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James Jay Carafano, PhD
Contributing Editor
James Carafano is a leading expert in defense affairs, intelligence, military operations and strategy, and homeland security at The Heritage Foundation. He was an Assistant Professor at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., and fleet professor at the U.S. Naval War College. Carafano is the author of several military history books and studies. Carafano also is the coauthor of Winning the Long War: Lessons from the Cold War for Defeating Terrorism and Preserving Freedom; coauthor of the text book, Homeland Security published by McGraw-Hill; and the principal author of Emergency Responders: Drastically Underfunded, Dangerously Unprepared. He has testified before the U.S. Congress and has provided commentary for ABC, BBC, CBS, CNBC, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox News, MSNBC, NBC, SkyNews, PBS, National Public Radio, the History Channel, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, Telemundo, Al Arabiya and Australian, Austrian, Canadian, French, Greek, Hong Kong, Irish, Japanese, Portuguese, and Spanish television. His editorials have appeared in newspapers nationwide including The Baltimore Sun, The Boston Globe, The New York Post, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today and The Washington Times. Carafano is a member of the National Academy's Board on Army Science and Technology, the Department of the Army Historical Advisory Committee, and is a Senior Fellow at the George Washington University's Homeland Security Policy Institute.
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Publications :
Must Reads
Top Five Priorities for Homeland Security in 2012
Terrorist Detention and Inattention
Without American Exceptionalism, U.S. Influence Wanes
Middle East: Crisis, What Crisis?
Accelerating Afghan Withdrawal?
Promoting Defense While Cutting Defense Budgets
Arab Spring Not Done Till Iran Sprung
Iranian Assassination Plot Exposes Policy Flaws
Cutting the Military Budget Will Diminish America
A Warning Shot for Obama on Defense and Budget Cuts
Object Lessons in Defeating Terrorism
Pakistani and Palestinian Problems Pile on the Pressure
Self-inflicted Senseless Security
Will America Continue to Stand Up to Terror?
Show Me the Homeland Security Money
Symposium: 9/11 + 10: Back to the Future?
America's Culture of Unpreparedness
A Shaky Strategy for National Security?
Libya: Liberation or Liability?
Taiwan Enters Terrible Twos under Obama
Declaring War on the Defense Budget
Yemen Looks Like al Qaeda's New Heartland
Is Obama Selling Out the Pentagon?
Are Food Stamps More Important than Defense?
The Erosion of America's Global Prestige
Twittering Trumps Defense Decisions
Talk of Rosy Scenarios Ignores Harsh Reality
Losing the Plot in Libya and Afghanistan
Heading for a Showdown on Libya?
Hill Wants Libya Deal, or Else
Gates' Departure Highlights Lack of Focus on Defense
Bitten by the Russian Bear (Again)
Arab Spring Unsprung by Hostility to Israel
Pressing Pakistan to Become a Dependable Ally
Peak in Presidential Polls Shows America Wants Peace Through Strength
Reliable Intelligence Needed Most Amid Middle East Chaos
Goodbye Color-Code Threat Alerts, But Hello Defense Cuts
Cutting Defense to Subsidize Big Government Spending
Policy Reversals and Delays, and Budget Bluster
Lack of a Long Term Plan in Libya
Pentagon Cutting Dollars, Costing Lives?
Middle East Policy: Muddled Thinking, Muddled Outcome
Catching Up with Events, But Never Leading
Gates is Turning America's Defenses into a Boutique Military
America May Soon Be Left Out in the Cold
Administration Failing to Address Libya, Terrorism...
GI Ingenuity is Why We Can Fight And Win
Riding the Middle East Rollercoaster
Successful Revolution Takes More Than Social Media
Citizen Soldiers Are Key to Pentagon's Future
The Perils of Not Dealing Properly With the Muslim Brotherhood
The Administration Needs To Get On The Right Track - And Fast
Reagan's Buildup Was The Model For a Secure Defense
Ignoring China's Military Buildup At Our Own Peril
State of the Union Address - What Was Left Unsaid?
Obama Needs To Address Our Cyber-Warfare Gap With China
Bitten and Baited by the Russian Bear
Obama's Nuclear Bipartisanship is Bad News
From Ike's Dilemma to Obama's Disaster
Administration’s Ship of Fools Foreign Policy
'Self-Inflicted Wounds' Points to al-Qaeda's Defeat
Following Military Success With Practical Diplomacy
Save Our All-volunteer Military
U.S. Must Gird for War in Very Small Places
The Administration Seems Unable to Handle Crises, Even Those of its Own Making...
