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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 whose client list of prominent and influential neoconservatives includes Richard Perle, the former chairman of the Defense Policy Board; former CIA director James Woolsey; 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

External links

Benador Associates
War is Sell (PR Watch)
US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy (The Guardian (UK))
Ms. Benador manages the media: PR firm greases skids for clients supporting Bush's Middle East policy (WorkingForChange.com)
Guardian: list of Benador experts
Sourcewatch article on Benaador Associates

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 == Speakers ==
-[[Max Boot]], [[Ismail Cem]], [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]], [[Khalid Durán]], [[John Eibner]], [[Hillel Fradkin]], [[Frank Gaffney|Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] , [[Michel Gurfinkiel]] , [[Alexander Haig|Alexander M. Haig, Jr.]] , [[Khidhir Hamza]], [[Fereydoun Hoveyda]], [[Mansoor Ijaz]], [[Charles Jacobs (Political activist)|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]], [[Tom Rose]], [[A.M. Rosenthal]], [[Barry Rubin]], [[Tashbih Sayyed]], [[Richard O. Spertzel]], [[Amir Taheri]], [[Ruth Wedgwood]], [[R. James Woolsey|R. James Woolsey, Jr.]] , [[Meyrav Wurmser]]
+[[Max Boot]], [[Ismail Cem]], [[Arnaud de Borchgrave]], [[Khalid Durán]], [[John Eibner]], [[Hillel Fradkin]], [[Frank Gaffney|Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] , [[Michel Gurfinkiel]] , [[Alexander Haig|Alexander M. Haig, Jr.]] , [[Khidhir Hamza]], [[Fereydoun Hoveyda]], [[Mansoor Ijaz]], [[Charles Jacobs (Political activist)|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|R. James Woolsey, Jr.]] , [[Meyrav Wurmser]]
 == External links ==