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 announcement Wednesday of U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq and Afghanistan marks another step forward by President Donald Trump to give the two nations greater responsibility to… Read More
LawCommentary
In riot-torn Kenosha, Wisconsin, President Donald Trump met with local law enforcement officials Tuesday and promised to help stricken residents rebuild their lives. One would hope that… Read More
LawCommentary
The organized violence plaguing Portland, Oregon, and other cities has already lasted longer than Kid Rock’s marriage to Pamela Anderson. And there is no sign that the deliberate attacks will end any time… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The United Nations Security Council soon will be plunged into a momentous debate as the Trump administration seeks to kill the 2015 Iran nuclear deal… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Thursday’s announcement of a “historic peace agreement” between Israel and the United Arab Emirates–the first deal to normalize relations between Israel and an Arab nation… Read More
LawCommentary
Organized riots. That sounds like an oxymoron, but it’s what we’re seeing in many cities in this season of COVID-19 and protests. I’m not talking… Read More
LawCommentary
Washington used to abide by the maxim: “Politics stops at the water’s edge.” Those days are gone. Consider the reaction to a recent unclassified overview of foreign threats… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The radical left demanded that we defund the police, then upped the ante by calling for them to be disarmed. It started with toppling Confederate… Read More
InternationalAnalysis
On Monday, the Chinese Communist government slapped sanctions on members of Congress as well as a U.S. ambassador. This action is intended to send the world a… Read More
InternationalCommentary
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
