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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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
InternationalCommentary
Foreign policy doesn’t stop for turmoil here at home. The U.S. can’t afford attention deficit disorder overseas. That is doubly true for meeting the challenge of China, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Anyone who has spent time working on the issues of safeguarding our homes from terrorists, hurricanes, and plagues understands the public safety challenge facing local… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Remember the old public relations maxim: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”? Try telling that to Beijing. Having loosed a pandemic, China finds itself (quite deservedly)… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Around the world, a lot of folks are itching to retaliate against China for its complicity in launching the coronavirus pandemic. But a thirst for vengeance seldom… Read More
