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Dr. Michael Ledeen

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.  He has also served as a special adviser to the Secretary of State. He holds a Ph.D. in modern European history and philosophy from the University of Wisconsin, and has taught at Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Rome.

He is author of more than 20 books, the most recent include: Accomplice ot Evil: Iran and the War Against the West; The War Against the Terror Masters;  The Iranian Time Bomb; Machiavelli on Modern Leadership: Why Machiavelli's Iron Rules Are As Timely and Important Today As Five Centuries Ago, Tocqueville on American Character: Why Tocqueville's Brilliant Exploration of the American Spirit Is As Vital and Important Today As It Was Nearly Two Hundred Years Ago; and, Freedom Betrayed: How America Led a Global Democratic Revolution, Won the Cold War, and Walked Away

Dr. Ledeen regularly appears on Fox News, and on a variety of radio talk shows.  He has been on PBS's NewsHour and CNN's Larry King Live, among others, and regularly contributes to the Wall Street Journal and to National Review Online. He has a blog on Pajamasmedia.com.

 
Media

In the Media
Print & Online
Cracks in the Iranian Monolith, The Wall Street Journal (08/24/2010)
Iran's Revolution Has Only Just Begun, The Wall Street Journal (06/12/2010)
Michael Ledeen on Iran and Democracy, interviewed by Tom Bethell, The American Spectator (11/10/2009)
The Problem of Evil, The National Review (10/21/2009)
We Have Met the Enemy . . . , The Weekly Standard (10/20/2009)

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Broadcast
Book TV, C-Span (08/15/2010)
Hannity, Fox News Channel (07/18/2010)
Bill Bennett's Morning in America, Syndicated (07/07/2010)
Secure Freedom Radio (04/23/2010)
The Drive Time Happy Hour, 97.3 Gainesville(FL) (02/11/2010)

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Mentions
Iran Seeks More New Weapons and Bluster, quoted by Dale McFeatters, The Korea Times (08/25/2010)
Iran: China 1972 or Russia 1987?, quoted by James Joyner, New Atlanticist (03/04/2010)
Playing Nice With Iran, quoted by Andrew Sullivan, The Daily Dish (03/04/2010)
Iran's panic attack, quoted by Mindy Belz, World Mag (03/01/2010)
Unlikely Revolutionaries, quoted by Lee Smith, Tablet Magazine (02/03/2010)

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International Media
Israel's Rare Opportunity, quoted by Caroline Glick, The Jerusalem Post (06/19/2009)
US Neo-Cons Sniff a Chance, quoted by Daniel Luban, Asia Times (06/19/2009)
Iranian Concessions Unlikely to Change Election Result, quoted by Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service (Canada) (06/16/2009)
US Treads Warily to Preserve Hope of Tehran Talks, quoted by Ewen MacAskill, Guardian (06/16/2009)

Events

Dr. Michael Ledeen Appears at the International Spy Museum about A New Cold War: Inside Nuclear Iran
July 7, 2010
FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen to speak at the Atlantic Council about The Way Forward in Iran: Engagement or Regime Change?
March 3, 2010
FDD Freedom Scholar Michael Ledeen to speak at the Heritage Foundation about his new book, Accomplice to Evil: Iran and the War Against the West
March 2, 2010
Dr. Michael Ledeen to speak at Hillsdale College National Leadership Seminar
February 16, 2010
Dr. Michael Ledeen to Speak at Rocky Mountain College
October 20, 2008

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From the Blogs

BarackObama.ir, NRO The Corner (08/31/2010)
Only in America, Faster, Please (08/15/2010)
The New 'Pentagon Papers', NRO The Corner (07/28/2010)
Toilet Paper and Revolution, NRO The Corner (07/13/2010)
Jim Lobe, 'Neoconservatives,' and War on Iran, Faster, Please! (07/13/2010)

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Dr. Walid Phares is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies where he focuses on Middle East history and politics, global terrorist movements, democratization and human rights. Dr. Phares also leads the foundation's Future of Terrorism Project, which considers how the Jihadi-Islamist threat will mutate over time and what can be done to defend against new, more deadly strains of terrorism...more

FROM THE BLOGS
From NRO The Corner: The Two Dirty Little Secrets of the Mideast Peace Process by Benjamin Weinthal, 09/1/2010
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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