Clifford May

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Clifford May
May in 2019
Born1951 (age 72–73)
EducationSarah Lawrence College (BA)
Columbia University (MPA, MS)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • author
  • activist
  • podcaster
Years active1975–present
EmployerFoundation for Defense of Democracies

Clifford D. May (born 1951) is an American journalist, editor, political activist, and podcast host.[1][2][3] He is the founder and president[1] of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, a think tank[1] created shortly after the 9/11 attacks,[4] where he hosts the podcast Foreign Podicy.[1][2][3] He is the weekly "Foreign Desk" columnist for The Washington Times.[1][5]

May previously served as commissioner on the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission that makes policy recommendations concerning international religious freedom, as well as the Chairman of the Policy Committee department within the Committee on the Present Danger. May was also previously a weekly columnist for Scripps Howard News Service and National Review Online. May has been widely published, including in The Wall Street Journal, National Review, Commentary, USA Today, and The Atlantic. He has served as a reporter, a foreign correspondent, and a newspaper/magazine editor, working notably for Newsweek in the 1970s and for The New York Times in the 1980s.[6]

May is also a member of the Henry Jackson Society. In October 2007, The Daily Telegraph named May number 94 in its list of the "100 most influential conservatives in America", identifying him as a neo-conservative within the Republican Party.[7]

  1. ^ a b c d e "FDD | Clifford D. May". FDD. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Foreign Podicy". open.spotify.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) launches national security and foreign policy podcast \". MarketWatch. Archived from the original on April 22, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  4. ^ "Clifford May". The Tavis Smiley Show. April 23, 2004. Retrieved August 11, 2009.
  5. ^ "Clifford D. May | Stories - Washington Times". www.washingtontimes.com. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  6. ^ Clifford D. May. Foundation for Defense of Democracies: Main Website. Accessed May 5, 2009.
  7. ^ "The most influential US conservatives: 81–100". The Daily Telegraph. October 29, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2009.