NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave a keynote speech at the Heritage Foundation on the value of NATO in the 21st century, last week. "NATO has helped to spread democratic values, free enterprise and stability to millions of people in the eastern part of Europe,” said Stoltenberg. “This represents a historic geopolitical shift that has benefited the United States and the world at large.”

This week on the “Heritage Explains” podcast, Josh Meservey, a senior policy analyst in Heritage’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, explains what’s happening with South Africa’s land grab and the potentially devastating consequences.

Without budget cuts and reforms, the government will continue to produce large deficits. By 2020, the deficit is projected to surpass one trillion dollars.

Disaster recovery requires economic flexibility and competitive energy markets. Government regulations that impede such dynamism cost jobs and slow down recovery.

“We’re going to keep fighting to protect our people and our interests as long as there’s a threat," said Heritage expert Steve Bucci today on Fox Business. "You can’t just give up, because the other guys haven’t given up, and we’ve got the young men and women who are willing to do that because the country needs them to, so that’s what we’re going to have to do.”