SecurityCommentary
Attack at Ohio State Brings US Terror Plots, Attacks to 93 Since 9/11
This week, terror struck American soil once again—this time on a university campus. On the morning of Nov. 28, Abdul Razak Ali Artan drove a… Read More
SecurityNews
7 Things to Know About Trump’s Pick to Lead CIA
President-elect Donald Trump has selected a conservative congressman, Rep. Mike Pompeo, R-Kan., as his Central Intelligence Agency director. Pompeo, elected to Congress in the tea… Read More
InternationalNews
The Top Foreign Conflicts Trump Will Inherit
When Donald Trump becomes president in January he will inherit challenges beyond America’s borders. Trump ran a campaign opposing the internationalism promoted by predecessors from… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Islamist Extremism Threatens Hindus, Pro-Western Liberals in Bangladesh
Last Friday, crowds of Muslims attacked Hindu temples in Nasirnagar and surrounding areas, provoked by a picture posted on Facebook deemed insulting to the Muslim… Read More
SecurityCommentary
SecurityCommentary
US Security Benefits When Japan, South Korea Share Intelligence
South Korea recently announced it would restart negotiations with Japan for a military and intelligence sharing agreement. Washington should encourage this growing security cooperation. Moon… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What the US Needs to Do About Russia’s Cyberattacks
The U.S. finally is ramping up its response to Russian cyberattacks. Good. The bad news is our response shows how ill thought-out both our strategy… Read More
InternationalNews
How Republicans Plan to Shape the Next President’s Iran Policy
Republican opponents of the Iran nuclear deal have been stymied in their ability to shape U.S. policy with America’s longtime adversary in the Middle East…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Expedited Cargo Screening a Boon to Shippers and Security
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agency has recently expanded its expedited clearance program for oceangoing freight, the Advanced Qualified Unloading Approval (AQUA Lane)… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Islamist Terrorist Attacks and Plots Against the US Homeland Rise to 92
The Heritage Foundation is adding to our terror plot timeline as the past several weeks have seen two successful attacks and one plot foiled by… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Rising Concerns as the Battle Begins to Defeat ISIS in Mosul
The long-awaited Iraqi offensive is underway to retake Mosul, Iraq’s second-largest city, from the Islamic State. On Monday, Iraqi security forces began the attack from… Read More
SecurityCommentary
EU Report Targets British Media for Telling the Truth About Radical Islamic Terrorism
As Britain starts extricating itself from the European Union, bureaucrats in Brussels continue to hand ammunition to Brexit supporters. Last week, the European Commission against… Read More
SecurityNews
How the British Government Tries to Stop Youth From Becoming Terrorists
Rashad Ali once belonged to an Islamic extremist group, but he now spends his days helping the British government prevent others from becoming radicalized. His… Read More
SocietyCommentary
My Bit Part in Presidential Elections and the Rush to Citizenship
Reports that the Obama administration has gone into overdrive to process applicants for U.S. citizenship prior to the presidential election have a familiar ring. Twenty… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When Bureaucrats Edit the Facts of Islamist Terrorism to Fit Obama’s Narrative
In the early morning hours of June 12, an armed terrorist named Omar Mateen opened fire in a nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The next morning,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
What’s Next for Arrested Ahmad Khan Rahami
Working with the FBI and other federal counterparts, police in New Jersey have located and taken into custody Ahmad Khan Rahami, the primary suspect in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
New York Bombing May Be Another Terrorist Attack Inspired by al-Qaeda’s Anwar al-Awlaki
New York City and New Jersey dodged a bullet on Saturday. The terrorist bombings allegedly perpetrated by Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen… Read More
SecurityNews
Inspired Attacks Show Strength of Islamic State, Experts Say
After the terrorist attacks this weekend, President Barack Obama acknowledged a link between the central Islamic State and lone bad actors, even as the administration… Read More
SecurityNews
White House: US Is in a ‘Narrative Fight’ With ISIS
The U.S. is in a fight with the Islamic State, but according to the White House it is a fight of words, not arms. “When… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
Weekend Attacks Across US Show Need for Renewed Vigilance
A series of bombings in New Jersey and New York City, along with a mass stabbing at a mall outside Minneapolis, have many Americans rightly… Read More
EconomyCommentary
Boeing Deal With Terrorist Iran Shadows Hill Fight on Export-Import Bank
Let’s put two and two together, shall we? For more than a year now, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has been limited to financing export deals… Read More
LawNews
Obama White House Eyes Hacking Threat as Rationale to ‘Protect’ Elections
The federal government is mulling a decision to protect state election systems on par with national defense and the power grid, citing recent hacking efforts…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
On 9/11 Anniversary, Remembering a Red, White, and Blue Nation Is Possible
Fifteen years ago, in the wake of the terrorist assaults on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Washington, I… Read More
SecurityCommentary
15 Years After 9/11, My Generation’s War Hasn’t Ended Yet
KYIV, Ukraine—My brother Drew, a former Air Force captain, told me one of the worst stories I’ve yet to hear from the wars in Iraq… Read More
SecurityCommentary
9/11 Anniversary: 10 Lessons Learned From the 15-Year ‘Long War’
Having been in the Pentagon on 9/11, it does not seem as if it was 15 years ago that our lives and national trajectory were… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Disturbing Steady Drip of Revelations About Obama’s Iran Cash Deal
Allegations that President Barack Obama’s administration doled out ransom payments to Iran in exchange for prisoners have been fueled by new revelations about additional cash… Read More
SecurityNews
Left-Funded Rally Aims to Pressure Lawmakers to Welcome More Refugees
Are you concerned about the plight of international refugees? Would you like to see the U.S. government take decisive, constructive action on behalf of displaced… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Obama’s Cash Deal Encourages Iran to Take More Hostages
The trickle of disturbing leaks about the Obama administration’s flawed and risky Iran policy continues to grow. The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday that “New… Read More
InternationalNews
After Crimea ‘Incursions,’ Russia and Ukraine Step Back From All-Out War
KYIV, Ukraine—In a familiar cycle of brinksmanship, Russia and Ukraine once again edged toward the brink of open war last week, only for the bellicose… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Hostage Deal Is Latest Example of Obama’s Sell-Out to Iran
The only thing more pathetic than the Obama administration paying the Islamist Republic of Iran ransom for American hostages, and thereby ensuring more Americans will… Read More
