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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

Israel attacking Iran illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Will Israel attack Iran?

We often forget how small Israel is. It's about the size of New Jersey and half of its land is desert. At one point, Israel is only nine miles wide.

June 10, 2025
President Donald Trump speaks before Steve Witkoff is sworn as special envoy during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 6, 2025, in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance watches. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump’s second 100 days

President Trump's first 100 days of his second term must be regarded as an overall success, with few exceptions, such as his tariff war and nuclear negotiations with Iran.

May 6, 2025
Kicking Turkey out of NATO illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Throw Turkey out of NATO

Several empires didn't survive World War I, among them the Ottoman Empire, out of whose ashes arose the Turkish nation.

April 8, 2025
War and Russian President Vladimir Putin illustration by Linas Garsys / The Washington Times

Napolitano’s Moscow hallucination

Few remember Walter Duranty. Those who do recall that he was the Moscow bureau chief for the New York Times during the early 1930s.

March 18, 2025
End of Joe Biden's failed presidency illustration by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Biden’s legacy of failure

President Biden's two farewell speeches were what we should have expected from an "elderly man with a poor memory," as Special Counsel Robert Hur's report said of him.

January 17, 2025