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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

Illustration on ending U.S. involvement in Afghanistan by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden ending the Afghan War and closing Gitmo

The war in Afghanistan has been violent, ambiguous and confusing. President Biden has ordered that all U.S. troops be withdrawn by September 11, and they may all be out as soon as next month.

June 20, 2021
Shi Germ Virus and COVID-19 Pandemic Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Who’s to blame for the COVID-19 pandemic?

We don't know whether Chinese virologist Shi Zhengli created the COVID-19 virus or whether it was released, accidentally or not, by the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

June 4, 2021
Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he gives his annual state of the nation address in Manezh in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 21, 2021. Putin's state-of-the-nation speech comes amid a new surge in tensions with the West over a Russian troop buildup near the border with Ukraine and a hunger strike by jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny protesting a lack of adequate medical treatment in prison. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Putin’s Ukraine blackmail

Russian aggression against Ukraine is mounting quickly on Ukraine's eastern border and in its partial Black Sea blockade.

April 22, 2021
America's Woke Military Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s woke military

There are two types of senior military leaders. One always seeks ways to maximize the lethality and readiness of the forces under his command. The other is so sunken in the political swamp that those concepts are nearly forgotten.

March 30, 2021
Biden View of Global Policies Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

Biden’s Obama-style bumbling of foreign policy begins

Addressing the G7 security conference on Feb. 19, President Biden said that "America is back," adding that the United States is "determined to reengage with Europe, to consult with [them], to earn back our position of trusted leadership."

February 26, 2021
Illustration on Biden's actions by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Biden’s blunders, chapter one

We haven't even reached the two-week mark in Joe Biden's presidency but his serious mistakes in foreign policy and national security are already piling up.

February 1, 2021
Illustration on Chinese spy infiltration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

China’s relentless spying on Mr. Swalwell’s neighborhood

CIA veteran Avril Haines is President-elect Joe Biden's choice to be the next director of National Intelligence. If confirmed, she will be confronted with the problems that plague congressional oversight of the intelligence community.

December 20, 2020
Illustration on Joe Biden and the Iran deal by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

Joe Biden: Iran’s economic savior

No nation will gain more from the apparent election victory of former Vice President Joe Biden than Iran. Its gloating response to that event sounds a lot like a gangster selling "protection."

November 21, 2020
Illustration on the coming role of America in the world by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Iran, China and North Korea have the most to gain from a Biden presidency

While Americans have much at stake in next week's election, our major foreign adversaries and allies have at least as much. Russia, China, Iran, North Korea and the NATO nations anxiously await the result because it will determine how we deal with them in the next four years.

October 24, 2020