A Pandora’s box of corruption and incompetence at the United Nations has been exposed since the Foundation for Defense of Democracies hired its own investigative reporter and assigned her to the beat.

Since joining FDD in 2003, Journalist-in-Residence Claudia Rosett has generated international headlines with award-winning investigative reporting that revealed the U.N. Oil-for-Food scandal, how the United Nations helps advance North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, the risks of relying on the United Nations to enforce anctions against Iran for its nuclear bomb program, and a plethora of scandals that have led to a series of convictions of high U.N. officials for bribery, graft, and money laundering schemes. ...More

Though world leaders questioned Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s genocidal threats against America and Israel, neither the United Nations nor the world powers have imposed significant penalties against Iran or taken meaningful action to halt its nuclear program.

Recognizing the danger posed by Iran, FDD launched an ongoing campaign to ensure Iran’s vow to destroy Israel and create “a world without America” is, contrary to Ahmadinejad’s assertion, neither “obtainable” nor “achievable.” ...More

In January, the White House announced a new leader for the mission in Iraq, General David Petraeus, and a new strategy for success. The strategy called for a surge in American troops into Baghdad and the surrounding area to drive al-Qaeda from key strongholds, halt sectarian strife, and provide security and stability to the Iraqi people. Critics of the war quickly labeled it a failure, but since American forces reached full strength on June 18, 2007, there have been numerous reports of progress on the ground in the fight against al-Qaeda and Iranian-backed militias. ...More