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Jed Babbin

Jed Babbin

Jed Babbin is a national security and foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Times and contributing editor for The American Spectator.
Mr. Babbin is a native of New York City. He began his career as an Air Force judge advocate in 1973. He spent almost three decades in the practice of law as well as in positions including deputy undersecretary of defense during the George H. W. Bush administration.
Mr. Babbin is the author of “In the Words of Our Enemies,” (Regnery 2007), “Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse than You Think,” (Regnery 2004) and “Showdown: Why China Wants War with the United States,” (with Edward Timperlake, Regnery, 2006.) He co-authored The BDS War Against Israel,” (with Herbert London, LCPR, 2014), “The Sunni Vanguard,” (with Herbert London and David Goldman, LCPR 2014) and, “The Encyclopedia of Militant Islam,” (with Bryan Griffin and Herbert London, LCPR 2016). He wrote the military adventure novel, Legacy of Valor. (Pentland Press, 2000).
Mr. Babbin served as editor of Human Events, the oldest conservative journal in the United States, from 2007-2010. He has also written for The Washington Examiner, The Weekly Standard and National Review Online.
Mr. Babbin is a graduate of Stevens Institute of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering, 1970), Cumberland School of Law (Juris Doctor, 1973) and the Georgetown University Law School (Master of Laws, 1978).
He can be reached at jlbabbin@gmail.com.

Columns by Jed Babbin

The United Nations' bureaucracy illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Get the U.S. out of the useless U.N.

In his Sept. 23 address to the United Nations General Assembly, Argentine President Javier Milei said many things that brought discomfort to the globalists and United Nations worshippers gathered in the chamber.

September 29, 2026
Controlling artificial intelligence (AI) around the world illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

The AI race will continue with or without U.S.

When this column last analyzed the dangers of artificial intelligence, it reported on a company's exercise in which AI left its exercise area and went beyond human control.

September 23, 2026
Turkey's quiet war with Israel. Illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times.

Turkey’s quiet war with Israel

According to my friends at MEMRI, the Turkish press has recently been reporting that a prominent Istanbul-based NGO has been helping move weapons to jihadi groups in Syria.

August 26, 2026
President Donald Trump and the war with Iran illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Strike Iran until it can no longer function

An old saying goes that a battle plan never survives first contact with the enemy. In many cases, as President Trump is finding out, the same is true of wars.

July 29, 2026