SecurityCommentary
What the Death of King Abdullah Means for the US
The passing of King Abdullah and ascension to the throne of Crown Prince Salman has proceeded smoothly at a time when the Saudi kingdom faces… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Annual Defense Spending Has Shrunk By 25% Since 2010. What Should the Defense Budget Be in 2016?
The White House is slated to release its budget request for fiscal year 2016 next Monday, ostensibly kicking off the budget season for Congress. This… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Early Indications Are Nothing Was Learned from Last Year’s Defense Budget Mistakes
Several days before the White House release of the fiscal year 2016 budget, the Pentagon leaked its budget request totaling $585 billion. The Department of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Guantanamo Is Ours. Here’s Why We Should Keep It.
Cuban leader Raul Castro told delegates to the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States summit this Wednesday that normal bilateral relations between the United… Read More
SecurityNews
NBC Correspondent Accuses ‘American Sniper’ Chris Kyle of Going on ‘Killing Sprees’
In a segment on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” today, NBC foreign correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin described Chris Kyle, whose life is depicted in “American Sniper,” as going… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Information Sharing a Must for Cybersecurity
Last week, the White House maintained that it would veto the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, a bill proposing cybersecurity information sharing between the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Gowdy Accuses State Department, CIA of Not Cooperating With Benghazi Investigation
More acrimony emerged between Democrats and Republicans during yesterday’s third public hearing of the House Select Committee on Benghazi than had been seen at any… Read More
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Are Bergdaghl Leakers Afraid White House Will Whitewash Desertion Case?
So what is going on with Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl investigation? And what role, if any, does the White House have in this potential criminal case?… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Anti-Slavery Activists Imprisoned in Mauritania
Three prominent anti-slavery activists and opposition politicians in Mauritania were sentenced to two years in prison earlier this month. Biram Dah Abeid, the runner-up in… Read More
SecurityNews
Ready, Aim, Fire: Choke Point Draws Heat From Gun Industry
LAS VEGAS—Banned from financial services that are essential to running a business, firearms sellers attending the world’s largest gun exhibition last week in Las Vegas… Read More
SecurityCommentary
DHS’s Focus on Amnesty a Greater Threat to Security than Budget Impasse
Recently, a variety of policymakers and pundits have warned that failing to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) because of the President’s executive action… Read More
SecurityNews
McCain, Feinstein Call for More US Presence in Yemen
Two U.S. senators – a Republican and a Democrat – called for an increased American presence in Yemen this morning on CBS’ Face the Nation…. Read More
White House Chief of Staff on Netanyahu Visit: Our Relationship With Israel is ‘Deep and Abiding’
White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough evaded a question today on whether he agreed with an unnamed senior American official who told the Haaretz… Read More
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Higher Security Costs at Super Bowl XLIX will Leave Glendale in Debt, Says Mayor
The mayor of Glendale, Ariz., is not optimistic about his city’s financial prospects after hosting Super Bowl XLIX. “I totally believe we will lose money… Read More
SecurityCommentary
How Obama’s Decision to Minimize U.S. Role on World Stage Has Worked Out
After taking office, President Obama embarked on one of the riskiest experiments in American history. He decided to see what the world would look like… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What the Rivalry Between al-Qaeda and ISIS Means for the US
The Islamic State, formerly known as ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria), has become a bitter rival of al-Qaeda, its parent organization. Its… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Ouster of Yemeni President Major Setback for U.S. Counterterrorism Efforts
The ouster of Yemeni President Mansour Hadi on Thursday is a victory for al-Qaeda as well as Iran, and a major setback for U.S. counterterrorism… Read More
SecurityNews
Federal Agencies Stonewall House Committee’s Benghazi Investigation
Some federal agencies continue to stonewall when it comes to the ongoing investigation into the Benghazi terrorist attacks, according to insiders familiar with the process…. Read More
New CEO Sworn in to Lead U.S. International Broadcasting
Andrew Lack has a Herculean task ahead of him. Lack was sworn in January 20 as Chief Executive Officer and Director of the U.S. International… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Still Digging for the Truth About Benghazi
As promised by Chairman Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., the House Select Committee to Investigate Benghazi is proceeding deliberately and carefully, holding two closed-door-meetings last week with officials… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
The U.S.–Japan Global Alliance in a Troubled World
The taking of Japanese hostages by ISIS this week is a reminder of what a dangerous place the world is, even for a nation as… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Digital Warfare Tops List of Public Diplomacy Developments in 2014
The explosion in digital warfare tops the list of public diplomacy developments around the world in 2014, as identified by the University of Southern California’s… Read More
SecurityNews
For First Time Since 2002, al-Qaeda Wasn’t Mentioned in State of the Union
Noticeably missing from President Obama’s state of the union speech was any mention of al-Qaeda, the first time that terrorist network went unmentioned since George… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Questions for Secretary of Defense Nominee Ash Carter
When it was announced on December 5, 2014, that former Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter was going to replace Chuck Hagel as President Obama’s… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Washington Needs to Stop Being Clueless About the Internet, Cybersecurity
On Monday, U.S. Central Command lost control of its Twitter and YouTube accounts. It serves as yet another reminder of irresponsible social networking practices by… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Call It What It Is: Islamist Extremism and Terrorism
On Monday, Louisiana Gov. and likely 2016 presidential candidate Bobby Jindal will speak in London at the Henry Jackson Society about the treat of Islamist terrorism…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Left’s ‘Reasonable’ Treaties Aren’t All Really Reasonable
Those nasty Republicans are at it again. Dennis Jett, former U.S. ambassador to Mozambique and Peru, writes in The New Republic that GOP senators are… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We Need to Debate What’s Right, Wrong with American Military Power
Post-mortems on “How We Lost Iraq and Afghanistan” seem to be proliferating—even though there’s a lot of “mors” still happening in those battlegrounds. Of course,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the CentCom Hack Matters
The reported cyberstrike by the Islamic State or some of its acolytes on social media accounts of the U.S. Central Command — responsible for American… Read More
SecurityNews
Q&A: The Terrorist Group That Took Credit for Charlie Hebdo Attack Also Has Targeted U.S.
A leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula has claimed responsibility for last week’s deadly terrorist attack by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi on the… Read More
