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Andrew Jarocki

Contributing Fellow

Andrew Jarocki is a contributing fellow at Defense Priorities.

Jarocki is a former correspondent for Defense News and served as the Editor-in-Chief of Realist Review. He has experience in both House and Senate offices, as well as in the Department of Homeland Security. Jarocki earned his BA in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame and his MPP from Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy.

op-edGrand strategy, Mexico, Western Hemisphere

Warfighters, not crimefighters

By Andrew Jarocki

August 23, 2025

The idea of using warfighters as crime fighters is finding favor in Washington, as the White House tees up the use […]

op-edYemen, Houthis, Middle East

America is losing the long game in the Red Sea

By Andrew Jarocki

October 29, 2024

op-edGrand strategy, Western Hemisphere

Haiti can’t be fixed by foreign troops

By Andrew Jarocki

August 9, 2023

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