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Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May is the founder and president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), a columnist for The Washington Times and host of the “Foreign Podicy” podcast.

Islamists are using violence to command silence.
Charting the course of the journeys of famed refusnik-turned-Israeli statesman Natan Sharansky.
Quoting retired People’s Liberation Army Commander Wang Xiangsui: “Whoever controls the flow of resources, markets and money is hegemon of the world.”
We all know there was Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. But only some of us grasp what the Kremlin intended—and still intends—to achieve.
How the Abraham Accords were achieved and what the “Palestinian cause” now requires.
It’s not the organization it used to be, and never was.
Stopping jihadists is a mission worth discussing during a presidential election.
It’s become increasingly obvious that the victory of freedom over authoritarianism is not inevitable or maybe even probable.
Its debt is massive, its political class corrupt, and terrorists call the shots.
Why did the leaders of Britain and France, along with Germany, Belgium and Estonia, abstain from the U.N. Security Council vote on extending the Iran arms embargo?
The human-rights establishment wants him out of the marketplace of ideas.
Meet the restrainers, those seeking for the U.S. to pass the torch of global leadership.