Mark Dubowitz

Mark Dubowitz is the chief executive officer of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

Stories by Mark Dubowitz

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a memorandum reinstating sanctions on Iran after the U.S. withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal at the White House in Washington on May 8, 2018.

Why Biden’s Plan to Rejoin the Iran Deal Makes No Sense

Elephants in the Room |

Richard Goldberg, Mark Dubowitz

January 8, 2021, 11:41 AM

A member of the U.S. Air Force keeps watch over the runway at Kandahar Air Field in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2017.

The Dangerous Illusion of Restraining U.S. Power

Argument |

Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz

August 18, 2020, 5:15 PM

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani walks past a portrait of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in Tehran on Feb. 16.

The Coronavirus Is Absolutely No Excuse to Lift Sanctions on Iran

Elephants in the Room |

Mark Dubowitz, Richard Goldberg

March 31, 2020, 3:30 PM

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a memorandum that reinstates sanctions on Iran after announcing his decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, at the White House on May 8. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The United States Finally Has an Aggressive Plan to Defang Iran

Elephants in the Room |

Ray Takeyh, Mark Dubowitz

May 21, 2018, 5:58 PM

The picture illustrates euro and United States 100-dollar banknotes bearing the portrait of US statesman, inventor and diplomat Benjamin Franklin next to Iran's rial banknotes, bearing a portrait of Iran's late founder of Islamic Republic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on September 30, 2012. Iran's currency, the rial, dived to a new low of around 29,600 to the dollar in open trading, losing over 60 percent of its value since the end of last year according to exchange tracking websites as draconian Western economic sanctions take effect that has spurred already high inflation to even greater heights, with food costs soaring more than 50 percent. AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE (Photo credit should read ATTA KENARE/AFP/GettyImages)

The U.S. Is Helping Iran Fund Chaos in the Middle East

Shadow Government |

Mark Dubowitz, Annie Fixler

September 27, 2016, 6:15 PM

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