CO
Committee on the Present Danger
Organization·ngo·AI Enriched
Relationships:3
Events:0
Library:3
Confidence:
92%
Key Facts
Type
Organization
Sector
ngo
Industry
Not specified
Status
Draft
Country
United States
Headquarters
Washington, D.C., United States
Founded
12/12/1950
Dissolved
Active
Also Known As
CPDCommittee on the Present Danger: ChinaCPDC
Tags
advocacy groupforeign policyhawkish organizationanti-communist
Overall Confidence
92%
Internal Notes
No notes
Key Information
Leadership
No leadership added
Positions
No positions added
About
The Committee on the Present Danger is a bipartisan American foreign policy advocacy group originally formed in 1976 during the Cold War (known as CPD II) to counter détente and advocate a harder line against the Soviet Union by promoting strong defense policies. It was revived in 2004 by the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) to address threats from militant Islamism and has since focused on combating terrorism, rogue states, authoritarian regimes, and, in its latest iteration, the Chinese Communist Party.
Key Relationships
Paul Wolfowitz
member
Wolfowitz was a prominent member of the 2004 iteration of the CPD, co-chairing efforts to highlight national security dangers and advocate for robust U.S. responses.
Since 2004
Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD)
affiliated
FDD revived and houses the Committee on the Present Danger, a historically significant anti-communist advocacy group now focused on militant Islamism and Iran.
Richard Perle
member
Perle was a member of the second iteration of the Committee on the Present Danger (CPD II), reconstituted in 1976 to oppose detente and advocate a harder Cold War posture. In 1980, 32 CPD members joined the Reagan administration, including Reagan himself, William Casey, Jeane Kirkpatrick, John Lehman, and Perle. The CPD was a key bridge between the Jackson Democrats and the Reagan Republicans.
Since 1976