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Clifford D. May

Clifford D. May

cmay123@washingtontimes.com

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.

Columns by Clifford D. May

Iran nuclear deal and President Donald Trump illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

The Iran nuclear deal Trump wants

A fourth round of talks between Tehran's envoys and Steve Witkoff, President Trump's lead negotiator, did not occur in Rome over the weekend as expected.

May 6, 2025
Israel's war of independence illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Israel’s second War of Independence

It has been 18 months since Hamas' invasion of Israel and the barbaric pogrom that followed. Hamas is still holding and torturing hostages.

April 8, 2025
Putin and Trump's Russia policies illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Obama and Biden’s failed Russia policies

In 2008, Vladimir Putin's troops invaded neighboring Georgia and seized control of two regions. That chilled Russia's relations with the United States.

March 25, 2025
Vladimir Putin's Russian war against Ukraine peace illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Trump’s Ukraine diplomacy faces Putin test

First, President Trump muscled Volodymyr Zelenskyy into accepting, without guarantees, a 30-day ceasefire in the brutal war that Vladimir Putin has been waging against Ukraine.

March 18, 2025
Green energy and fossil fuels illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The clean energy revolution that never happened

Cast your mind back to Sept. 6, 2019, when candidate Joseph R. Biden took the hand of a 24-year-old activist. "Kiddo," he said, "look in my eyes. I guarantee you. I guarantee you. We're going to end fossil fuel."

March 11, 2025
Vice President JD Vance, right, speaks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, left, as President Donald Trump listens in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/ Mystyslav Chernov)

Getting the U.S. and Ukraine back on track

Vladimir Putin doesn't drink much, but I bet he poured himself a glass of Rossiyskoye Shampanskoye after watching relations between Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Donald Trump meltdown last Friday.

March 4, 2025
Arab leaders in Middle East with or against the United States of America illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Are Arab rulers with or against America?

More than 6 million Syrians fled their homeland during that country's almost 14-year-long civil war. Other nations took them in. It was the humanitarian thing to do.

February 11, 2025
A Houthi soldier escorts released prisoners loyal to the Yemeni government after their release, in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Defeating the Houthis

President Trump has re-designated the Houthi rebels of Yemen as a foreign terrorist organization. That they deserve the label is indisputable.

February 4, 2025