Harm to U.S. Space Systems Not Avoided Yet
According to the recent news, the United States will not be signing the European Union Code of Conduct for Outer Space Activities. This is good… Read More
Getting the Facts Straight on the Taliban
The relationship between the Taliban and al-Qaeda was one of the hot topics of Monday night’s presidential debate. Candidate Ron Paul downplayed the dangers of… Read More
Obama’s New Defense Strategy Leaves America Less Safe
President Obama’s new national defense strategy is a budget-driven exercise masquerading as a strategic plan, writes Heritage’s Kim Holmes, former Assistant Secretary of State, in… Read More
Morning Bell: Guantanamo Ten Years Later
His plan was to rip apart nightclubs with explosives, unleash a wave of destruction on bridges, and open fire on police officers–all in sunny Florida…. Read More
Defense Strategic Guidance Lacks Strategic Thinking on Nuclear Weapons
The Obama Administration just rolled out its Defense Strategic Guidance (DSG), which outlines priorities of the U.S. military after the Budget Control Act of 2011…. Read More
Morning Bell: Can America Defend Itself?
The Iranian threat yet again finds itself on the front page of America’s newspapers this morning, this time with news that the rogue regime has… Read More
America Safer Under Obama? Not a Chance.
Yesterday at the Pentagon, President Obama offered up his revisionist view of the past three years of history in order to make the claim that… Read More
Turkey Gets It, Acquires F-35s. Obama Administration Doesn’t.
The Turkish government understands what the Obama Administration does not: Acquiring the American-made F-35 fighter jet is the most effective way to claim supremacy of… Read More
Morning Bell: The Unintended Consequences of Internet Regulation
Would you be outraged if the Department of Justice shut down The Foundry without any warning and blocked access for more than a year? That’s… Read More
More EMP Discussion Good, but Stick to the Facts
The mention of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack in the presidential GOP debate hosted by The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute has ignited… Read More
Iran’s Pernicious Influence in the Western Hemisphere
There has been a lot of discussion recently of Iranian involvement in Latin America, especially with the recent plot involving an assassination attempt against the… Read More
Morning Bell: Iran Conducting Anti-U.S. Operations in Latin America
An attack on the British embassy in Tehran. A desperate pursuit of nuclear weapons. A plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington. Alone, any… Read More
Russian Missile Defense Statements Fictional, Not Factual
In the latest exercise in fact-twisting, General Nikolai Makarov, Russian Chief of the General Staff, said that Russia is being pushed toward an arms race… Read More
Islamists Dominate First Round of Egyptian Elections
Egyptian Islamists are poised to emerge as the big winners in Egypt’s parliamentary elections, a complex electoral process that will be held in phases until… Read More
Morning Bell: Pearl Harbor, WWII, and a Lesson for Today
On this day 70 years ago, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed a joint session of Congress and requested a declaration of war against Japan following… Read More
Pearl Harbor 70 Years Later – A Lesson for Today’s Defense
Seventy years ago today, the Japanese shocked the American conscience and propelled the United States into World War II when it attacked Pearl Harbor. With… Read More
Defense Cuts Put Small–Business Jobs in Jeopardy
Small businesses that are important to the safety and security of the nation are being gravely threatened by deep defense spending cuts. The NAVSYS Corporation… Read More
U.S.–Russia: A Stress Test over Afghanistan
Russia is trying to exploit U.S. vulnerability in Afghanistan by squeezing concessions on European missile defense. This is a disturbing development, potentially threatening security of… Read More
CNN Debate Draws Attention to EMP Threat
Talk of an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack at the Republican National Security Debate, hosted on CNN by The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute,… Read More
Spillover Border Violence: Fact or Fiction?
Last night, NBC Nightly News continued its series “Mexico: The War Next Door.” In its latest segment, NBC highlighted the much discussed and debated issue… Read More
The Red Card Solution: A Different Approach to Immigration, Prosperity, and Security
Following last week’s GOP presidential debate, the phrase “red card” has been thrown around quite a bit. No, we’re not talking about soccer penalties or… Read More
Protecting America from the EMP Threat
During last Tuesday’s Heritage Foundation/AEI debate on national security, the GOP candidates were queried on what lesser-known dangers to American security most concerned them. One… Read More
EMPs: The Next Great Threat to America
This week at The Republican National Security Debate, hosted on CNN by The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute, an electromagnetic pulse attack (EMP)… Read More
The Right Way to Reform Immigration
In an op-ed for FOX News Heritage’s Jim Carafano lays out policy ideas that can lead to true immigration reform. The main argument was that… Read More
Morning Bell: The GOP Debate over Protecting America
They came, they saw, and they debated. Last night in Washington, D.C.’s, Constitution Hall, eight Republican contenders for the presidency engaged in a debate on foreign… Read More
Congress’s Unrealistic Demands on Air Cargo Security Continue
Congress is at it again. Earlier this month, Representatives Bennie Thompson (D–MS), Edward Markey (D–MA), and Sheila Jackson Lee (D–TX), sent a letter to the… Read More
Morning Bell: Debate Night
Tonight at 8 p.m. ET, eight Republican presidential candidates will take the stage at Constitution Hall in Washington, D.C., to tell America where they stand… Read More
DEBATE PREP: Back to the Strategic Future
It is only a small exaggeration to say that the United States hasn’t had a coherent national security strategy since the end of the Cold… Read More
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Foiled New York Terror Plot Teaches Lessons
Late last night, al-Qaeda sympathizer Jose Pimentel was arraigned for his plans “to build a bomb and use a bomb to assassinate U.S. servicemen and… Read More
New Leader, Same Narco-Terrorist FARC
When the infamous Alfonso Cano, leader of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), was killed recently during an assault by government forces, the longstanding… Read More
