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Listening to the U.S. presidential campaign, you would hardly know there is a real war going on in the Middle East, involving thousands of American […] More

Fifty former top national security officials who served in Republican administrations have signed a blistering letter denouncing GOP Presidential candidate Donald Trump, warning he ““would […] More

The Democratic National Convention wrapped up on Thursday with nominee Hillary Clinton looking to establish herself as the “steady” hand on national security issues, compared […] More

With strong links suggesting Russian involvement in the hack of the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) email servers, the Kremlin’s efforts to disrupt and interfere in the […] More

It should come as no surprise that the federal government, particularly those agencies that make up the security community, want to adopt a shared services […] More

For the more than 16 years, Donald Trump has thought about running for president and in that time repeatedly talked about the U.S. being “ripped […] More

The FBI on Monday said it is investigating the hack involving the Democratic National Committee (DNC) after a cache of emails was leaked in advance […] More

I served as an undercover officer in the CIA in South Asia’s three largest countries: India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan. While in Pakistan, I had the […] More

So, why America’s apparent turn toward nationalism, nativism, and even isolationism? How could the nation most responsible for leading this great and grand strategy to […] More

At a June 23 National Security Council meeting, according to notes once marked EYES ONLY, Top Secret, “The President said if he knew any way […] More

The Warsaw Summit of NATO heads of state this past weekend affirmed the strategic and ideological importance of the U.S. to the alliance and vice […] More

The NATO summit in Warsaw this past weekend provided a modest but important boost to a Europe in crisis. Allies demonstrated cohesion and unity in […] More

Heads of state and government in the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO) met in Warsaw over the weekend to discuss their response to the multiple threats […] More

Marking the birthday of American independence away from home is always a unique experience. I have celebrated the fourth of July in war zones and […] More

NATO heads of state will meet in Warsaw this Friday and Saturday at a time when the U.S. has been accused by some of pulling […] More

We are in a season of terror attacks, and the odds are high they will increase over the short term. The principle drivers will be […] More

The Department of Homeland Security launched a pilot project on Monday to place employees into private sector companies for training stints of up to six […] More

The next president, Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump, will have to make hard decisions about whether to go ahead with the current, enormously costly, U.S. nuclear […] More