress/#When:14:00:20Z Human Rights Under China's New Leadership: Struggle of Uyghurs, Mongolians and Tibetans The World Uyghur Congress, Geneva 2013-03-10T14:00:20+00:00