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Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May is president of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and a columnist for The Washington Times. He can be reached at cliff@fdd.org.

Articles by Clifford D. May

A woman passes by a mural depicting the Russian President Vladimir Putin that reads: ''Brother'' vandalized with paint, in Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Despite having to pay a big price Serbia for not introducing sanctions to Russia, Serbia will not do it , Serbian President Vucic said, but despite that the country will stay on its path toward the EU. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Tyrannical dictator Putin gives new life to NATO

By Clifford D. May
J.D. Vance, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio, attends a campaign rally at the Westmoreland Fair Grounds in Greensburg, Pa, Friday, May 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

A letter to J.D. Vance: Ukraine, Russia, and the American national interest

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on Iranian demands for new nuclear deal with Biden by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Iran’s rulers demanding too much even for Biden

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on Biden's lack of a National Security Strategy by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s National Security Strategy still unavailable

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on the Ukraine war and options for peace by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Diplomatic end to Putin’s Ukraine war unlikely

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on Russia and neighbors attacking internationally by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Russia is not the only nation threatening its neighbors

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on the new Cold War with Russia by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Cold War II and Biden’s new ‘new world order’

By Clifford D. May
Mutually Assured Destruction Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

The death of MAD (Mutually Assured Destruction)

By Clifford D. May
A bird sits next to a McDonald's restaurant closed to visitors in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, March 15, 2022. (AP Photo)

Fall of the Golden Arches Theory: Enriching tyrants doesn’t prevent wars after all

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on Biden and the war in Ukraine by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Putin’s troops ravage Ukraine while his envoy steers Team Biden’s talks with Iran

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on delusions over Ukraine by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Russia, Ukraine and the West’s grand delusion of freedom

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on Putin's winter war by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Putin’s winter war

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on the attitude of Western elites by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Coalition of the unwilling: Western elites prefer not to fight authoritarianism

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on the spread of antisemitism by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Amnesty International spreads the virus of antisemitism

By Clifford D. May
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking to the media during a joint news conference with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban following their talks in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2022. Putin says the U.S. and its allies have ignored Russia's top security demands. In his first comments on the standoff with the West over Ukraine in more than a month, Putin said Tuesday that the Kremlin is still studying the U.S. and NATO's response to the Russian security demands received last week. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP)

If Putin wins, it’s not only Ukraine that loses

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on willful international ignorance of China's atrocities and Uyghurs by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

To the fashionably woke, Uyghur lives don’t matter

By Clifford D. May
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. (Mikhail Metzel, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

All the president’s enemies

By Clifford D. May
Illustration on the anti-semitic United Nations by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The U.N.’s final solution to the Israel question

By Clifford D. May
The New South American Conquistadores Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

U.S. adversaries are becoming South American conquistadores

By Clifford D. May
American Revolution Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

American Revolution was not about tyranny (or slavery)

By Clifford D. May

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