SecurityCommentary
The horrific series of terrorist attacks throughout Paris have sent shock waves across Europe and the world. According to media reports, more than 120 people were killed… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The reported killing of British militant Mohammed Emwazi, commonly known as Jihadi John, is a significant blow to the Islamic State. It is a clear… Read More
SecurityCommentary
After a long week of slitting throats, smashing antiquities, and raping infidel slave girls, how do the Islamic State’s barbarians unwind? Some, apparently, discuss the… Read More
SecurityNews
For the first time, President Barack Obama will deploy a small ground force to Syria to assist the fight against ISIS terrorists there. Though the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A flood of Middle East refugees into Europe has held the world’s attention and sympathy since August. The European Union recently committed to taking in… Read More
SecurityNews
In a much-anticipated hearing, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared Thursday before a panel of lawmakers tasked with investigating the 2012 terrorist attacks in… Read More
SecurityCommentary
When heads of state gather, as they did for the United Nations General Assembly last week, you have a choice: Tune out, or prepare to… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Islamic State continues to wreak havoc in Iraq and Syria. The extremist Islamic group, unmatched in its atrocities, has slaughtered hundreds of innocent Christians,… Read More
InternationalNews
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the United States has worked to isolate Russia from the Middle East. Now, in 2015 and five years… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Hundreds of thousands of migrants are leaving the Middle East, heading to what they see as the promised lands of Europe and, if possible, America…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports will never be mistaken for a Tom Clancy novel. The editorial style is intended to be subdued and analytical—lest the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
David Zucker, the Hollywood filmmaker best known for his 1980s movies “Airplane!” and “The Naked Gun,” is out with a new spoof on the Iran… Read More
InternationalNews
U.S. ARMED FORCES, Southwest Asia—It’s dinnertime at the DFAC (the military acronym for chow hall) at this remote desert base somewhere in the Persian Gulf… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Syria’s raging civil war has transfixed the West’s collective consciousness two summers in a row: last summer with ISIS’s unspeakable barbarity and in 2015 by… Read More
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SocietyCommentary
On September 11, 2001, the first successful counterattack of our long war against Islamic jihad was launched not by the United States military, but by… Read More
SecurityAnalysis
The Heritage Foundation tracks Islamist terror plots and attacks since 9/11 and as the 14th anniversary of that fateful day approaches, it is important for… Read More
InternationalCommentary
The strategic importance of countering the aggressive recruitment and propaganda campaigns of the Islamic State (ISIS) is indisputable, but can the U.S. government get its… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The thwarted terrorist attack by three Americans on a Paris bound train last week exposed a flaw in terrorist tactics. Spreading fear with violence (the… Read More
SecurityNews
The U.S. began its latest war in the Middle East one year ago this week, launching a military campaign against ISIS, a long-term battle against… Read More
SecurityNews
Not content with wreaking havoc on the Middle East, ISIS is bringing its terrorism to the West in general, the U.S. specifically and the U.S…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
Used to be that, when a crime occurred, investigators would flood the crime scene. Now, they race to access the perpetrator’s footprint in digital space…. Read More
InternationalNews
ZEFAT, Israel—An Israeli hospital near the border with Syria quietly has become a sanctuary for Syrians wounded in their country’s bloody civil war. For going… Read More
SecurityNews
On Thursday, in an act of “domestic terrorism,” a man identified as Mohammod Youssuf Abdulazeez opened fire on two separate military centers in Chattanooga, Tenn…. Read More
SecurityNews
Sen. John McCain is denouncing the Iran deal as having “fundamental flaws.” In an exclusive interview with The Daily Signal, the Arizona Republican said “there… Read More
SecurityNews
It’s been only two years since the Islamic State began to claim territory in the Middle East, and the organization, also known as ISIS, already… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Obama administration continues to have difficulty in gaining support for its failing strategy to defeat the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL)…. Read More
SecurityNews
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing this morning, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin E…. Read More
SecurityCommentary
What to make of reports that ISIS may try to pull off a terrorist attack on Independence Day? Let’s look at the facts. It is not the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
As Americans gather this weekend to celebrate July Fourth, we remember our nation’s birth and the brave men and women who fought for our independence…. Read More
