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BOOKS

The War of Ideas

By Walid Phares
From Afghanistan and Iraq to Europe and the U.S., we are engaged in one of the most heated wars of all time. In this incisive...more

 

 

 

PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES

FEATURED PROJECTS

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The U.S. is vulnerable to an emerging threat. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could "cripple military and civilian communications, power, transportation, water, food, and other infrastructure."

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The Center for Terrorism Research (CTR) is dedicated to identifying effective strategies and techniques to combat the threat of terrorism.

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The Center for Law & Counterterrorism puts FDD in the forefront of legal aspects of the war on terrorism – finding the proper, shifting balance that protects both our freedoms and our safety.

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The Future of Terrorism Project examines the strategies that will be needed to defeat new, more lethal strains of terrorism that now threaten America and the free world.

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We are sending hundreds of billions of dollars in oil money to regimes hostile to our interests and our way of life. Our national and economic security is at risk as long as oil has a monopoly in the transportation sector.

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The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) brings together Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular groups -- American and European -- concerned about the threat posed by terrorist-owned media outlets.

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The Committee on the Present Danger's goal is to stiffen American resolve to confront the challenge presented by terrorism and the ideologies that drive it.

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Africa, often called the “forgotten front” in the global war on terror, has become the next major front in the war by militant Islamism.

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A Pandora's box of corruption and incompetence at the United Nations has been exposed since FDD hired Claudia Rosett as its own investigative reporter and assigned her to the beat.

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Through educating the policy community and the public about the deadly activities of the Iranian-Hezbollah-Syrian axis, FDD attacks its most vulnerable points: its worldwide media operations, its standing in the United States and Europe, its finances, and its efforts to support terror around the world.

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MEDIA & RESEARCH

IN FOCUS

An Obama Doctrine?
Punditry is easy. Policy is hard. OK, to be fair, writing articles and speeches that are powerful and persuasive is a demanding job. But crafting sound policy adds layers of complexity. ...more
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service
07/2/2009



MEDIA

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In the Media

Obama, The Hamlet Of Foreign Policy
Claudia Rosett, Forbes.com
07/2/2009


Somalia: Strategic Realities and Realistic Stratagems
Dr. J. Peter Pham, World Defense Review
07/2/2009


Forgotten Somalia
Olivier Guitta, Middle East Times
06/29/2009


Press Releases

House Appropriations Committee Amendment Prohibits Funds to Iran's Gasoline Suppliers
06/24/2009

Notes and Comments

 

POLICY RESEARCH

Homegrown Terrorists in the U.S. and U.K.
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Laura Grossman
04/27/2009


The Lebanese Elections and Hezbollah's Agenda
Tony Badran
06/5/2009


Hezbollah's Agenda in Lebanon
Tony Badran
05/17/2009


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Clifford D. May, a former New York Times foreign correspondent, is president of FDD. May served as an expert advisor to the Baker-Hamilton Commission, was appointed to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's committee on democracy, and has been called one of America's "100 most influential conservatives"by Britain's Telegraph newspaper...more

FROM THE BLOGS
From The Long War Journal: Haqqani Network captures US soldier in Afghanistan by Bill Roggio, 07/2/2009
The Haqqani Network has captured a US soldier who was based in the eastern Afghan province of Paktika...more

From The Corner: Make Ahmadinejad's Day! by Clifford D. May, 07/2/2009
The Wall Street Journal reports that "Tehran is threatening to cut off relations with EU countries unless they apologize for considering pulling their ambassadors out of Iran...more

From Weekly Standard Blog: Media Double Standard on Captured US Soldier Predictable by Bill Roggio, 07/2/2009
Remember how the media conspired to hide the capture of New York Times reported David Rohde by the Taliban' We were told the media did the right thing to deliberately not report on his capture in order to ensure the...more

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