Articles by James Carafano

Defending America After 2020

James Carafano | August 22, 2019

Many people around the world will be watching and waiting to see how the next American election turns out, but one group doesn’t have that… Read More

InternationalCommentary

What Hong Kong Unrest Tells Us About China’s Plans for the Rest of the World

James Carafano | August 14, 2019

The outside world can do little to assure the future of freedom in Hong Kong beyond making the case that preserving the principles of liberty are at… Read More

Commentary

Boris Johnson Takes the Reins: Expect to See These 6 Major Foreign Policy ‘Resets’

James Carafano | July 25, 2019

Sure, Boris Johnson could use a comb. But he’s already got what matters most in a leader and ally: a backbone. With Johnson as its new… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Mr. President, It’s Time to Meet With Ukraine’s New Leader

James Carafano | July 17, 2019

There is an old saying that I made up: “Nobody wants to be a suburb of Moscow.” That’s the sum of decades of experience witnessing… Read More

SecurityCommentary

What Those Decrying America’s ‘Endless Wars’ Are Really Talking About

James Carafano | July 03, 2019

From the presidential candidate debate stage to new think tanks, voices from both left and right are demanding an end to America’s endless wars. Only one problem:… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Iran and Trump: Here’s What’s Really Going On

James Carafano | June 19, 2019

There are wars and rumors of war. And then there is President Donald Trump’s policy toward Iran, which fuels endless speculation. Despite much public handwringing… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Trump’s Women’s Initiative Advances ‘America First’ Agenda

James Carafano | June 11, 2019

You may not hear much in the media about it, but the Trump administration just announced a new initiative to support efforts to empower women… Read More

InternationalCommentary

What Trump Needs to Achieve During UK Visit

James Carafano | June 03, 2019

After watching sumo wrestling and tasting sushi in Japan, President Donald Trump is back stateside. But soon he will be on the road again for some… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Trump Gets an ‘F’ for Libya

James Carafano | May 24, 2019

Getting grumpy over the administration’s Libya policy is a just cause. There is no nostalgia for President Barack Obama’s “lead from behind” policy that left… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Lindh Shows How West Is Winning War on Terror

James Carafano | May 23, 2019

John Walker Lindh, the former “American Taliban,” is almost back on the streets. Captured on the battlefield in Afghanistan in 2002, he was convicted of… Read More

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