James CARAFANO

James Jay Carafano is Senior Counselor to the President and E.W. Richardson Fellow at The Heritage Foundation. A leading expert in national security and foreign policy challenges, Carafano previously served as the Vice President of Heritage’s Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy. A graduate of West Point and a 25-year Army veteran with a master’s and doctorate from Georgetown University, Carafano joined Heritage in 2003 as a senior research fellow in homeland security and missile defense. He is an accomplished historian and teacher as well as a prolific writer and researcher. His recent research has focused on developing the national security required to secure the long-term interests of the United States. He is editor of a book series, The Changing Face of War, which examines how emerging political, social, economic and cultural trends will affect the nature of armed conflict.