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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China is being racked by popular protests on a scale not seen since Tiananmen Square in 1989. But how much have the demonstrations made the regime rethink its autocratic… Read More
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This time of year, at Turtle Bay in New York, the leaders of the world flock to the United Nations like homing pigeons for the… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Rather than talking about the possible outcome and fallout of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, let’s roll up our sleeves and look at… Read More
EnergyCommentary
When it comes to energy policy, President Joe Biden has become a master of doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. His policies on solar… Read More
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Last year, Congress considered a very bad and ill-considered idea. With no debate and no real scrutiny, there was an effort to add to the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Constitutionalists, free-speech lovers, and sane people alike cheered upon hearing the announcements that the Department of Homeland Security was disbanding its nascent Disinformation Governance Board… Read More
SocietyCommentary
If we listen to strong, powerful, confident, convincing conservative voices in America today, thank Midge Decter. While President Jimmy Carter decried the state of the… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Last week, we lost a respected leader in the homeland security community and friend of The Heritage Foundation. Edmund “Kip” Hawley, former administrator of the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden’s Euro tour this past week played like many a horror movie, where things go from “eerily off” to full-blown crisis in a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Russian President Vladimir Putin could never rest easy without the Russian flag flying over Kyiv. Never doubt for a second that Chinese President Xi Jinping feels… Read More
