Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a Washington-based national security and foreign policy think tank. He is a leading expert on Iran sanctions policy and economic warfare strategies. He contributed pieces to The Weekly Standard in 2010–2011 focused on Iran sanctions and Obama administration foreign policy.
President Obama’s visit to Ireland yesterday bookended a tumultuous week in Washington. After a blow-up with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu over whether the 1967 borders with land swaps should be the starting point of negotiations or a concession that Israel provides as part of a…
The Obama administration made the correct decision earlier this week to impose sanctions on Belarusneft, a subsidiary of the Belarusian petrochemical company Belneftekhim, for doing business with Iran. But it’s small beer – Belarusneft is hardly a major player in Iran’s energy industry. And this…
After enacting comprehensive energy sanctions on companies that do business with Iran, and encouraging 31 other countries to follow suit, last Thursday the United States announced penalties against only a single firm for violating them.