Foundation for Defense of Democracies: Difference between revisions

Since the administrations of George W. Bush, Obama, and Trump, this think tank has shared its reports and research with policymakers, media outlets, and key members of these governments, as well as congressional offices.

Over the past 20 years, this institution has managed to establish its position among American officials. For example, consider the following remarks:

1. Herbert Raymond "H.R." McMaster <ref>Herbert Raymond "H. R." McMaster (born July 24, 1962) is a former Lieutenant General of the United States Army and the 26th National Security Advisor of the United States. Previously, he served as the director of the Army Capability Integration Center and deputy commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command. He was formerly the commander of the Maneuver Center of Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia. McMaster also served as the director of a joint interagency task force focused on transparency in the International Security Assistance Force based in Kabul. He is known for his role in the Persian Gulf, Iraq, and Afghanistan wars.</ref>: "I love FDD…I want to thank FDD for the work they’ve done over the years on many important issues… We have made extensive use of FDD’s research and analysis… We need institutions like FDD to continue their research on the threats we face."

2. Michael Vincent Hayden <ref>Michael Vincent Hayden was born in 1945 in Virginia. He served as the director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) from 2006 to 2009.</ref>: "The intelligence community takes seriously what FDD has done and deeply appreciates it. Your research demonstrates the connections between external actors and opposition groups—disseminators, sanctions—and money laundering. What you can do with open-source intelligence enhances what is happening in the intelligence community."

3. George W. Bush <ref>George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is a former United States President (2001–2009) and the 43rd president from the Republican Party.</ref>: "This foundation has brought about changes in the world."

This is part of American politicians' comments regarding this foundation.

The foundation's research activities are conducted across four centers and eight programs or projects.

These centers include:

==Center for Cyber Innovation and Technology==

==Center for Economic and Financial Power==

This center focuses its research on national economic security, concentrating on how the U.S. can improve its economic and financial power to achieve its national security objectives. Experts at this center track and analyze changes in the global economy and how allies and rivals coordinate with these changes. The Economic and Financial Power Center also seeks to provide a broader understanding of how the U.S. government can leverage economic and financial power to effectively combat its enemies.

The center focuses on how to separate malign regimes and individuals from the global economic (trade) system by strengthening the interconnectedness of this system. Research from this center also develops new defensive strategies to protect the economic power of the U.S. and its allies, as well as proactive strategies for targeting investments and promoting trade. Similarly, the center assesses the impact of technological changes on financial transparency and accountability.

==Center for Military and Political Power==

The Center for Military and Political Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies enhances understanding of the defensive strategies, policies, and necessary capacities for deterrence and defense against threats to the freedom, security, and prosperity of the American people and its allies by providing timely and relevant research and analysis.

To inform and accelerate this urgent effort, the center focuses on defense policy and strategy that complements FDD's expertise in sanctions, illicit financing, cyber warfare, as well as FDD's ongoing work related to regional security and terrorism in the Middle East.

CMPP concentrates on the military and political elements of these threats and challenges, as well as the strategies, policies, budgets, capacities, capabilities, and readiness levels required by the Department of Defense to overcome them. The threats include those posed by China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea. CMPP also pays special attention to political and military affairs, U.S. allies, ballistic missile defense, conventional force modernization, freedom of navigation, hybrid warfare, national security innovation base, nuclear modernization, and the military posture of the United States.

==Barish Center for Media Integrity==  

This center addresses national security threats arising from disinformation campaigns and infiltration operations conducted by foreign adversaries against the United States and its allies. A significant part of the center's activities includes a one-year media grant for well-established journalists, social media content creators, and strategic communications professionals. This grant provides educational planning opportunities and professional development to help media professionals gain a deeper understanding of the intersection between media, strategic communications, public diplomacy, disinformation, and U.S. national security. After completing the program, media fellows join FDD's national security alumni network, consisting of over 500 professionals.

This center supports research on how foreign adversaries, including state and non-state actors, utilize infiltration operations to advance their strategic goals. This focus includes investigative journalism and technical research to identify and analyze campaigns conducted by foreign adversaries. Through this research, the Barish Center provides practical and specific recommendations for defending against these national security threats.

==Programs==

The foundation also has research programs under these centers, which include:

1. China Program

2. FDD Long War Journal

3. International Organizations Program

4. Iran Program

5. Israel Program

6. National Security Alumni Network

7. Cyber Transformative Innovations Lab

8. Turkey Program

==Notes==