SecurityCommentary
Trump’s New Travel Ban Is Standard Security Policy
If the recent announcement limiting travel to the U.S. from eight countries came from the pen of any other recent president, it would hardly make… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump Decision on Refugee Total Expected Within Days
The Trump administration will decide within 10 days how many refugees may resettle next year in the United States, a State Department official said Wednesday… Read More
SecurityNews
16 Years After 9/11, Government Lacks Answers in Combating Terrorism
The United States and allies seem to lack a clear strategy for toppling the terrorist threat 16 years after the worst terrorist attack in American… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Foiled Virginia Attack Brings Total US Terror Plots to 97 Since 9/11
Last year, FBI agents and undercover operatives watched as Lionel Williams, 27, of Suffolk, Virginia, revealed plans to help Islamic State militants in Syria and… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Trump Lays Out a Winning Strategy for Afghanistan
After months of speculation and delay, President Donald Trump has sided with the expert advice of his military and national security team on the way… Read More
SecurityNews
6 Takeaways as Trump Recommits US to ‘Defeat the Enemy’ in Afghanistan
President Donald Trump announced an unspecified surge of troops in Afghanistan to “kill terrorists” and “defeat the enemy” during a prime-time address Monday night to… Read More
InternationalCommentary
What Europe Should Be Doing to Prevent Another Terrorist Attack Like Barcelona
Not so long ago, scenes of death and carnage on the streets of major European cities were a rarity. Not so any more. In this… Read More
SecurityNews
Obama Holdovers Still in Key National Security Council Jobs
Several Obama holdovers who led initiatives at odds with President Donald Trump’s foreign policy remain on the staff of national security adviser H.R. McMaster, The… Read More
InternationalNews
Not Too Late to Prevent ‘Death of Europe,’ British Author Says
Europe’s migration crisis is a lesson in historical and philosophical degeneration, a best-selling British author argues. “Almost everything in this book is also a warning,… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Why the Crisis in Yemen Matters to the United States
For years, Yemen has been one of the world’s poorest countries. Today, its economy is on the verge of collapse, infectious disease is rampant, and… Read More
InternationalCommentary
How the Somali Government Is Getting Terrorists to Defect
The East African country of Somalia recently concluded a 60-day amnesty program for anyone willing to defect from the Islamist terrorist group, al-Shabab. It is… Read More
SecurityFeature
‘I Wouldn’t Pick on America’: The War on ISIS Gets Personal for the US Navy
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, Mediterranean Sea—The sound of aircraft launching off the flight deck rumble deep within the bowels of the aircraft carrier. Conversations in… Read More
SecurityFeature
High Stakes for the US Navy as It Wages War on ISIS
USS GEORGE H.W. BUSH, Mediterranean Sea—During the early days of World War II, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a memorable comment about… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Media Is Unfairly Smearing the Trump Administration’s Strategy on Islamist Extremism
How should the U.S. win the war of ideas against Islamism? That question understandably provokes strong differences of opinion. For example, honest people can disagree… Read More
InternationalNews
McCain, Tunisian Leader Urge US Aid to Sow Democracy in Middle East
Tunisia’s commitment to democracy provides hope for a region awash in tumult, but the North African nation needs U.S. aid to move forward, its top… Read More
InternationalNews
McCain on Trump: ‘Disregard the Tweets, Look at What He Does’
Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., spoke with The Daily Signal about the fight against ISIS and the Trump administration’s commitment to the war on terrorism during… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Keep Elmo Out of My Politics
I won’t lie: I am a big Elmo fan. Elmo keeps my 15-month-old daughter captivated and content when she is melting down in a car… Read More
SecurityNews
Why Google Wants to Help Law Enforcement Access Personal Data on the Internet
The challenges of the digital age warrant an updated international legal framework for governments to access important data, Google’s top lawyer argues. Democratic governments and… Read More
SecurityNews
Terrorism Evolving and on the Rise in Europe, Expert Tells House Panel
Europeans who are joining ISIS make up one big reason the rise of terrorism isn’t going to be thwarted anytime soon, an expert on the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Lone Wolf Terror Attack in Michigan is 96th US Plot Since 9/11
Earlier this week, Amor M. Ftouhi, a Canadian-Tunisian dual citizen attacked a police officer at Bishop International Airport in Flint, Michigan. This is the 96th… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Terror Has Hit London Again. Why US Courts Should Let Government Do Its Job.
A new terror strike in London has renewed the world’s focus on transnational Islamist terrorism, rekindling the old debate over how best to fight it. The debate… Read More
SecurityCommentary
LawNews
US Intelligence Leaks Are Threatening National Security. Here’s What the White House Can Do.
Classified information leaks to the media have often been framed as clash between the so-called “deep state” and President Donald Trump. However, Britain’s threat to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Why the British Terror Threat Will Not Improve Soon
This time it is the northern city of Manchester. At time of writing, 22 were dead and more than 50 injured after a suicide attack… Read More
SecurityNews
Manchester Explosion: UK Has Been Targeted by Terrorists ‘Time and Time Again’
At least 19 people were killed and at least 50 injured in a suspected suicide bomb explosion Monday night at an arena in Manchester, England,… Read More
SecurityNews
In New Russia Stir, White House and Allies Call Leaks to Media Real Problem
President Donald Trump’s Oval Office conversation with two Russian officials last week was “wholly appropriate,” national security adviser H.R. McMaster said Tuesday, expanding on his… Read More
LawNews
4 Questions About Declassifying and Disclosing Government Secrets
President Donald Trump did not violate the law when he reportedly revealed classified information about an Islamic State terrorist plot during a meeting last week… Read More
InternationalNews
Trump Considers Expansion of America’s Longest War. What That Means.
In an early test of his foreign policy, President Donald Trump is facing a decision on whether to contribute thousands of additional U.S. troops to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Jersey Man’s Confessed Bombing Plan Is 95th Terror Plot in US Since 9/11
While the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, is on the retreat in some parts of the Middle East, its reach in the Western world… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New Strategy Needed to Confront Islamist Threats in War of Ideas
Coming into office, President Donald Trump declared defeating and destroying ISIS to be his top foreign policy priority. In contrast with the Obama administration, he… Read More
