What Does the FBI Worry About?
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack is one of the “huge” potential threats that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) worries about. At least that is… Read More
Reflections on 9/11: Anniversary Inspires Reflection, Resolve
Having spent the past decade working in law enforcement, I hold a special reflection on the upcoming 10th anniversary of the attacks of September 11…. Read More
Not Even a ‘Fact Sheet’ Changes Facts When It Comes to Nuclear Testing
The State Department’s newly released fact sheet, “The Case for the Comprehensive Test-Ban Treaty: Some Key Points,” vividly demonstrates flawed assumptions behind the Administration’s desire… Read More
Lunch with Heritage Online Chat on the Role of FEMA
With earthquakes and Hurricane Irene ripping through the East Coast last week, the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) was tested. How well did they do? Will more… Read More
Disaster Response: Unfinished Business
The Bipartisan Policy Center’s National Security Preparedness Group (NSPG) was an outgrowth of the 9/11 Commission tasked with monitoring the implementation of the broad policy… Read More
Cross-Country Flag Parade To Honor & Remember 9/11
Many will quietly and somberly remember 9/11 on the tenth anniversary of the terrorist attacks that killed over 3,000 Americans. Indiana resident Karen Hall will… Read More
Iran–Russia S-300 Affair Takes a New Spin
Iran escalated its dispute with Russia recently. Tehran filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the International Court of Arbitration as Russia refused to… Read More
Not Even a Hurricane Is as Bad as an EMP Attack
Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast and left more than 6 million homes and businesses without power. Transportation services were disrupted as a result of… Read More
Morning Bell: Lessons from Hurricane Irene
Without question, Hurricane Irene struck a major blow to the United States’ East Coast over the weekend. At least 24 people have died, hundreds of… Read More
U.S. Ship for Philippines a Good Start, But Much More to Be Done
Today, upon inspecting the Philippine navy’s newest flagship, the 115-meter Gregario del Pilar, Philippine President Benigno Aquino declared that the ship “symbolises our newly acquired… Read More
Evidence Emerging of Chinese Planning Internet Attacks
The much-delayed 2011 Department of Defense (DOD) report on Chinese military and security developments highlights the growing Chinese emphasis on cyber security and cyberwarfare. As… Read More
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Twisting in the Wind: Tornado 101
As Hurricane Irene heads toward the East Coast of the United States, we also have to worry about tornadoes. Tornadoes often form as a result… Read More
It Could Get Worse: Floods 101
We’ve discussed earthquakes and Hurricane Irene bearing down on the East Coast, but it doesn’t stop there. One disaster that frequently accompanies the storm surge… Read More
Morning Bell: The Right Strategy to Fight Terrorism
In what has been described as an “act of international terrorism,” news agencies report that a suicide car bomb struck the United Nations building in Abuja, Nigeria’s… Read More
DOD Report Highlights Administration Incoherence on China
Whether it is the delayed release of the 2011 Department of Defense (DOD) report on Chinese military and security developments or Vice President Joe Biden’s… Read More
Protect and Defend the U.S. from EMP Threat
The United States could find itself in a precarious position much worse than the recent D.C. earthquake if attacked by an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) weapon…. Read More
Time for Europe to Step Up on Defense Spending
Being a leader often means telling your friends uncomfortable truths. Amid the tentative optimism NATO is now feeling in Libya, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has… Read More
Morning Bell: When Catastrophe Strikes
Yesterday at 1:51 p.m. Eastern Time, a 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck near a small town outside Washington, D.C., the strongest such tremor in 67 years. The… Read More
Learning from Libya
The debate over whether the U.S. should have intervened in Libya and how things will ultimately turn out in the troubled country will linger for… Read More
Hurricane 101
Forget the economic news, the fighting in Libya, and the American Idol summer tour and pay attention to the weather report. Hurricane Irene is wending… Read More
The Club-K: A Deadly “Pandora’s Box” of Cruise Missiles
Russia’s military-industrial complex is offering an ominous weapons system in the international arms market called the Club-K cruise missile system. It consists of a quadruple… Read More
Nigeria: Boko Haram has al-Qaeda’s Backing
This summer, Boko Haram, Nigeria’s Islamist insurgency, has gained rapid notoriety following a string of brutal killings. While its attacks are domestic in nature, primarily… Read More
Obama Runs Down Wrong Road on Immigration
Everything about the recent decision by the White House to just stop deporting illegal immigrants reinforces the conclusion that the Administration has adopted exactly the… Read More
Coast Guard Budget Crucial to Homeland Security
Most of the doomsday budget-cutting talk has focused on the Pentagon—and rightly so, as cuts being bandied about will unquestioningly turn the United States into… Read More
Morning Bell: China Threatening U.S. Space Superiority
Yesterday in New York City, NASA’s last space shuttle astronauts visited a World War II aircraft carrier-turned-museum docked on the west side of Manhattan. The carrier is… Read More
Is the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Past the Turning Point?
At the 2011 Space and Missile Defense Conference in Huntsville, Alabama, one could sense increasing concerns from engineers and scientists who support and contribute to… Read More
United in Countering the Ballistic Missile Threat
Participants in the annual Space and Missile Defense Conference in Huntsville, AL, have a shared goal: protect the U.S. homeland, forward-deployed troops, and allies from… Read More
From East to West: Piracy in Africa
At the beginning of the month, Lloyd’s of London, the world’s leading marine insurance market, designated Nigeria and Benin as “war-risk” zones due to an… Read More
Long-Range Strike: The American Javelin
While American defense budgets are in a rapidly escalating free-fall, Chinese defense budgets have seen annual double-digit increases. China’s rapid military modernization is focusing on… Read More
The Sun Is Not Always Your Friend
In the early morning of August 9, the sun released a massive solar flare—the largest in four years—sending huge blasts of radiation out into space…. Read More
