H. R. McMaster

September 4, 2024 | Clifford D. May

McMaster and commander

Thirteen months as President Trump’s national security advisor

November 10, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Honor Veterans by Having the Will to Win a War

If civilian leaders send troops into battle without a commitment to victory, who will sign up to serve?

October 28, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster |

Preserving the Warrior Ethos

It is corroded, and the necessary restorative work belongs to us all

August 15, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Bradley Bowman

In Afghanistan, the Tragic Toll of Washington Delusion

Pundits repeat the mantra that there was ‘no military solution.’ The Taliban seem to have come up with one.

July 26, 2021 | LTG (Ret.) H.R. McMaster, Bradley Bowman

How to Avert Disaster in Afghanistan

The least the U.S. can do is offer air support, intel and ensure proper logistics and maintenance contracting.

June 9, 2021 | Clifford D. May |

Leaving Afghanistan

There’s not much time left to mitigate the consequences

December 23, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Making America secure again

Trump recognized threats, and at least began to address them

October 22, 2020 | Thomas Joscelyn |

One Term of ‘Maximum Pressure’ on North Korea

A new book from H.R. McMaster offers a look back at Trump's attempted containment and wooing of Kim Jong-un.

October 7, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

McMaster and commander in chief

The former national security advisor on the urgent need for “strategic competence”

July 1, 2020 | Clifford D. May |

Meet the restrainers

They want to make America second-rate again

June 18, 2019 | |

FDD Report Explores Iran’s Land Bridge from Tehran to the Mediterranean Sea

Routes through Iraq and Syria pose national security threat to U.S. interests.

March 29, 2019 | LTG (Ret.) Ed Cardon |

Lieutenant General (Ret.) Edward C. Cardon Named to Board of Advisors of FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power

(Washington, D.C., March 29, 2019) – Lieutenant General (retired) Edward C. Cardon has joined the Board of Advisors for the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ (FDD) Center on Military and Poli...

January 31, 2019 |

New FDD Report Assesses First Two Years of Trump Administration’s Foreign and National Security Policies

FDD Scholars Provide Nonpartisan Analysis of 21 Key Areas of Global and Regional Instability

May 4, 2018 | Reuel Marc Gerecht

The Iran Deal Is Strategically and Morally Absurd

It was surely Barack Obama’s profound aversion to the use of American military power that so enfeebled his nuclear diplomacy and made his atomic accord with Iran the worst arms-control agre...

February 28, 2018 | Benjamin Weinthal

Fear of US Sanctions Ends German Companies Fueling Iranian FM’s Plane

Energy and oil companies refused to refuel Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif’s airplane ahead of his trip to the Munich Security Conference in mid-February to avoid violations of US sanc...

October 16, 2017 | Mark Dubowitz |

Has Trump Fixed the ‘Worst Deal Ever’? Kinda, Sorta

As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump made a lot of promises: repealing Obamacare, tax cuts for all, and of course this big, beautiful pledge:...

October 6, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

No Easy Way Out

By October 15, Donald Trump must decide what to do with his predecessor’s nuclear agreement with Iran. He has felt obliged, against his instincts, to recertify the deal every 90 days, per t...

September 20, 2017 | Tzvi Kahn |

Iran Is Not in ‘Technical Compliance’ with the JCPOA

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson declared on Sunday that Iran is in &ld...

September 8, 2017 | Reuel Marc Gerecht |

Perfect Partners

When he won the election, Donald Trump—along with his national security adviser Michael Flynn, his all-purpose counselor Stephen Bannon, and, perhaps, his son-in-law, Jared Kushner—wa...

August 16, 2017 | Clifford D. May |

In search of a grand U.S. strategy

Richard Nixon’s rapprochement with China, the end of the Cold War, President Obama’s outreach to “the Muslim world,” the growth of the (largely American-funded) United Nat...