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Benador Associates is a public relations firm and speaker's bureau that promotes expert writers and speakers focusing primarily on U.S. foreign policy in the Middle East, particularly those from a neoconservative point of view.
Benador Associates describes its areas of specialization as "media applied to politics, conflict resolution, the dialogue of civilisations, foreign policy, national security, anti-terrorism, defense of human rights and freedom of religion, among others."
The CEO and founder of the firm, Eleana Benador, is a Peruvian-born linguist-turned-publicist. Her clients include Richard Perle, the former chairman of the Defense Policy Board; former CIA director James Woolsey; New York Daily News columnist A. M. Rosenthal; American Enterprise Institute resident scholar Michael Ledeen; National Review contributing editor Frank Gaffney Jr.; former Washington Times editor in chief Arnaud de Borchgrave; former Secretary of State Alexander Haig Jr.; and Iraqi dissident Kanan Makiya, a Brandeis professor who advocated the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Speakers
Max Boot, Ismail Cem, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Khalid Durán, John Eibner, Hillel Fradkin, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Michel Gurfinkiel, Alexander M. Haig, Jr., Khidhir Hamza, Fereydoun Hoveyda, Mansoor Ijaz, Charles Jacobs, Shaykh Kabbani, Stanley H. Kaplan, Martin Kramer, Charles Krauthammer, George Jonas, Michael Ledeen, Kanan Makiya, Paul Marshall, Laurie Mylroie, Azar Nafisi, John O'Sullivan, Richard Perle, Walid Phares, Richard Pipes, Dennis Prager, David Pryce-Jones, Tom Rose, A. M. Rosenthal, Barry Rubin, Tashbih Sayyed, Richard O. Spertzel, Amir Taheri, Ruth Wedgwood, R. James Woolsey, Jr., Meyrav Wurmser
References
- Lobe, James (August 15, 2003). "The Andean condor among the hawks". Asia Times.
- Cohler-Esses, Larry (July 3, 2006). "Bunkum from Benador". The Nation.
External links
- Benador Associates website
- "US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy", Brian Whitaker, The Guardian (UK), August 19, 2002
- "Conflict and catchphrases", Brian Whitaker, The Guardian (UK), February 24, 2003
- Benador Associates article at the SourceWatch wiki