By now, it ought to be obvious that Lebanon's agonies will not be solved by parleys in Beirut. Nor will any solution come from elaborately brokered deals tendered by the Arab League, nor by way of American-inked diplomatic road maps, conclaves, and more United Nations resolutions.

Lebanon is a country infested with a terrorist-run movement - Hezbollah - which is backed by muscular, murderous, utterly ruthless and terror-loving state patrons in both neighboring Syria, and Syria's kissing cousin, Iran. That gives Lebanon very bad odds.

FDD fellow Tony Badran participates in a Hudson Insitute event
(05/12/2008)
The Hudson Institute's Center for Middle East Policy has assembled a panel of many of the most prolific and insightful commentators on Lebanon to discuss the crisis recently inflamed by Hezbollah.

Dr. Phares presents The Confrontation on Capitol Hill
(05/06/2008)
On Tuesday May 6, 2008, FDD Senior Fellow and Future of Terrorism Project Director Dr. Walid Phares discussed his new book, The Confrontation, at a Capitol Hill reception hosted by Representative Sue Myrick (R-NC).

Danger Zone
(05/11/2008) WMAL
Sunday's Danger Zone show on terrorism airs at 9pm, May 11, 2008, on WMAL 630 AM radio, and is hosted by veteran broadcaster and FDD Vice Chairman Dick Carlson. Guests this week are Claudia Rosett, Andrew C. McCarthy and Dr. J. Peter Pham.

FTP Hosts a Trans-Atlantic Panel with Members of the United States Congress and the European Parliament
(04/30/2008)
On April 30, 2008, Dr. Walid Phares, director of FDD's Future of Terrorism Project, along with the Anti-Terrorism Caucus co-chairs Rep. Sue Myrick (NC), Bud Cramer (AL), and Kay Granger (TX), co-hosted a delegation of Members of the European Parliament in the Member's Room at the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress.

New Book Release: Willful Blindness by Andrew C. McCarthy
(04/14/2008)
In Willful Blindness, A Memoir of the Jihad, FDD Senior Fellow and former terrorism prosecutor Andrew C. McCarthy draws on his fifteen years of experience on the front-lines of radical Islam's Jihad against the United States to deliver a comprehensive and scathing review of America's response to our enemy's declaration of war.

New Book Release: The Confrontation by Dr. Walid Phares
(03/19/2008)
In The Confrontation, Winning the War Against Future Jihad, the third book in the "Future Jihad" series, FDD Senior Fellow Dr. Walid Phares calls for a worldwide front to be formed against Jihadist terrorism – one that would unite nations struggling against its scourge and rise to the defense of reformers and democrats in the Muslim world.

Defense of Democracies Runs Ads Promoting Bipartisan Terrorist Surveillance Legislation
(02/25/2008)
Defense of Democracies is a nonprofit, nonpartisan 501(c)(4) advocacy organization affiliated with, though separate from, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Its mission is to support and encourage policies, procedures and laws necessary to defeat terrorism. For more on the ads it is running in support of bipartisan terrorist surveillance, please visit Defenseofdemocracies.org.

Andrew McCarthy Discusses National Security Court in New Paper
(07/15/2007)
In this 2006 white paper, which will be incorporated in a forthcoming AEI book on Outsourcing American Law, Andrew McCarthy, director of FDD's Center for Law & Counterterrorism, explores the reasons why a National Security Court is an important tool in the global war on terror.

Hezbollah's Reign of Terror
(07/28/2006)
Hezbollah's unprovoked attacks against Israel on July 12, 2006 launched the region into a deadly conflict. Despite the ceasefire, concerns remain about Hezbollah's ability to hit civilian targets in Israel and undermine democracy in Lebanon.

For FDD's analysis and commentary on Hezbollah's reign of terror, please click here.

Ending Iran's Threat
(12/01/2005)
On October 26, 2005, the Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, spoke at the “World Without Zionism” conference in Tehran. At the conference, Ahmadinejad called for the destruction of the democratic state of Israel and promised that "a world without America" was "attainable, and surely can be achieved."

For more information on FDD's efforts to better comprehend and combat the Iranian threat, click here.

Shutting Down Terrorist Media
(11/23/2005)
The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) brings together Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular groups concerned about the threat posed by terrorist owned and operated media outlets.

To learn more about CATM click here or visit www.stopterroristmedia.org.

Exposing U.N. Corruption
(11/23/2005)
FDD's Claudia Rosett continues her groundbreaking work exposing the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal and other examples of institutional corruption. To read more, please click here.

Crisis in Africa
(12/14/2006)
FDD Senior Fellow Dr. J. Peter Pham was one of the first to raise the alarm about the militant Islamist threat in Africa and call for a comprehensive national security and diplomatic strategy in response.