National Security Zone

Conflicts and Terrorism Domestic Politics

Donald Trump: A National Security Threat, experts say

By Emiliana Molina on June 14, 2016 democrat, Donald Trump, hillary clinton, national security, national security threat, presidential campaign 2016, republican, rising threats, Trump national security threat, USA presidential campaign

Former Secretary os State Hillary Clinton believes “Donald Trump’s ideas aren’t just different– they are dangerously incoherent. They’re not even really ideas, just a series of bizarre rants, personal feuds, and outright lies.” She’s not the one who has criticized the business mogul. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Guiliani, who voted for Trump in the past, now believes his ban on Muslims “violates the First Amendment. You have no reasonable basis for it,” Giuliani said in a Fox News interview.

International Relations

TSA: America’s nightmare

By Haydee Clotter on June 13, 2016June 22, 2016 TSA, USA

If getting to the airport two hours before your flight wasn’t a pain, try arriving up to three or four hours early. The lines at the airports are getting longer and longer and people are losing their patience.

A FIGHTER OF THE KURDISH WOMEN'S DEFENSE UNITS (YPJ) (FABIO BUCCIARELLI/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)

Conflicts and Terrorism

YPJ: The all-female Kurdish militia in the fight against Daesh

By Satvika Khera on June 13, 2016June 13, 2016 ISIS

The YPJ (pronounced Yuh Pah Juh) is an all-women militia group created in 2012 to resist against the “traditional conservative patriarchy” breeding in Syria over the last five years of the Baath regime.

Conflicts and Terrorism International Relations

Security at Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro

By Benjamin Cohen on June 6, 2016 Brazil, national security, Olympics

Brazil is notorious known internationally for its violent crime, which has made the country “the murder capital of the world,” according to Newsweek.

Conflicts and Terrorism Environment

Global action needed to prevent water-fueled conflicts

By Marisa Endicott on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 agriculture, Canada, conflict, drought, environment, India, international aid, Mexico, Middle East, resources, scarcity, treaties, United Nations, United States, water, water stress, world bank

Water stress is an increasing reality in many parts of the world, and the instability that goes along with it has the potential to leave no nation untouched.

Conflicts and Terrorism International Relations

Civ-Mil relations hinder stabilization operations worldwide

By Meggie Morris on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 humanitarian aid, post-conflict stablization, stabilization operations, u.s. military, UN, United Nations

As wars in Iraq and Afghanistan drag on, and as new conflicts emerge, stabilization operations around the world are becoming increasingly crowded and complex.

International Relations

The US Steel industry vs the Obama Administrations trade plan

By Kristen Vake on June 6, 2016June 19, 2016 foreign imports, steel, steel industry, trade

Last year more than twelve thousand steelworkers in the United States were laid off because of unfair trade, illegally imported steel and steel dumping, according to the United Steelworkers Union.

The boom and bust of the steel mining industry is nothing new, it’s a cycle that is anticipated and expected. But the steel industry says it’s up against something bigger now – unfair trade and the Obama administrations trade plan, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

Environment

The politics of safe drinking water

By Kristen Vake on June 6, 2016June 19, 2016 Flint, Michigan, water crisis

Everyday, 1,000 children die from disease caused by unsafe water or inadequate sanitation, and around the world 663 million people lack access to clean, safe water, according to UNICEF. But this once “foreign” struggle is now one of the top national security issues facing the U.S.

Global Health and Migration

Is the Zika virus a threat at work?

By Haydee Clotter on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 USA, Zika virus

Is it possible to do your job the best way you possibly can when you are also putting your health at risk?

The Zika virus during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other brain abnormalities. This disease can be transmitted through a mosquito bite, blood transfusion, sexual contact and from a mother to child.

Cybersecurity

What’s the grade on cybersecurity?

By Haydee Clotter on June 6, 2016June 6, 2016 cybersecurity, passwords

College students often worry about good grades, making friends and avoiding the freshman 15. Now they have to worry about the possibility of their personal information being leaked by hackers.