Corker Should Up Ante in Feud With Trump
It’s time for Sen. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, to use his congressional panel rather than just his mouth or […] More
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Rising Toll on Civilians Haunts Victories against ISIS
The fight against ISIS in Syria and Iraq is nearing its second major victory this year as the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) – an allied […] More
Trump Lashes North Korea, Slams Iran Nuclear Deal in U.N. Speech
President Donald Trump used his debut address at the United Nations General Assembly to threaten that the United States would have “no choice but to […] More
Trump Push to Scrap Iran Deal Risks ‘Corrupting’ U.S. Intel Process
President Donald Trump has made it clear that he thinks the international accord to reign in Iran’s nuclear program was the “worst deal ever.” And […] More
Donald Trump Can Learn from Teddy Roosevelt’s “America First”
In the early days of our republic, George Washington warned against “entangling alliances.” In 1821, after strenuous debate, John Quincy Adams decided not to speak […] More
Trump Rhetoric Empowers Dangerous Fringe Violence
President Donald Trump on Tuesday returned to his stance that there is “blame on both sides” for the deadly violence in Charlottesville, Virginia at a […] More
Trump’s War Wider than Afghanistan
Afghanistan is now President Donald Trump’s war, but it’s wider than just that country. Having refused to accept a strategy and operational plan presented to […] More
New FBI Director Named as Comey says Trump Demanded “Loyalty”
President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he would nominate Christopher Wray to serve as the next FBI director as Congress prepares to hear from James […] More
Trump’s Memory Failures
President Donald Trump’s penchant for making misleading or false statements has been well documented. Former CIA Director John Brennan last week offered a possible reason […] More
Network Take: Assessing Trump’s First Six Months
It has been a tumultuous first six months for the Trump Administration, as the ongoing investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election […] More
Did Trump Really “Strongly Press” Putin on Election Meddling?
A Trump administration “cover up” is underway. I am not talking about the concealing of activities related to the criminal investigation into possible coordination between […] More
G20 Summit a Mixed Bag for Trump
Leaders of the world’s 20 most powerful economies met for the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, last week to discuss a wide range […] More
Good News for America: Trump Has No China Policy
Saturday, on the sidelines of the G-20 in Hamburg, President Trump sat down with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, for more than an hour-and-a-half of “substantive” […] More
Network Take: No Surprises from the Trump and Putin Meeting
President Donald Trump immediately brought up the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election during his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Vladimir […] More
Will Trump Fall Prey to the Putin Trap?
It was good to see President Donald Trump acknowledge on Twitter recently that the Russians did indeed conduct cyber attacks and influence operations against the […] More
Trump Visit a Win for Polish Government
The President of the United States Donald Trump visited Warsaw, the capital of Poland, on Thursday, the president’s first trip to the Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) […] More
Putin Aiming for Our Democracy
On Friday, The Washington Post published a detailed account of the challenge the Obama administration faced in the run up to the 2016 presidential election […] More
The Challenge of Briefing a “Fire and Forget” Trump
Current and former Intelligence Community heads say intelligence briefings must shift under President Donald Trump to acknowledge his tendency to be what National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency […] More