James Jay Carafano, a leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, is The Heritage Foundation’s vice president for foreign and defense policy studies, E. W. Richardson fellow, and director of the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies. Read his research.
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The world never stops turning. Troubled times at home or not, the need for American leadership never lessens. Although the meeting of the Group of… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Foreign policy doesn’t stop for turmoil here at home. The U.S. can’t afford attention deficit disorder overseas. That is doubly true for meeting the challenge of China, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Anyone who has spent time working on the issues of safeguarding our homes from terrorists, hurricanes, and plagues understands the public safety challenge facing local… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remember the old public relations maxim: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”? Try telling that to Beijing. Having loosed a pandemic, China finds itself (quite deservedly)… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Around the world, a lot of folks are itching to retaliate against China for its complicity in launching the coronavirus pandemic. But a thirst for vengeance seldom… Read More
EconomyCommentary
The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprising the U.S., Australia, Japan, and India, was born out of the response to the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The dialogues… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The European Union organized a teleconference earlier this week to solicit pledges of funds to support efforts to develop and produce a COVID-19 vaccine. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Let’s be realistic. No consensus exists on the future of relations between China and the West. Yet, clearly that is changing. Previously, many looked at… Read More
InternationalCommentary
America’s initial response to the coronavirus pandemic rightly prioritized good public health policy. Now, Washington is focusing on getting Americans safely back to work. The aim is to preserve livelihoods as well as lives. However, the plan… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The growing chorus to “punish” China for how it has handled the COVID-19 crisis is understandable and justifiable. We need to be smart about how… Read More
