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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Politicians often clothe outrageous policies in reasonable rhetoric. President Donald Trump sometimes does the opposite, wrapping reasonable policy in careless rhetoric. Remember his earlier call for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
America’s allies and enemies alike will place their 2019 foreign policy bets on a hunch: whether or not President Donald Trump will win a second… Read More
InternationalCommentary
There have been recent media reports that up to 7,000 U.S. troops, roughly half of the number of troops there, will be removed from Afghanistan…. Read More
InternationalCommentary
Heather Nauert has her history right. The Washington Post and other media outlets have launched a lame effort to undermine President Donald Trump’s new nominee… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The State Department is about to get a big brain. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo named scholar and national security expert Kiron Skinner on Thursday… Read More
InternationalCommentary
With so many pundits predicting what will happen at the Singapore showdown between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, someone’s bound… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Donald Trump recently proclaimed June 2018 to be National Ocean Month and stated his support for better utilizing the vast resources contained in America’s… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Israeli government on Monday unloaded a massive intelligence data dump that demonstrated Iran’s efforts to hide its nuclear weapons program. The revelations come weeks… Read More
InternationalCommentary
“I have a secret and dangerous mission. Send me a West Point football player.” So, Gen. George C. Marshall, America’s architect of victory in World… Read More
InternationalCommentary
No matter what President Donald Trump does, the Iran deal is likely dead on May 12. That’s the deadline by which the president must decide… Read More
