December 19, 2005
The Lessons of the Roman Empire for America Today
By J. Rufus Fears, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #917)
The founders crafted our Constitution to reflect the balanced constitution of the Roman Republic, but they also understood, with the Romans, that patriotism must vitalize ...
December 16, 2005
International Support for Iraqi Democracy
By The Honorable Condoleezza Rice
(Heritage Lecture #916)
An international consensus has emerged that securing democracy in Iraq is strategically essential. Victory in Iraq will be the establishment of a free and democratic ...
December 2, 2005
The Impact of Peacekeeping and Stability Operations on the Armed Forces
By Peter F. Herrly
(Heritage Lecture #915)
The complexity and lack of clarity of non-war-fighting operations poses serious and often confusing issues for soldiers charged with their prosecution in such disparate areas ...
December 2, 2005
A New Class of Duties: Restoring America's Meaning
Part of The Lehrman Lectures on Restoring America's National Identity
By The Honorable Eugene W. Hickok, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #912)
Restoring America's meaning will require the revival of constitutional and political federalism as an animating principle of our way of life, as well as teaching ...
November 28, 2005
Myth and Memory in the American Identity
Part of The Lehrman Lectures on Restoring America's National Identity
By Wilfred M. McClay, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #911)
Essential traits like civility, restraint, and loyalty are not sustainable for long without deeply rooted social and cultural institutions devoted to the formation of character, ...
November 28, 2005
Meeting the 21st Century Security Challenges in Asia
By Peter Brookes
(Heritage Lecture #913)
Asia is rife with major security challenges for the United States: from the unprecedented rise of China, to the North Korean nuclear weapons program, to ...
November 28, 2005
Challenges Facing Europe in a World of Globalization
By Helle C. Dale
(Heritage Lecture #914)
Without the willingness to tackle rigidity and stagnation in its major economies, any grand EU ambition to become a superpower, to create a new international ...
November 21, 2005
The Never-Ending War: The Battle Over America's Self-Meaning
Part of The Lehrman Lectures on Restoring America's National Identity
By Midge Decter
(Heritage Lecture #910)
America's cultural war has lasted about a century and a half. The 1960s and 1970s clash of ideas and attitudes was but a particularly gaudy ...
November 18, 2005
Al-Hurrah Television and Lessons for U.S. Public Diplomacy
By Helle C. Dale
(Heritage Lecture #909)
Our public diplomacy should promote U.S. interests and security through understanding, informing, and influencing foreign publics, as well as broadening dialogue between American institutions and ...
November 14, 2005
The Impact of the Imperial Wars (1898–1907) on the U.S. Army
By Brian McAllister Linn
(Heritage Lecture #908)
America's experience in the Philippines during the 1899-1902 imperial wars showcases senior and junior leaders' ability to adapt and innovate to local conditions, to recognize ...
November 8, 2005
The Crisis of American National Identity
Part of The Lehrman Lectures on Restoring America's National Identity
By Charles R. Kesler, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #906)
The American creed is the keystone of American national identity, but it requires a culture to sustain it. The republican task is to recognize the ...
November 7, 2005
Federalizing Disaster Response
By The Honorable Rick Perry
(Heritage Lecture #905)
The lead role of federal officials should be to prevent disasters, not respond to them on behalf of states. It is vital for the federal ...
November 7, 2005
Homeland Security: Status of Federal, State, and Local Efforts
By The Honorable Mitt Romney
(Heritage Lecture #904)
It is virtually impossible to have a homeland security system based only on protecting key assets and response. The key to a multi-layered strategy begins ...
November 4, 2005
Sources and Methods of Foreign Nationals Engaged in Economic and Military Espionage
By Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #907)
Faced with China's creation of companies to bring in defense technology to serve the People's Liberation Army and the military-industrial complex, as well as its ...
