Articles by James Carafano

SocietyCommentary

Conservative Culture Wave or Washout?

James Carafano | July 22, 2025

Culture wars in America leave less casualties than real wars, but still, they don’t make much room for neutrals. Even Americans that would rather go… Read More

SocietyCommentary

The Superman We Need

James Carafano | July 14, 2025

The new “Superman” movie is off to a promising start at the box office, and for conservative culture watchers, who scan Hollywood like a medical… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Can God Stop the Fall of the West?

James Carafano | July 06, 2025

Someday you could be immortalized in a museum display case—and that’s not a good thing.  “All the great civilizations of the past can only be… Read More

InternationalAnalysis

Trump’s Foreign Policy: What to Expect From MAGA 2.0

James Carafano | February 03, 2025

After the disastrous foreign affairs failures of the Biden administration, many Americans were left wondering how a Trump administration could possibly correct course. Well, it’s finally Trump time, so here’s what one should… Read More

SecurityCommentary

More Islamist Terrorism Is Coming. We Are Woefully Unprepared.

James Carafano | January 06, 2025

Al-Qaeda first attacked the World Trade Center in 1993 with a car bomb in the underground garage. Americans heard about the attack on the evening news… Read More

 InternationalCommentary

Italy’s Prime Minister Wisely Spurns Deal With China

James Carafano | December 28, 2023

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni delivered a Christmas present earlier this month to a free and prosperous Europe when she dumped Italy’s deal with China on its Belt and Road… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Why Biden’s Oval Office Address Was a Disaster

James Carafano | October 23, 2023

Strategic leadership is about action—and rhetoric. When they match, history is made. When they don’t, it’s just a speech that’s soon to be forgotten. No… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Iran’s Endgame

James Carafano | October 19, 2023

Tehran has an endgame in sight: Use the Israel-Hamas war to establish Iran as a declared nuclear weapon state. The likelihood that Hamas orchestrated the… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Nobody Wins in Musk vs. ADL

James Carafano | September 15, 2023

In the fight between Elon Musk and the Anti-Defamation League, Americans are the biggest losers. Antisemitism and woke politics are both cancers eating away at… Read More

SocietyCommentary

How Country Music Speaks for Everyday Americans

James Carafano | August 17, 2023

Taylor Swift may be the hottest ticket this summer, but her listeners don’t share her country roots. That space has been captured by a series… Read More

InternationalCommentary

A Not-So-Secret US-South Korea Action Plan

James Carafano | June 13, 2023

Policymakers in Washington and Seoul rightly suspect that by the 70th  anniversary of Korean-American relations, the agenda for the two nations is way more than… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Responding to Tragedy in Turkey: How to Aid Earthquake Disaster-Relief Efforts

James Carafano | February 13, 2023

Media reports on the aftermath of a massive earthquake in Turkey (which now has the official name of Türkiye) look and sound as devastating as that… Read More

SecurityCommentary

These 5 China Intelligence Failures Are Even More Dangerous Than the Chinese Spy Balloon

James Carafano | February 06, 2023

It might not have been a Sputnik moment, but Americans were unsettled to wake up to the news that a Chinese surveillance balloon was sailing overhead, violating U.S…. Read More

 SecurityCommentary

Biden Bungles China Spy Balloon Challenge

James Carafano | February 03, 2023

In the wake of China admitting today that a large surveillance balloon flying over the U.S. was its own, critical questions arise. What is China… Read More

 SecurityCommentary

Rogue Superpower: China Is Global Pariah, But Shows No Remorse

James Carafano | December 06, 2022

China is being racked by popular protests on a scale not seen since Tiananmen Square in 1989. But how much have the demonstrations made the regime rethink its autocratic… Read More

PoliticsCommentary

At UN, It’s Politics as Usual for Biden

James Carafano | September 20, 2022

This time of year, at Turtle Bay in New York, the leaders of the world flock to the United Nations like homing pigeons for the… Read More

 InternationalCommentary

Pelosi’s Taiwan Trip: An Opportunity Lost

James Carafano | August 03, 2022

Rather than talking about the possible outcome and fallout of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, let’s roll up our sleeves and look at… Read More

 EnergyCommentary

Biden’s Solar Power Scam: How Phony Emergency Declaration Will Help China

James Carafano | June 29, 2022

When it comes to energy policy, President Joe Biden has become a master of doing the wrong things for the wrong reasons. His policies on solar… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Don’t Draft Our Daughters—or Anyone Else

James Carafano | June 15, 2022

Last year, Congress considered a very bad and ill-considered idea. With no debate and no real scrutiny, there was an effort to add to the… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Homeland Security’s Rebooted Disinformation Plan Is No Better Than the First

James Carafano | May 23, 2022

Constitutionalists, free-speech lovers, and sane people alike cheered upon hearing the announcements that the Department of Homeland Security was disbanding its nascent Disinformation Governance Board… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Midge Decter, All-American

James Carafano | May 12, 2022

If we listen to strong, powerful, confident, convincing conservative voices in America today, thank Midge Decter. While President Jimmy Carter decried the state of the… Read More

SocietyCommentary

Remembering Kip Hawley

James Carafano | April 01, 2022

Last week, we lost a respected leader in the homeland security community and friend of The Heritage Foundation. Edmund “Kip” Hawley, former administrator of the… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Biden’s Subpar National Security Team Is a Real Threat to America

James Carafano | March 29, 2022

President Joe Biden’s Euro tour this past week played like many a horror movie, where things go from “eerily off” to full-blown crisis in a… Read More

 InternationalCommentary

What China Is Learning From Putin’s Ukraine Invasion

James Carafano | March 08, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin could never rest easy without the Russian flag flying over Kyiv. Never doubt for a second that Chinese President Xi Jinping feels… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Here’s What Americans Need to Know About Ukraine

James Carafano | February 24, 2022

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is underway. Now the question is: How bad will it get? Russian President Vladimir Putin has opted for an all-out… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Is Biden Complying With Court Order to Bring Back ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy? Not So Much

James Carafano | February 02, 2022

President Joe Biden is committing the biggest scofflaw since the Chicago cops partnered with Al Capone during Prohibition. Paying lip service to a judicial order… Read More

InternationalCommentary

Here’s What US Can Do to Weaken Moscow-Beijing Partnership

James Carafano | January 27, 2022

One dangerous response to the Ukraine crisis is that the U.S. should make nice with the Russians so they can either help, or at least… Read More

SecurityCommentary

Whether Putin Attacks Ukraine or Not, He’s Already Won

James Carafano | December 09, 2021

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

Biden’s Climate Policy a Titanic Disaster in Waiting

James Carafano | November 03, 2021

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

US Partnership With Romania Is Strong, but Could Be More Practical

James Carafano | October 21, 2021

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