Presidential Medal of Freedom

May 22, 2017 |

Gates to be Keynote Speaker at FDD, Hudson, Center for Cyber & Homeland Security Event

Former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates will be the keynote speaker at an event jointly hosted by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Hudson Institute and the George Washington University...

January 27, 2013 |

FDD Mourns the Loss of Ambassador Max Kampelman

The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is deeply saddened to learn of the passing of its friend and mentor, Ambassador Max M. Kampelman, who was a long-time member of FDD’s Leadership Co...

September 18, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal

Das Gift

How Angela Merkel's bold plan to save Europe may have just saved Barack Obama.

April 18, 2012 | Clifford D. May |

Liberate ‘Zones of Electronic Repression’!

Islamists shouldn’t be allowed to use Western technology to crush dissent.

June 15, 2011 | Human Events

The CIA and Al-Qaeda

In intelligence it’s not so much what you don’t know as what you won’t know. Al Qaeda was initially formed in 1988, when the Soviet Union announced the humiliating with...

June 13, 2011 | Clifford D. May |

The New True Believers: What we should have learned about fanatical mass movements

Adolf Hitler was evil and perhaps a madman. But throughout history, there have been many evil madmen in many corners of the Earth. Few have attracted millions of passionate followers; fewer still...

June 6, 2011 |

Can Merkel Repair Fractured U.S.-German Relations?

German chancellor Angela Merkel is slated to meet President Obama this evening and tomorrow in Washington for policy discussions, and for Obama to present Merkel with the Presidential Medal of Fr...

May 26, 2011 |

Germany Snubs America’s Intelligence Agencies over Targeted Killings?

Berlin—Since President Obama ordered the special forces strike that killed mass murderer Osama Bin Laden earlier this month, the German government has grown increasingly reluctant to help W...

June 12, 2008 |

Medal of Freedom to … Donna Shalala

 I have no great brief against Donna Shalala, Sec’y of HHS in the Clinton administration, but a Medal of Freedom?  [Power Line has the story, as does Winfield Myers, who does carr...

January 24, 2008 |

The New True Believers: What we should have learned about fanatical mass movements


Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was evil and perhaps a madman. But throughout history, there have been many evil madmen in many corners of the Earth. Few have attracted millions of passionate followers; fewer still have conquered Europe and committed genocide. So what made Hitler different and – for a time – effective?

December 20, 2007 |

FDD Welcomes Ambassador Max Kampelman as Distinguished Advisor

Washington, D.C. (December 21, 2007) -- Former U.S. Ambassador Max Kampelman has joined the Foundation for Defense of Democracie...