October 31, 2005
Containing Sensitive Information in a Free Society
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D., and Les Szwajkowski
(Heritage Lecture #903)
In dealing with the problem of unauthorized disclosure of classified information, (1) classifiable information must be strictly defined; (2) government employees must be trained in ...
October 24, 2005
Competition over Eurasia: Are the U.S. and Russia on a Collision Course?
By Ariel Cohen, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #901)
U.S. support for small countries or "multi-color" revolutions on the Russian periphery may be important, but it should not dictate U.S. grand strategy, which is ...
October 21, 2005
Contesting the Threat of Terrorism
By The Right Honorable Charles Clarke, M.P.
(Heritage Lecture #902)
The threat of terrorist attack can best be contested through democracy, the strongest and most resilient form of society and the aspiration of peoples throughout ...
October 6, 2005
Lawrence of Arabia and the Perils of State Building
By John Hulsman, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #900)
The experience of T. E. Lawrence in the early 20th century teaches that state building should always be approached from the bottom up, never from ...
September 26, 2005
Why Religious Values Support American Values
By Joseph Loconte
(Heritage Lecture #899)
The United States is a nation of breathtaking ethnic and religious diversity, with thousands of different religious groups and traditions. And yet we have sustained ...
September 7, 2005
Freeing Women from Exploitation and Despair
By The Honorable Ellen R. Sauerbrey
(Heritage Lecture #898)
The United States has been the world's leader in helping to guarantee the human rights of women and children. It has worked with the U.N. ...
September 6, 2005
Sustaining Military Capabilities in the 21st Century: Rethinking the Utility of the Principles of War
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #896)
The factors that most dramatically impact on the future conduct of war include emerging technologies, the increasing capacity of the private sector to perform traditional ...
September 6, 2005
Secrets and Leaks: The Costs and Consequences for National Security
By The Honorable Pete Hoekstra
(Heritage Lecture #897)
It has become all too common—almost second nature—for people in Washington to leak information. These leaks put our operational capabilities at risk and allow our ...
August 23, 2005
U.S. Diplomacy Toward Latin America: A Legacy of Uneven Engagement
By Stephen Johnson
(Heritage Lecture #895)
U.S. peace and security depend on a stable neighborhood and more prosperous neighbors, yet America's diplomatic engagement in Latin America has swung between comprehensive and ...
August 19, 2005
The Effects of Operations Other Than War-fighting on the Participants
By Rear Admiral Richard Cobbold
(Heritage Lecture #894)
Counter-insurgency often is more lethal than war-fighting, with greater casualties and trauma to troops. Fighting rapidly adapting enemies demands tactical and doctrinal agility of a ...
August 8, 2005
Boots on the Ground: The Impact of Stability Operations on the Armies That Must Conduct Them
By Major General Jonathon P. Riley
(Heritage Lecture #893)
Counter-insurgency and Operations Other Than War require intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, reconnaissance systems, and supporting intelligence processes of greater precision. Still, low-tech skills built up ...
July 22, 2005
A Victory for Freedom: The Canadian Supreme Court's Ruling on Private Health Care
By Jacques Chaoulli, M.D.
(Heritage Lecture #892)
Canada's Supreme Court struck down a Quebec law that had banned private health insurance and private payment for services covered under Canada's socialized health care ...
July 21, 2005
On Becoming American: Reasserting Citizenship in the Immigration Debate
By William E. Simon, Jr.
(Heritage Lecture #890)
There are two vital priorities for immigration policy. One is a clear, firm commitment to stating and enforcing our policies. The other is to create ...
July 19, 2005
Constitution, Character, and National Identity
Part of The Lehrman Lectures on Restoring America's National Identity
By Larry P. Arnn
(Heritage Lecture #891)
The United States is a polity built in the name of the rights of man, as those rights are established in the great "course and ...
July 7, 2005
U.S. Strategic Objectives in South Asia
By Dana R. Dillon
(Heritage Lecture #889)
The countries and peoples of South Asia are attempting to reform their economies from socialism to free markets and someday graduate from the developing to ...
