The U.S. Retreat from Afghanistan: 5 Years On
On August 26, an ISIS-K suicide bomber killed 13 American service members and roughly 170 Afghans at Abbey Gate, one of the entrances to Kab...
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A national security and foreign policy podcast from the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD).
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20 of 331 episodes25 Years of UN/NGO Racism
In late Summer of 2001, the UN hosted what it called the “World Conference on Racism” in Durban, South Africa. Instead of combating racism,...
World's First Super-Terrorist
Joby Warrick, a fine storyteller and longtime national security correspondent for the Washington Post, has written a biography of the most i...
Where in the World Is Monty? (Cliff May feat. Mark Montgomery)
FDD’s RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery is a travelin’ man. He’s just back from Taiwan and Ukraine. He joins host Cliff May to debrief what he saw...
A Rumor of War
A week ago, President Trump seemed to have decided to hit the Islamic Republic of Iran hard – to destroy what’s left of its missile arsenals...
Axis of Aggressors: China, Russia, Iran & North Korea
The United States faces the most complex geostrategic threat since 1945: an Axis of Aggressors — China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea — incr...
Britain’s New PM and Yemen’s Old Houthis
Two places we need to watch carefully right now: the United Kingdom, which has just installed its seventh prime minister in a decade, and Ye...
Iran, AI, and the Death of Traditional Warfare
Forget nukes and stealth jets — the next war may just be won with algorithms, drone swarms, and who spends smarter, not bigger. FDD Research...
The Third World Wants You – Not in a Good Way
This week, Iran's rulers fired on commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz -- an egregious violation of the Memorandum...
NATO Summit: Alliances under Strain
As NATO members head to Ankara, the Alliance is under strain — clashing over defense spending levels, the Russo-Ukrainian and US-Iran wars,...
Of Presidents and Persians
A century of failed diplomacy, hostage crises, secret arms deals, war and even murder. Dr. Tevi Troy, an American presidential historian and...
War and Peace and Other Possibilities
A memorandum of understanding with Iran isn't peace – it's a fragile ceasefire with a regime whose ideology traces back to 1,400 years of ji...
Elise Stefanik and the “Poisoned Ivies”
In this episode of Foreign Podicy , host Cliff May sits down with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik — once the youngest woman ever elected to the...
Defending Taiwan
Taiwan makes 90% of the world’s most advanced semiconductors — and China wants to take it without breaking it - using economic coercion if t...
UN Watch Report: Watching the UN Rot
A new UN Watch investigation exposes ideological bias, foreign funding, and ethical misconduct among UN Special Rapporteurs — raising urgent...
¿Cuba libre?
America’s spy chief visits Havana, the U.S. Justice Department announces the indictment for murder of former Cuban dictator, Raul Castro, Cu...
Immigration as a Weapon
New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer joins host Cliff May to discuss his new book, "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and...
The Axis of Aggressors and Unraveling World Order
The world is entering a more dangerous era. China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea are increasingly coordinating across every domain of power....
Stakes in the Straits and Chips on the Table
The Strait of Hormuz isn't just about Iran. It's a stress test for American will, allied confidence, and the deterrence architecture holding...
The Fog of Ceasefire
Negotiations between President Trump’s envoys and those of the Islamic Republic of Iran were postponed. Operation Epic Fury halts in an unea...