James Jay Carafano is a defense and national security expert at The Heritage Foundation, where he currently is special counselor to the president, the E.W. Richardson fellow for international engagement, and chairman of the Combating Antisemitism Task Force. Read his research.
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President Joe Biden and Russian bad boy Vladimir Putin have now had their two-hour virtual parley about the Ukraine crisis. Is there any clear sense on… Read More
EnergyCommentary
Rather than spending trillions that we do not have and making promises that cannot be kept, Congress and the administration should focus on implementing policies… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin visited “stalwart NATO ally” Romania on Oct. 20 to discuss a range of key bilateral issues. Austin noted that the two nations… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Every year for decades, Congress has passed a National Defense Authorization Act. This year will likely be no different, but there’s a provision in this… Read More
InternationalCommentary
President Joe Biden gave a speech to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that was guaranteed to delight any globalist. Suffused with promises of multinational cooperation, it… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s 20 years after 9/11, and you might be less safe than you were 20 years ago. The Taliban—which were the people that really allowed… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden is doing the unthinkable. On the 20th anniversary of the dark day that terrorists struck New York City and Washington, D.C., he—more… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden must have ignored sound military advice in abandoning Afghanistan. No person who graduated boot camp would have planned a military operation like… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
The blame game continues. In his latest speech on the unfolding chaos in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden fingered the terrorist group ISIS-K for the bombing at the… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
President Joe Biden stepped out of the Oval Office on Friday and delivered yet another defense of his Afghanistan withdrawal. For those convinced he’s in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden thought he might be ending endless wars, but all he accomplished was making the protection of U.S. interests in Afghanistan more costly… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Before President Joe Biden addressed the nation on the crisis in Afghanistan, someone should have reminded him of the adage “When you are in a deep hole,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What does President Joe Biden’s disastrous decision on Afghanistan portend for the future of transnational Islamist terrorism? A lot. The administration needs to acknowledge its mistakes and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Where America got Afghanistan wrong is “nation-building.” That’s a myth. Nations don’t build nations. Nations rebuild themselves. President Joe Biden, predictably, learned the wrong lesson. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw abruptly from Afghanistan, without any discernible exit strategy, has plunged that nation into a bloody, ruinous chaos. After pleading with… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The people of Cuba stood up on Sunday and took to the streets to demand liberty and an end to 62 years of communist oppression…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Just in time for July Fourth, The Heritage Foundation released a citizen’s guide that encourages youth to consider serving in America’s armed forces. >>> The… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Americans are woke. They woke up and realized President Joe Biden is no moderate. He is spearheading the most radical policies in modern history, policies… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Vladimir Putin has never been averse to taking risks—especially those that make him look stronger at home, while undermining the confidence and solidarity of the West. … Read More
SocietyCommentary
There is an unprecedented flood of illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border. Those in the media not obsessed with canine evictions at the White House or… Read More
SecurityCommentary
There is a catastrophic crisis that could add another quarter of a million to the population of illegal aliens in this country in less than… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The way President Joe Biden handles U.S. relations with China will be closely watched and judged. In the early going, the president seems to want to stay… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As law enforcement pursues those responsible for the riot Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol, authorities are arresting and charging individuals from extremist groups such… Read More
InternationalCommentary
North Korea has been relatively quiet until recently, but that looks like it is changing. Keeping the Hermit Kingdom from becoming President-elect Joe Biden’s first crisis could… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Hating Jews is abhorrent. As revolting as the practice of anti-Semitism is, it’s a problem that lies hidden right in the midst of America—and it’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
They were called “refuseniks”—Jews in the Soviet Union who wanted to emigrate. They were not just “refused” the right to leave. They were spied on,… Read More
PoliticsCommentary
Many are upset about Congress sticking foreign aid and other international affairs items in omnibus spending along with the COVID-19 relief bill. They are right… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The Chinese Communist Party has lied about COVID-19 from the start. And it’s still lying about the disease that has turned into a pandemic confirmed to be… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Americans aren’t the only ones waiting for the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. So are people around the world. And they are asking the same… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The federal officer responsible for overseeing the security of America’s borders has been attacked for, of all things, arguing that we should secure America’s borders…. Read More
