Published in partnership with the Center for Media and Democracy As the United States has started yet another war in the Middle East, one think tank, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD), has been a leading advocate both in making the case to go to war against Iran and to continue it. FDD’s founder and CEO Mark Dubowitz issues a constant stream of pro-war posts on X, and its experts are widely quoted in the media weighing in as the war in the region has escalated.