With Iran: Distrust and Verify
Iranian lawmaker Hossein Naqvi Hosseini said on Wednesday that Iran doesn’t need to enrich uranium above 20 percent, attempting to convince the U.S. that Iran… Read More
American Blackout: What an EMP Would Look Like
“What would you do if the whole country went dark and you didn’t know if or when the power would be coming back?” National Geographic… Read More
Syria: Social Media Step in Where Journalists Must Fear to Tread
Informing the world about the atrocities of the civil war raging in Syria is deadly dangerous business. On October 15, yet another two reporters and… Read More
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U.S. Allies Voice Alarm over Obama’s Middle East Policies
Saudi Arabia and Israel, two key U.S. allies, have publicly challenged the Obama Administration’s Middle East policies this week and expressed alarm over the unraveling… Read More
Conservatives to Obama: We Don’t Trust You on Immigration
President Obama turned his attention to “common sense” immigration reform in a speech at the White House today, vowing to overcome opposition that has only… Read More
Asian Immigration Outpacing Immigration from Latin America
Asian immigration may soon exceed Latin American immigration, according to a recently released report from The Heritage Foundation. Immigration from China and India alone are… Read More
The Beirut Bombing: 30th Anniversary of an Iranian Terrorist Plot
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of an event that should jog memories about why Iran cannot be trusted to abide by its weak and disingenuous… Read More
Making the Case for a Complete Nuclear Triad
As Russia revitalizes its nuclear arsenal and rogue nations North Korea and Iran pursue nuclear capability, America’s nuclear triad is critical to national security. However,… Read More
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Immigration Reform: Empty Border Security Metrics Still Wrong
With the end of the government shutdown last week, President Obama is trying to pivot back to immigration in the hopes of passing amnesty during… Read More
Former NATO Commander Highlights Growing Arctic Concerns
Retired U.S. Navy Admiral James Stavridis recently highlighted some of the security threats the U.S. is facing in the Arctic and addressed a few ways… Read More
Time to Prepare for a North Korean Collapse
“I’m not predicting that [a North Korean] collapse is imminently going to occur, what I am trying to argue is that we need to be… Read More
Heritage’s Carafano Chosen for South by Southwest (SXSW) Conference
Heritage’s James Carafano, Vice President for Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, has been chosen to speak on cybersecurity and cyber warfare at the acclaimed South… Read More
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Rapid Response Force Relies on Permanent U.S. Base in Europe
The U.S. Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team (BCT) recently established an Army Contingency Response Force—a rapidly deployable company-size unit—to respond to crises in Europe… Read More
Internet Freedom in Decline
The recently published Freedom on the Net 2013 report by Freedom House shows a negative movement worldwide, even in the countries listed as “free.” This… Read More
China and Taiwan: Possible Storm Signals for Cross-Straits Relations Underscore Need to Provide for Taiwan’s Defense
After several years of being relatively quiet, it would appear that the Taiwan Straits may be on the verge of becoming an epicenter of crisis… Read More
The True Meaning of Exceptionalism
Lieutenant Colonels Peter Fromm, Douglas Pryer, and Kevin Cutright manage to make a negative out of a positive. In the latest issue of Military Review,… Read More
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Are America’s Stealth Bombers Ready for Action?
The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber can avoid most modern adversaries’ defenses, but it is currently facing a different threat: defense budget cuts. Of the 20… Read More
Kenya Mall Attack Reminiscent of 2008 Mumbai Attacks
Last month’s terrorist attacks at a shopping mall in Kenya brought back memories of the 2008 Mumbai attacks that killed nearly 170. The similarities between… Read More
U.S. Detention and Interrogation of al-Libi Lawful
Al-Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi was captured last weekend in Tripoli by U.S. forces and taken to the U.S.S. San Antonio for temporary detention and… Read More
Venezuela Tries to Smuggle Cuban Agents into the U.S.
Venezuela’s leader, Nicolas Maduro, recently attempted to smuggle a dozen Cuban agents into the United States. Traveling with Maduro to the 68th Session of the… Read More
Missile Defense: Aegis Does It Again
Raytheon’s Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) program recently marked its 26th overall successful medium-range missile intercept—the fifth successful test of the next generation SM-3 Block IB. The… Read More
Mixed Messaging Is Ineffective Foreign Policy
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s visit to the United States culminated on Friday in the first conversation between the Iranian and American presidents in over three… Read More
Honoring a Fallen Marine
“Ladies and gentlemen, there is a uniformed Marine on this flight. He is accompanying the body of a fallen comrade back to Washington, D.C. When… Read More
SEAL Team Raid: Approaching Special Operations Over-Saturation
The Obama Administration has once again launched the most capable military forces we have against the forces of terror. Two raids occurred this weekend, one… Read More
For Marines, Forces Shrink as Responsibilities Grow
The President recently directed Marines to be stationed at diplomatic locations in volatile regions of the world, as part of a response to the Benghazi… Read More
Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence
The minimum deterrence posture, based on the premise that few nuclear weapons deter all adversaries, is unsubstantiated by historical evidence and contrary to vital U.S…. Read More
20 Years After Black Hawk Down
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Mogadishu, also known as Black Hawk Down. The tragic events of October 3, 1993, when two… Read More
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Iran Leader in Sheep’s Clothing
It fell to the last speaker at the United Nations yesterday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to warn the U.N. General Assembly of Iran’s new… Read More
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Netanyahu: Don’t Be Fooled by Iran’s Rouhani
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday not to fall prey to Iranian President Rouhani’s smooth talk. Netanyahu argued that… Read More
“Voluntary” Cybersecurity Standards: The Threat of Regulation Looms
Recently, Federal News Radio reported that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is nearing completion of the nation’s first ever cybersecurity framework. Despite… Read More