Nuke Modernization is Chump Bait for New START treaty
New START, New Threats, Same Uncertainty
Why Obama failed from the START
With Challenges Arising on Every Side...
Senators in The Administration's Crosshairs
Seeking the Wrong Solutions for the U.N. Security Council?
Negotiating the Terms of Congressional Business
Secretary Napolitano Learns a Lesson About Safer Skies
Allowing Al-Qaeda to Reassert Itself?
Obama Needs to Embrace his Wars
Still Indecisive on Issues of American Defense
State Defense Forces Provide Professionalism on the Cheap
If a Policy Didn't Work the First Time, Why Try It Again?
Funding Defense Should Not be a Political Game
Administration Covers Over Cracks in Policy
More Excuses For Missile Defense Cuts
Afpak Issues Remain The Center of Obama's Foreign Policy Storm
America Isn't Prepared for Another Big Disaster
An Administration Weary of Worrying About Foreign Policy?
New START: Poor Handling of a Deadly Serious Issue
Small Towns Get 9/11 More Than Big Cities
Administration: Talk the Talk, Walk the Walk?
Lesson from Jimmy Carter: Weakness Invites Aggression
Export Controls are an Issue of Good Governance
Administration’s Minimal NatSec Plans
Administration's Influence and Support Wanes
Catching Immigration 'Criminals' is Not Enough
Washington in the Doldrums as the World Still Turns
The Administration's Secure-the-Border Trap
Iraq: This is How History Works
Talking to Iran, While Withdrawal Worries Iraq
Administration Stands By While Events Unfold
Real Heroes' Help in Gulf is Not Enough
More Bumps Ahead For the Administration Jalopy?
How Will Leaving Afghanistan Help?
Playing Politics With National Security
Exclusive: Dictators Hold All The Cards in a Deadly Game
Exclusive: Are Bad Actions Better Than Inaction?
Why Haven’t the Feds Treated the Oil Spill As A National Disaster?
Exclusive: Federal Floundering in The Gulf?
Is This Really A Special Relationship?
Exclusive: Immigration Policy or Cop-Out?
Why Isn’t the White House Preparing for Future Disasters?
Are We Ready for a Cyber-Pearl Harbor?
Exclusive: A Good Score For the War?
Exclusive: Sanctions Will Fail To Restrain Iran
National Security Takes a Good Defense, Not Merely Offense
Will Tea Partiers fall for defense spending-cut ruse?
Exclusive: Middle East Policy - What Policy?
There's a Huge Leak in Washington, too
Homeland Security That Is Not So Slick
Exclusive: Is Rhetoric Replacing Reality?
White House Must Stop Playing Politics with Immigration and Arizona Law
Oil Well not Ending Well for Coast Guard
Exclusive: Should We Stop Before We START?
Exclusive: Is America’s Luck on the Terror Front Running Out?
Exclusive: Protecting the Home Front is Job #1
Exclusive: Not Playing it Straight with the American People?
Exclusive: Poland's Tragedy is a Serious Loss to America's National Security
Terrorist Short List is Getting Longer.
Exclusive: STARTing Down the Wrong Road?
Reagan Would Not Start with Today's Russia
Exclusive: A Looming Policy Disaster of Titanic Proportions
Exclusive: Playing Russian Roulette with American Security
Tehran's Terrible future – and Maybe America's Too
Exclusive: So Much for Restoring our International Reputation
Exclusive: Washington Remains Clueless about the Dangers Lurking on the Mexican Border
Exclusive: Is the White House Seeing the Light on Security Issues?
Exclusive: European Stumbling Blocks in Afghanistan
Exclusive: Winning the Battle vs. Winning the War
Exclusive: Voting ‘Present’ Not Effective on the World Stage
Exclusive: Pentagon Reports Provide Cold Comfort on Security Issues
Blood and Bollywood – Previewing the Next Target
Exclusive: Are Cuts in Defense Spending the Best Way to Cut Government Costs?
Administration Waging Unhelpful War against Contractors
Trade is No Substitute for Strong Defense
Exclusive: We Ignore Chávez at our Own Peril
Exclusive: Catastrophe in Haiti Overshadows National Security Stumbles
Real Warriors Needed as Leaders in War on Terrorism
Lay Off Napolitano and the Homeland Security Department
Exclusive: Can the System – As It’s Being Run – Really Stop the Next Jihadist Attack?
Exclusive: The ‘System’ Failed – Why?