June 24, 2005
Federal Stem Cell Research: What Taxpayers Should Know
By Kelly Hollowell, J.D., Ph.D., Philip H. Coelho, The Honorable David Weldon, M.D., and Robert E. Moffit, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #888)
The derivation of stem cells from human embryos raises a wide range of difficult ethical and moral questions. These include the status of the embryo ...
June 22, 2005
The EU Constitution and Europe's Democratic Deficit
By Lee A. Casey
(Heritage Lecture #887)
Defeat of the EU Constitution by French and Dutch voters offers the United States an opportunity to rethink its approach to the question of further ...
June 6, 2005
Soft Patriarchs, New Men: How Christianity Shapes Fathers and Husbands
By W. Bradford Wilcox, Ph.D., and Jennifer A. Marshall
(Heritage Lecture #880)
Religious orthodoxy appears to be one answer to the process whereby men are more likely to be preoccupied with work and leisure at the expense ...
June 6, 2005
Change Partners: Who Are America's Military and Economic Allies in the 21st Century?
By Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #886)
In preserving America's core values, military relationships are valuable, but so are economic partnerships. Such partnerships ease the way for trade, and there is often ...
June 6, 2005
The Future of Anti-Terrorism Technologies
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #885)
Creating a vision of counterterrorism technologies that are practical and affordable and overmatch the threat of 21st century terrorism, implementing initiatives that broaden the market ...
June 2, 2005
Latin America:Fragmentation and Forecasts
By Carlos Albert Montaner
(Heritage Lecture #883)
Eastern Europeans coming out of the Communist bloc understood that they needed to follow capitalist rationality. Latin America will continue to be the poorest sector ...
June 2, 2005
The Bush Doctrine: What the President Said and What It Means
By Norman Podhoretz, The Honorable Peter Whener, John Sullivan, Larry M. Wortzel, Ph.D., and Helle C. Dale
(Heritage Lecture #881)
President Bush has placed support for freedom and liberty worldwide at the center of American foreign policy and has tied American vital interests directly to ...
June 2, 2005
Who Will Help the Emergency Responders?
By John R. Brinkerhoff
(Heritage Lecture #882)
In dealing with terrorist attacks or other incidents, emergency responders are helped by lateral reinforcement from other localities, volunteers from within the jurisdiction, state resources, ...
May 25, 2005
From Crisis to Commonwealth: CAFTA and Democracy in Our Neighborhood
By The Honorable Robert B. Zoellick
(Heritage Lecture #884)
The proposed CAFTA free trade agreement will strengthen the foundations of democracy by promoting growth and cutting poverty, creating equality of opportunity, and reducing corruption. ...
May 17, 2005
Smarter Security for Smaller Budgets: Shaping Tomorrow's Navy and Coast Guard Maritime Security Capabilities
By Bruce B. Stubbs
(Heritage Lecture #878)
America cannot afford two separate solutions for its maritime security requirements. Full integration of Navy and the Coast Guard maritime security capabilities, planning, and operations ...
May 13, 2005
The Critical Role of CAFTA in a Freedom Agenda for the Americas
By Daniel W. Fisk
(Heritage Lecture #879)
CAFTA will stimulate growth and positive structural change in Central America and the Dominican Republic, strengthening the region's transformation to one of thriving democratic institutions ...
May 10, 2005
Slipping the Surly Bonds of the Real World: The Unworkable Effort to Prevent the Weaponization of Space
By Baker Spring
(Heritage Lecture #877)
The United States now finds itself in a favorable position regarding the use of space for military purposes, but its lead should not be taken ...
April 28, 2005
Indonesia and the Changing Front in the War on Terrorism
By The Honorable Christopher S. Bond
(Heritage Lecture #875)
The U.S. should pay attention to Southeast Asia—and particularly Indonesia—as the second front in the war on terrorism. These countries represent the best hope for ...
