Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Afghanistan has been an important battlefield in the global conflict being waged against the West since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

In the years since then, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ work on Afghanistan has been overseen by senior fellow Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, a definitive source for the military and intelligence communities.

Afghanistan has been an important battlefield in the global conflict being waged against the West since the attacks of September 11, 2001.

In the years since then, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ work on Afghanistan has been overseen by senior fellow Bill Roggio, editor of The Long War Journal, a definitive source for the military and intelligence communities. With the anticipated withdrawal of most American forces from Afghanistan in 2014, FDD is carefully monitoring the situation, and assessing policy options.  

Reporters at prestigious media outlets across the United States also read and rely on Roggio’s work. Among them: The New York Times, The Washington Post, the Associated Press, ABC News, Dawn, and the Times of India. U.S. congressional staffers, members of the intelligence community, and many soldiers in the field, follow Roggio’s work as well.

Edited by: Daveed Gartenstein-Ross and Clifford D. May

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FDD senior fellow and former CIA operative Reuel Marc Gerecht has a keen understanding of Afghanistan’s various tribal and ethnic constituencies, and the challenges of the coming U.S. military withdrawal.

FDD President Cliff May also pays close attention to the region, to which he has traveled on official visits organized by the U.S. State Department and the U.S. military.