Five key foreign policy changes from China to Ukraine to border GOP might push now that election is over. Republicans could assert own national security.
have seriously hindered his party’s chances of coming out on top at the polls. That lesson will not be lost on congressional leaders. Expect them to press for a return to sensible immigration enforcement policies. And don’t be surprised to see a Republican-led House try to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Biden administration released its National Defense Strategy, Missile Defense Review, and Nuclear Posture Review all on the same day.
Congress has been dissatisfied with Biden’s defense policies since day one. His proposed defense budget was so inadequate, even his own party refused to support it. Recently, The Heritage Foundation released its annual"Index of U.S. Military Strength," which assessed the capability of our armed forces as lower than it has been in a decade — even though the threats they must contain have increased dramatically.
The freshman class of legislators will have not spent much time delving into the issue. After all, virtually every congressional race focused on domestic issues. The newcomers will need their leaders to articulate better both why supporting Ukraine is in America’s interests and the realities of how our policies there are working and where they are not. Expect leadership to sharpen the points of concern about the Biden response to the Russian invasion.
Congress should insist on a much better plan for long-term reconstruction, one that will keep Ukraine from becoming another foreign aid-dependent basket case like Iraq and Afghanistan. Finally, Americans need to see a real and realistic long-term plan to safeguard U.S. interests against future Russian aggressions.
James Jay Carafano is vice president of foreign and defense policy studies The Heritage Foundation. Follow him on Twitter @JJCarafano.
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