April 28, 2005
The Quadrennial Defense Review: Are Secretary Rumsfeld's Priorities Valid?
By Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #876)
The Defense Department's matrix of potential threats identifies three categories of unconventional danger: "irregular" threats such as terrorism and insurgency; "catastrophic" threats involving weapons of ...
April 19, 2005
China's Influence in the Western Hemisphere
By Peter Brookes
(Heritage Lecture #873)
To neutralize China's growing influence in the Western Hemisphere and counter China's grand strategy of replacing the United States as the world's most powerful nation, ...
April 19, 2005
America's "China Policy" Is in Urgent Need of Definition
By John J. Tkacik, Jr.
(Heritage Lecture #874)
Congress should require that the executive branch conduct a strategic survey of U.S. interests and consider the possible ramifications to America's strategic posture in the ...
April 18, 2005
The U. S. Free Trade Agreement with Central America and the Dominican Republic: How Everyone Benefits
By His Excellency Tomás Dueñas, His Excellency Salvador Stadthagen, His Excellency Rene León, His Excellency Flavio Dario Espinal, His Excellency Guillermo Castillo, Brett D. Schaefer, and John G. Murphy
(Heritage Lecture #872)
DR–CAFTA, which would liberalize trade between the United States, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, offers a framework for increasing ...
April 18, 2005
The Army Reserves and the Abrams Doctrine: Unfulfilled Promise, Uncertain Future
By James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #869)
Junking the policies justified by the Total Force Concept and the Abrams Doctrine may be a prerequisite for rethinking how the Reserves are organized, employed, ...
April 11, 2005
Judicial Usurpation and the Constitution: Historical and Contemporary Issues
By Robert P. George
(Heritage Lecture #871)
Decisions in which the courts usurp the authority of the people are not merely incorrect; they are themselves unconstitutional. If we do not have a ...
April 7, 2005
Anti-Americanism and Responses to American Power
By Helle C. Dale
(Heritage Lecture #870)
A major strategic effort by the U.S. government is needed to counter anti-Americanism in the Muslim world. To craft effective U.S. government responses to anti-Americanism, ...
March 22, 2005
The U.N. Peacekeeping Scandal in the Congo: How Congress Should Respond
By Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.
(Heritage Lecture #868)
In the Congo, acts of great evil and barbarism have been perpetrated by United Nations peacekeepers and civilian personnel entrusted with protecting some of the ...
March 9, 2005
Terrorism and the English Language
By Deroy Murdock
(Heritage Lecture #867)
Language can lull Americans to sleep in this new war, or it can keep us on the offensive and our enemies off balance. Precise representations ...
March 2, 2005
The Lifting of the EU Arms Embargo on China: An American Perspective
By Peter Brookes
(Heritage Lecture #866)
The European Union's decision to lift the arms embargo against China will not help close the trans-Atlantic divide, and may perhaps even widen it. The ...
February 11, 2005
True Faith and Allegiance
By The Honorable John Ashcroft
(Heritage Lecture #865)
How best to nurture and defend liberty is the unending challenge of any self-governing people. September 11, 2001, reminded us that our love of freedom ...
February 1, 2005
The Quadrennial Defense Review: Some Guiding Principles
By Dov S. Zakheim
(Heritage Lecture #864)
The next Quadrennial Defense Review should be a forward-looking document with an emphasis on security assistance, an elaboration of the Defense Department's role in homeland ...
January 26, 2005
Leading American Education into the 21st Century
By The Honorable Rod Paige
(Heritage Lecture #863)
The education revolution is a revolution for higher standards and higher expectations. Once you empower people with choice, the system as a whole improves. Not ...
January 24, 2005
Hong Kong, China, and the World
By The Honorable Henry J. Hyde
(Heritage Lecture #862)
The entire world has a vital interest in ensuring that China's rising power is channeled into productive directions and away from the threat of a ...
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