SecurityCommentary
In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama inspired supporters with talk of a new direction in foreign policy, promising to end wars and improve relationships with allies. As president,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Should the Central American migrants crossing our border be treated as refugees? Recent statements in the press by officials of the United Nations High Commissioner… Read More
SecurityNews
President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion in “emergency” funds to stem a surge in children and families from Central America illegally crossing the… Read More
SecurityNews
A dramatic ad, commissioned by U.S. homeland security officials to discourage youngsters from Central America from crossing the southern border, depicts the death of a… Read More
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Legislation proposed by an Arizona congressman would give federal officials authority to quickly screen and deport unaccompanied children from Central America who have crossed the Mexican border into… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
Hong Kong may sound remote and exotic to many Americans, but what happens there affects many here and its continued success and prosperity is in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Flip through the latest National Security Strategy and the Pentagon‘s Quadrennial Defense Review — these are the documents describing how President Obama envisions using foreign… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The past weeks have brought an avalanche of disasters for the United States in the wider Middle East. Unless the Obama administration changes course, the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Foreign fighters—outsiders recruited or who volunteer to fight in another country for somebody else’s cause—are nothing new. What’s new is that they have become a… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Today, Americans observe Independence Day, in which we celebrate not just our separation from King George and Great Britain, but the affirmation of what Jefferson… Read More
SecurityCommentary
They called it the Declaration of Independence, but what Jefferson, Adams and the other Founders actually did 238 years ago today was separate the United… Read More
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The persistent march of terrorists and tyrants around the globe gives us reason to reflect on the precious gift of freedom we have been given… Read More
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Recent military gains by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham are likely to inspire the Taliban to step up its fight in Afghanistan both… Read More
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Clearly, ISIS was not in the plan. The Obama Administration was caught flat-footed by the triumph of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria in… Read More
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Aggressive mapping is nothing new for China. With the release of a new 10-dash map last week, however, China has reinforced its already unreasonable claims… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Where will the Islamist rampage that is storming across Iraq stop? There is no easy answer to that question. Carl von Clausewitz, the great 19th… Read More
SecurityNews
In a move that surprised some conservative allies, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal recently vetoed legislation authorizing the state to implement the federal REAL ID Act. The Republican governor… Read More
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With the rapid advance in Iraq of the deadly terrorist group calling itself the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), political leaders and policy… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Some unexpected fireworks emerged from the 50th public meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, held in London from June 22-26—fireworks that… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Secretary of State John Kerry recently floated a mind-numbing idea: to help turn back ISIS, the Islamic terrorist group that has seized control of more… Read More
SecurityNews
Children caught crossing the border into the United States appear well coached as they willingly surrender themselves. The youngsters respond to questions from U.S. Border Patrol agents by… Read More
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Less than three years after U.S. troops left Iraq, political leaders and policy analysts are wrestling with how to respond to the growing turmoil there…. Read More
SecurityNews
SANTA FE, N.M.—New Mexico is a no-drone zone. This week, the state’s Game Commission, in a 6-0 vote, passed “a prohibition against the use drones… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Right now, myriad crises around the globe require U.S. leadership: a radical Islamic army on the march in Iraq, chaos in Syria, Russia and China… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Assad regime recently targeted a Syrian refugee camp for the first time, according to residents and activists in the area. Syrian army helicopters dropped… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Security at U.S. diplomatic posts is falling short, and Benghazi is only the most visible example. A new report on “Diplomatic Security” by the Government… Read More
Of the more than 24,000 unaccompanied children who entered the United States illegally last year, most haven’t left — even those who were detained. “Eighty-seven percent… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Has spending billions of dollars in foreign aid to Cambodia over the course of decades done more harm than good? Dr. Sophal Ear, author of… Read More
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While Americans have been focused on the Middle East, the situation in the South China Sea has heated up. Beijing’s latest moves to push it… Read More
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North Korea may be committing genocide, says a recently released report from international law firm Hogan Lovells. In accusing North Korea of genocide, the Hogan… Read More