Stopping Terror Before Takeoff
Exclusive: The System Failed…Miserably
Exclusive: Ignoring the National Security Crisis at Our Doorstep
Exclusive: In Matters of Foreign Policy, Actions Speak Louder than Words
Exclusive: Troubling Aspects of the President’s Plan for Afghanistan
War Spending is not Frivolous Spending
Exclusive: ‘Couplegate’ Overshadows Pending Decision on Afghanistan
Our new Politically Correct Pentagon
Exclusive: The More We Dither, The More Emboldened Our Opponents Become
Exclusive: Foreign Policy All but Ignored during Jaunt to Asia
Abandoning the Study of Military History
Exclusive: The Foreign Policy Blunders Continue
Weathering Congress, Global Warming
Exclusive: Foreign Policy and National Security ‘On Hold’
Exclusive: Few Signs that Current Foreign Policy is Succeeding
Birthed in Blood, Somali Terror Group Goes Global
Exclusive: Presidential Credibility Rests on Showing Progress – So Where’s the Progress?
Exclusive: Will Successful Efforts to Stamp Out Homeland Terrorist Attacks Continue?
Exclusive: Obama Makes UN Hungry for More Worldwide Anti-Democratic Behavior
Home, Homeland Security on the Range
Exclusive: Why Is Appeasing the Russians More Important than American and Allied Security?
Exclusive: Once Again, U.S. ‘Soft Power’ Lays a Big Goose Egg
Exclusive: Situation in Afghanistan Reaches Crucial Stage – What Will the White House Do?
Exclusive: Playing Politics with National Security Puts Americans at Risk
Exclusive: Cuts in National Defense Nothing to Cheer About
Exclusive: Immigration ‘Reform’ Would Be Disastrous for America
Exclusive: Obama’s ‘Soft Power’ Strategy Makes U.S. Look Weak
Cyber-Security Blues – Obama Lets Politics Take Priority
Exclusive: Can Janet Napolitano ‘Walk the Walk’ When it Comes to Homeland Security?
Exclusive: Tough Talk Contradicts Wimpy Action
Exclusive: Will 'Soft Power' Undermine America's Profile Abroad?
Exclusive: Obama’s Latest Overseas Jaunt a Foreign Policy Bust
Exclusive: What You Hear vs. What You Don’t Hear from the White House
What Americans Need to Know About Missile Defense: We’re Not There Yet
Exclusive: White House Continues to be MIA on Critical World and Defense Issues
Exclusive: When It Comes to Foreign Policy, Can Obama Think On His Feet?
Exclusive: Gitmo Detainees, Iranian Elections, and North Korean Nukes: More Headaches for Obama?
Exclusive: Is Advancing U.S. Security on Obama’s Agenda?
20 Years Later: Professional Military Education
Social Networking and National Security: How to Harness Web 2.0 to Protect the Country
Strategy for Swine Flu Should Focus on Common Sense, Not the Border
Complex Systems Analysis - A Necessary Tool for Homeland Security
President Should Merge Homeland Security Council with NSC
Why a Policy Undersecretary Office for Homeland Security Department Remains Essential
Dirty secrets about dirty bombs
Hidden Cuts in Defense - What "O's" Budget Won't Reveal
Building a Global Freedom Coalition with a New "Security for Freedom Fund"
U.S.– India Strategic Partnership on Laser-Based Missile Defense
Real Immigration Reform Needs Real Temporary Worker Program
Bush Farewell Addresses Homeland Security
Contracting in Combat: Advice for the Commission on Wartime Contracting
Conflict in Gaza: Another Case for Directed Energy Defenses
Protecting America in the New Missile Age – Chapter 4: Effects of a Missile Attack on New York City
Building Cyber Security Leadership for the 21st Century
Fixing Border Security and Immigration: A Memo to President-elect Obama
Assessing Plans to Deploy U.S. Military on the Homeland Security Front
After Mumbai: Could It Happen Here? What to Do
Defense Spending Fraud, Waste, and Abuse: Hype, Reality, and Real Solutions
Tackling Fraud in H–1B: Work Visas Need Sensible Oversight
Visa Waiver Reform Ready for Next Step
Wake up to Iran's Dark Dream to Disable U.S.
Building a National Enterprise to Keep America Safe, Free, and Prosperous
Congress Should Establish EMP Recognition Day
As Gustav Lands, There Are Lessons to Be Learned
Russia-Georgia War Highlights Need for Directed-Energy Defenses
Polish-U.S. Missile Defense Deal Makes Sense
Reducing Illegal Immigration: How Congress Can Support Federal Initiatives
On Border Inspection 'Search' Strategies: Getting Resources and Risk Management Right
Resiliency and Public-Private Partnerships to Enhance Homeland Security
Scanning for Common Sense: Congressional Container Security Mandate Questioned
