Syrian and Iranian Axis Terrorize Their Opposition12/17/2007,
Dr. Walid PharesWhile Petrodollars Propaganda showers networks in the Middle East, Europe and North America to weaken democracies' resolve to confront the Iranian and Syrian regimes and as "lobbies" in the West accel...
Lebanon's Officers Under Terror Attack?12/12/2007,
Dr. Walid PharesOn December 12, a top Lebanese Army commander, Brigadier General Francois Hajj, was killed in a Terrorist bombing in the suburb of Baabda southeast of Beirut. Hajj, 54, who was close to army com...
Algeria's bombings: al Qaeda strike at French-Algerian rapprochement12/11/2007,
Dr. Walid PharesAn Al Qaeda link?
Most experts in Algeria and the Arab world believe this terror campaign is either inspired or ordered by al Qaeda in the Maghreb. Even if the execution is perpetrated by local Jihad...
Federal Judge Intrudes Upon Executive Authority to Designate Terrorist Organizations05/16/2007,
Andrew C. McCarthyIn an epic litigation already immensely damaging to government's anti-terrorism arsenal, a California federal court has yet again invalidated a law that bars private individuals from abetting terroris...
The Ahmedinijad Circus Continues04/4/2007,
Dr. Walid PharesWith the decision to release the 15 British sailors, The Ahmedinijad Circus continues its tales. Morphing from the “long story” to a “sensational scoop” the powerful Khomeinist propaganda mach...
Future Terrorism: Mutant Jihads11/6/2006,
Dr. Walid PharesThe Journal of International Security Affairs, Fall 2006
The strategic decision to carry out 9/11 was made in the early 1990s, almost ten years before the barbaric attacks on New York and Washing...
A Patient Enemy09/29/2006,
Dr. Walid PharesAs we mark the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks on America, and we review the half a decade of war on terror since, the central question that comes to the minds of both experts and policymakers i...
The United Nations Failed Peacekeeping in Lebanon08/11/2006,
Alykhan VelshiThe Foundation for the Defense of Democracies Policy Briefing
Countdown to Elections: High Stakes for Bangladesh07/7/2006,
Maneeza HossainIn January 2007, Bangladesh will undergo its most sensitive and crucial election in decades. Since the democratic process was restored in 1991, Bangladesh has experienced a peaceful, albeit chaotic tr...
Taliban Exposes Plans and Concerns06/22/2006,
Dr. Walid PharesAl Qaida number two, Dr Ayman Zawahiri issued a new tape calling on the Afghans to "rise against the Infidels (Kuffars) and their agents (the Karzai Government)." Following are few points of analysis ...