Mark Dubowitz
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Behnam Ben Taleblu
Host Mark Dubowitz is joined by Behnam Ben Taleblu, senior director of FDD’s Iran Program and author of Arsenal: Assessing Iran’s Ballistic Missile Program, for a masterclass on the Islamic Republic of Iran’s expansive — and still growing — weapons arsenal and the central role it plays in Tehran’s broader military strategy.
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1 month ago |
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Barak Ravid
It’s the world’s most dangerous nuclear standoff. Can President Trump get Iran to dismantle its nuclear program — or is Tehran just playing for time? In this episode of The Iran Breakdown, Mark sits down with award-winning journalist Barak Ravid for an insider’s look at the nuclear talks now underway in Oman.
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1 month ago |
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Jay Solomon
WatchListenAbout the EpisodeMark Dubowitz sits down with journalist Jay Solomon to unpack the new round of US-Iran nuclear negotiations and trace the arc from Obama’s secret backchannels to Trump’s second shot at a deal—raising the question: are we about to do the fatally-flawed, Obama-era JCPOA all over again? They unpack the early U.S. concessions that shaped the first deal, Iran’s global terror playbook, and what the new talks reveal about the regime’s leverage—and ours.
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2 months ago |
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Ray Takeyh
Whether you’re a seasoned Iran watcher or just starting to explore the topic, understanding the Islamic Republic requires going back to the events that led to the 1979 Islamic Revolution. And to do that we need to revisit 1953, the year a coup overthrew Iran’s Prime Minister, Mohammad Mossadegh. If you think you already know this story, think again.
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Feb 4, 2025 |
fdd.org | Mark Dubowitz |Ben Cohen
By abruptly shuttering the US Agency for International Development (USAID) only two weeks after returning to Washington, President Trump is signaling that he will bring accountability and efficiency to foreign aid. In an ideal world, USAID strengthens US influence through soft power. At just over $40 billion, USAID’s annual budget is a small fraction of the Department of Defense’s annual allocation of nearly $900 billion.
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