SecurityCommentary
Iraq’s chemical weapons are back in the news. The New York Times reported that American troops found roughly 5,000 chemical warheads, shells and aviation bombs… Read More
InternationalNews
Tunisia has been billed as the success story of the Arab Spring. As countries such as Syria, Libya and Egypt struggle with conflict, Tunisia —… Read More
InternationalCommentary
Suggestions have been floated that the U.S. should work with Iran to defeat the growing threat posed by the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Asked recently by CNN what the United States needs most to fight ISIS on the Internet, James Glassman former under secretary of state for Public… Read More
SecurityNews
The terrorist group ISIS released a propaganda video late yesterday depicting a British hostage as a news correspondent and declaring that a besieged Syrian town… Read More
SecurityNews
The deadly shooting on Parliament Hill in Canada and hatchet attack on police officers in New York City–coupled with the Boston Marathon bombings and beheading… Read More
SecurityCommentary
A Russian-born terrorist who attacked U.S. soldiers in 2009 and is now detained in Afghanistan will be brought to the United States and prosecuted in… Read More
SecurityNews
The Ebola virus has been headline news in America as of late. While it is a dangerous disease that Washington needs to take seriously, America… Read More
SecurityCommentary
ISIS has issued a warning to its members about their use of social media. A new directive from the group’s leaders, first reported by the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Yesterday, a Canadian soldier fell in the service of his country. He didn’t die on some far-off battlefield. A cowardly murderer shot him down as… Read More
SecurityNews
News that three teen-age schoolgirls from the Denver area skipped class and headed off to join the Islamic State terrorist group in Syria isn’t as… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Gunshots rang out at multiple locations across Ottawa this morning, including at the War Memorial and in the Parliament buildings. Much is unknown at the… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The “not guilty” plea entered Monday by Benghazi suspect Ahmed Abu Khatallah in U.S. federal court in Washington D.C. hardly comes as a surprise. The… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Most news accounts of the attack on Benghazi say it cost the lives of U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans. My nephew Sean… Read More
SecurityCommentary
“We are in a dangerous place in the world, perhaps more dangerous than in the past 10 years.” That’s what former Secretary of Homeland Security… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The New York Times published a lengthy article Wednesday about chemical weapons found in Iraq. When it comes to chemical weapons, the New York Times… Read More
SecurityCommentary
The Benghazi Accountability Coalition has called on Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., chairman of the House Select Committee on Benghazi, to depose former Secretary of Defense… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We’re about to learn a lot more about the extent of the terrorist plot behind the attack on the U.S. diplomatic facility in Benghazi. On… Read More
SecurityCommentary
We appear to be making progress when it comes to combating ISIS propaganda online. That is the message from Rick Stengel, undersecretary of state for… Read More
InternationalSecurityCommentary
As the Islamic State (formerly known as ISIS or ISIL) tightened the noose around the predominantly Kurdish Syrian city of Kobane in recent weeks, Turkey… Read More
SecurityNews
The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward, who has chronicled U.S. military action in Iraq for years, said today that America and the world are in “a mess” in the… Read More
SecurityNews
Leon Panetta, who served as both CIA director and defense secretary under President Obama, today said his former boss is too isolated in the White House. Continuing… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has joined other former members of the Obama team in criticizing the president’s Middle East policy and his handling… Read More
SecurityNews
Former President Jimmy Carter sharply criticized President Obama for his handling of foreign policy yesterday, saying it’s often “hard to figure out what his policy is.”… Read More
SecurityNews
A program that allows citizens from allied European countries to visit the U.S. without a visa has drawn new concerns from lawmakers who worry that… Read More
SecurityNews
With airstrikes continuing in Iraq and Syria as part of the campaign to “degrade and destroy” ISIS, a Democrat and a Republican on the Senate… Read More
SecurityCommentary
Defeating ISIS “requires the application of all the tools of national power–diplomatic, economic, information, military,” stated Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,… Read More
SecurityCommentary
You probably know the United States dropped bombs on ISIS in Syria last week. How the U.S.-led airstrikes in Syria went down last night –… Read More
SecurityNews
Yezidis have lived in Iraq’s Sinjar region and Nineveh plains for centuries. But after recent attacks by the Islamic State, most are so scared of… Read More
SecurityCommentary
It’s been a rough few weeks for one of America’s most vociferous critics of missile defense. Ted Postol, Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and longtime… Read More
