Jed Babbin is a conservative commentator who currently serves as a contributing editor to The American Spectator as well as a contributor to National Review Online.

During the Presidential administration of George H.W. Bush, Babbin was a deputy undersecretary of defense. As of 2004, Babbin was also the author of Inside the Asylum: Why the United Nations and Old Europe Are Worse Than You Think, ISBN 0895260883.