Making Iraq Great Again
It is probably not a bad thing that U.S. President Donald Trump recently dispatched Jared Kusher, his son-in-law and his Administration’s jack-of-all-issues, to Iraq. As […]
Opinion
Dropping the MOAB: A Blow to ISIS’ Ambitions in Afghanistan
On Thursday, the United States carried out an airstrike targeting ISIS in Afghanistan, dropping a Massive Ordnance Air Blast bomb (MOAB) on a tunnel and […]
Turkey’s Ties to the West are in Deep Trouble
Speaking at a rally in Istanbul on March 26, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan further escalated his ongoing fight with Europe: “Have you [Europeans] not […]
A Punch in the Nose for Iran
Now that President Donald Trump has demonstrated his willingness to get tough with a regional bad actor by using a cruise missile attack to punish […]
The Russian B Team
The Russian effort to influence the 2016 election will remain front-and-center as the House and Senate Intelligence Committee continue their probe and the FBI moves […]
Unclear What Trump Learned from Ordering the Syrian Strike
The lessons Donald Trump takes away from last Thursday’s U.S. Tomahawk missile strike against Syria’s Shayrat Air Base are more important than the ones learned […]
How Washington Lets Beijing Monopolize Minerals Vital for Phones and Fighter Jets
While the topic of supply chains may not be cutting-edge or of high public interest, it is no less important to national security than destroying […]
Syria: This Could Be Good Time to Press for Ceasefire
The U.S. military launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles from two naval warships in the Mediterranean Sea at the Shayrat air base near Homs in Syria, […]
Don’t Write the UN Off – Here’s Why
The Trump Administration budget includes deep cuts to some U.S. agencies, including the State Department and Environmental Protection Agency, as well as U.S. foreign aid. […]
What Does Xi Jinping Want from Mar-a-Lago?
“The president needs to look strong and decisive, and China is a convenient whipping boy,” Quartz White House correspondent Heather Timmons wrote Friday. Is President […]
Climate Insecurity and the Changing Balance of Power
Since at least the 1979 Iranian revolution, intelligence and national security analysts have been working hard to identify the causal factors that lead to political […]
Trump Administration Emulating Putin’s ‘Active Measures’ Domestically
President Donald Trump and his White House team are using some of the same “active measures” to manipulate the American people today that Russian President […]
Trump’s State Department: Everyone Take a Deep Breath
Even by the standards of the Trump Administration’s generally rocky start, the State Department has fared badly in media reporting and insider commentary. Council on […]
IC Integration: Stronger Together
The diversity and scope of national security challenges facing the U.S. continues to grow, asking ever more of an Intelligence Community (IC) that must stretch […]
The Media and Global Leaders Still Missing the Mark on Trump
The elites still don’t get it. Brexit, Trump, surging right-wing nationalism on both sides of the Atlantic; and yet time after time, the media and […]
Everyone Wants to do Business with the Trump Family
President Donald Trump and his family’s myriad financial activities are unique for a White House occupant. Prior to becoming Defense Secretary, James Mattis on January […]
To the Government and Silicon Valley: Grow Up and Get Along
My late mother served as a sergeant in the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. She was nearly killed in 1944 by a “buzz […]
Next Steps for U.S. Cyber Command after Split with NSA
We all know it’s coming, and soon. There is significant momentum for elevating U.S. Cyber Command to a full combatant command. We should expect that […]