Leadership for America

Protect America

Advancing American leadership and freedom in the world.

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Statement of Purpose

The freedom and security of Americans depend on America’s global leadership. Without American leadership the world will become a more dangerous place—for Americans and for freedom. If left unchecked, the growing dangers will only get worse and may reach the point where America’s very existence is at stake. Transnational terrorism, rampant anti-Americanism, unaccountable international institutions, nuclear proliferation, and regional conflict all represent real threats to peace and prosperity. We can deal with these grim challenges. Just as The Heritage Foundation helped devise the strategies and plans to win the Cold War, it can and should do the same with respect to helping America win the global war of ideas for freedom and security.

Objectives

  1. 1.To protect America’s leadership role in the world from the corrosive effects of terrorists, rogue states, rival powers, anti-American political movements, and weak allies.

  2. 2.To devise new ways to assert America’s leadership before we lose our sovereignty, our security, and our freedom.

  3. 3.To devise strategies to win the global war of ideas for freedom and security.

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Experts From This Initiative

  • Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D. Ted R. Bromund, Ph.D.

    Ted R. Bromund studies and writes on British foreign and security policies and Anglo-American relations as senior research fellow in The...

  • James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. James Jay Carafano, Ph.D.

    James Carafano, one of the nation’s leading experts in defense and homeland security, directs The Heritage Foundation’s Allison Center f...

  • Nile Gardiner, Ph.D. Nile Gardiner, Ph.D.

    Nile Gardiner is Director of The Heritage Foundation's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom.  His key areas of specialization include:...

  • Lisa Curtis Lisa Curtis

    Lisa Curtis analyzes America's economic, security and political relationships with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan and other nations of Sou...

  • Helle Dale Helle Dale

    Helle C. Dale is the Heritage Foundation's Senior Fellow in Public Diplomacy studies. Her current work focuses on the U.S. government’s ...

  • Lee Edwards, Ph.D. Lee Edwards, Ph.D.

    As Distinguished Fellow in Conservative Thought, Lee Edwards, Ph.D., is Heritage's in-house authority on the U.S. conservative movem...

  • Steven Groves Steven Groves

    Steven Groves works to protect and preserve American sovereignty, self-governance and independence as leader of The Heritage Foundation'...

  • Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D. Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

    Kim Holmes has served since 1992 as Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies and Director of the Davis Institute for Intern...

  • Anthony Kim Anthony Kim

    Anthony B. Kim researches international economic issues with a focus on economic freedom and free trade at The Heritage Foundation. As...

  • Bruce Klingner Bruce Klingner

    Bruce Klingner is the Senior Research Fellow for Northeast Asia at The Heritage Foundation's Asian Studies Center. Klingner joine...

  • Walter Lohman Walter Lohman

    Walter Lohman is Director of The Heritage Foundation’s Asian Studies Center. The Asia Studies Center is Heritage’s oldest research cent...

  • Ambassador Terry Miller Ambassador Terry Miller

    Terry Miller is the Director of the Center for International Trade and Economics (CITE) and the Mark A. Kolokotrones Fellow in Eco...

  • Bryan Riley Bryan Riley

    Bryan Riley is a full-time advocate for free trade through his research and writing for The Heritage Foundation. He brings years of expe...

  • James Roberts James Roberts

    James M. Roberts' primary responsibility as The Heritage Foundation's lead expert in economic freedom and growth is to produce the Index...

  • Brett Schaefer Brett Schaefer

    Brett D. Schaefer is the Jay Kingham Fellow in International Regulatory Affairs at Heritage's Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom. ...

  • Derek Scissors, Ph.D. Derek Scissors, Ph.D.

    Derek Scissors focuses his studies on the economies of China and India as research fellow for economics in Heritage's Asian Studies Cent...

OTHER LEADERSHIP for AMERICA INITIATIVES

  • First Principles First Principles

    Rediscovering our principles in order to reclaim our future.

  • Education Education

    Strengthening American education by returning authority to the states and...

  • Energy & Environment Energy & Environment

    Advancing freedom and prosperity by unleashing free enterprise, protecting...

  • Enterprise & Free Markets Enterprise & Free Markets

    Eliminating barriers to enterprise and innovation.

  • Entitlements Entitlements

    Replacing the culture of entitlement with one of mutual responsibility.

  • Family & Religion Family & Religion

    Cultivating an environment in which the permanent institutions of family...

  • Health Care Health Care

    Providing every American freedom of choice in health care.

  • Protect America Protect America

    Protecting America and Americans from freedom’s enemies.

  • Rule of Law Rule of Law

    Reestablishing the rule of law as the foundation for constitutional...

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