ABOUT FDD

Who We Are

Why We're Here

What's at Stake

Support FDD

A letter from our president, Clifford May

Donor Clubs

Join one of our Donor Clubs and get special membership benefits and inside information. more

Trustees program

Our Trustees Program welcomes dedicated supporters to be a member of the Board of Trustees. more

Donate to FDD

Make an online donation now and help fight terrorism. Your donation makes a difference. more

 

BOOKS

The Iranian Time Bomb

By Michael A. Ledeen
Ledeen, a well-known conservative pundit on Iran, argues passionately for a bolder, better-reasoned American policy toward the Islamic republic...more

 

 

 

 

PROJECTS & CASE STUDIES

FEATURED PROJECTS

Click on the slide!

The U.S. is vulnerable to an emerging threat. An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack could "cripple military and civilian communications, power, transportation, water, food, and other infrastructure."

Click on the slide!

The Center for Terrorism Research (CTR) is dedicated to identifying effective strategies and techniques to combat the threat of terrorism.

Click on the slide!

The Center for Law & Counterterrorism puts FDD in the forefront of legal aspects of the war on terrorism – finding the proper, shifting balance that protects both our freedoms and our safety.

More...
Click on the slide!

The Future of Terrorism Project examines the strategies that will be needed to defeat new, more lethal strains of terrorism that now threaten America and the free world.

More...
Click on the slide!

We are sending hundreds of billions of dollars in oil money to regimes hostile to our interests and our way of life. Our national and economic security is at risk as long as oil has a monopoly in the transportation sector.

More...
Click on the slide!

The Coalition Against Terrorist Media (CATM) brings together Muslim, Christian, Jewish and secular groups -- American and European -- concerned about the threat posed by terrorist-owned media outlets.

More...
Click on the slide!

The Committee on the Present Danger's goal is to stiffen American resolve to confront the challenge presented by terrorism and the ideologies that drive it.

More...
Click on the slide!

Africa, often called the “forgotten front” in the global war on terror, has become the next major front in the war by militant Islamism.

More...
Click on the slide!

A Pandora's box of corruption and incompetence at the United Nations has been exposed since FDD hired Claudia Rosett as its own investigative reporter and assigned her to the beat.

More...
Click on the slide!

Through educating the policy community and the public about the deadly activities of the Iranian-Hezbollah-Syrian axis, FDD attacks its most vulnerable points: its worldwide media operations, its standing in the United States and Europe, its finances, and its efforts to support terror around the world.

More...
MEDIA & RESEARCH

IN FOCUS

Slow START
You don't need to be in the Tea Party to believe that members of Congress ought to read and understand bills before signing them into law. I think it's fair to say that in this month's elections voters rejected the alternative approach, best articulated by soon-to-be-former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in regard to legislation designed to transform American health care: "(W)e have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it ..." ...more
Clifford D. May, Scripps Howard News Service
11/18/2010



MEDIA

Schedule an Interview

In the Media

How to Reform Islam
Ibn Warraq, National Review Online
11/18/2010


Ghailani Verdict A Miscarriage of Justice
Thomas Joscelyn, The Weekly Standard
11/17/2010


Egypt Helping Iran to Circumvent Sanctions
Jonathan Schanzer, The Atlantic
11/15/2010


Press Releases

New FDD Report on Palestinian Social Media Shows Challenges for U.S. Policy in The Middle East
10/19/2010

Notes and Comments

 

POLICY RESEARCH

Palestinian Pulse: What Policymakers Can Learn From Palestinian Social Media
Jonathan Schanzer, Mark Dubowitz
10/19/2010


FDD Report on Iran's Energy Partners
Mark Dubowitz, Laura Grossman
08/5/2010


Testimony Before The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on The Impact of U.S. And European Sanctions on Iran
Mark Dubowitz
07/29/2010


SUBSCRIBE

Subscribe to Our Email Updates


SOCIAL MEDIA




FEATURED EXPERT

David B. Rivkin, Jr. is a partner in the Washington office of Baker Hostetler LLP. He serves as Co-Chair of the Center for Law and Counterterrorism, a joint initiative of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and the National Review Institute. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Nixon Center and a Contributing Editor of the National Review magazine...more

FROM THE BLOGS
From The Weekly Standard Blog: Smearing America in Defense of A Terrorist by Thomas Joscelyn, 11/18/2010
In response to the Ghailani verdict, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) issued the following statement (emphasis added): CCR questions the ability of anyone who is Muslim to receive a truly fair trial in any American judicial forum post-9/11...more

From NRO The Corner: Bush Says Schröder Betrayed Him on Iraq by Benjamin Weinthal, 11/17/2010
Berlin - No real surprise here: Former president George W...more

From Faster, Please: The Blind Who Will Not See: The President, the Secretary of Defense, and the Iranian Death Spiral by Dr. Michael Ledeen, 11/17/2010
I sometimes wonder where some of our smartest people get their ideas...more

OUR BLOGS
OUR FAVORITES