Foundation for Defense of Democracies

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The Foundation for Defense of Democracies is a non-profit, non-partisan policy institute focusing on foreign policy and national security; its mission is to promote pluralism, defend democratic values, and fight the ideologies that drive terrorism.

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Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that.

The Church publishes the Monitor because it sees good journalism as vital to progress in the world. Since 1908, we’ve aimed “to injure no man, but to bless all mankind,” as our founder, Mary Baker Eddy, put it.

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