US commander: Terrorists in Pakistan threaten stability in Afghanistan
The head of Central Command stressed the need to maintain strong military-to-military ties between the U.S. and Pakistan to help stabilize Afghanistan
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Muslims in the U.S. and Abroad Will Help Thwart ISIS, Experts Say
Experts appearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee opposed the idea of U.S. partnering with Russia to fight ISIS in Syria.
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Former State Department Official to Trump: Cultivate Alliances
Eliot Cohen, a former State Department official during the Bush administration, criticized President Trump for his contentious interactions with U.S. allies.
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Trump Chides Israeli Settlements, Dithers on Palestinian Statehood
resident Donald Trump held a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the Israel-U.S. alliance and the national security challenges it faces.
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Open-Source Intel May Aid Prosecutions for War Crimes, Researchers Say
“It’s one thing to raise awareness [about atrocities] through the media, but what we really want it legal accountability,” said Eliot Higgins, a nonresident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab. “This could be through civil cases or through mechanisms like the International Criminal Court.”
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These conservative researchers say the U.S. military has become ‘weak’ and ‘marginal’
“We’ve had much less levels of spending than, as this report shows, we need,” said Rep. Michael Turner, R-Ohio, who is chairman of the House Armed Services Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and a member of the House Intelligence Committee.
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Republicans Criticize FBI Director Over Recent Terrorist Incidents
Republican senators sharply criticized FBI director James Comey Tuesday for his agency’s handling of recent terrorism incidents, including a bombing in New York and a shooting in an Orlando nightclub.
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Indonesian counterterrorism strategies offer lessons for U.S., experts say
Indonesia’s first defense against terrorism? Strong social institutions. And experts say these non-governmental organizations might be blazing a path that the United States needs to follow.
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Who is Guarding the Grid?
In a two-month study, seven national security reporters with Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism traveled to the Pacific Northwest to determine whether disruptive attacks are possible, likely or even inevitable and whether measures being taken are sufficient to secure the nation’s power grid.
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Why doesn’t Isis attack Italy?
England, France, Belgium, Germany, Spain, United States: this is a list of Western countries attacked by terrorists in the last 16 years. Yet, Italy is not included among them. An article to explain why Italy was not attacked yet.
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