Tragically for many in Iraq and Syria, the so-called Islamic State has created long-lasting damage to the human population and the environment....
In his first State of the Union address, President Trump declared his administration had ended the ‘war on energy.’ This term is vague but politically potent, suggesting that previous administrations rejected energy independence in favor of environmental concerns....
The current environment in the U.S. body politic is the most tense it has been in recent memory. The investigations into Russian interference in the 2016 election by several Congressional committees, as well as the Special Counsel...
The Trump Administration claims credit for crushing the ambition of the so-called Islamic State to establish a caliphate in the parts of Iraq and Syria it captured in 2014....
By every measure, the Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp (GTMO) is a remarkable failure. Opening it was a breakdown in moral leadership after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks....
In his first State of the Union address, President Trump proclaimed that the United States is strong, touting his administration’s accomplishments in his first year in office. ...
The quagmire in Yemen, one of the worst preventable humanitarian disasters in recent memory, declined into further chaos on January 28....
In his January 26, 2018, speech at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, President Donald Trump stated ‘America First’ did not mean ‘American Alone...
The threat of small-scale attacks by individuals inspired by the so-called Islamic State is greater than that of cell-based operatives with at least some degree of training. ...
As the U.S. and coalition partners’ military campaign to defeat the so-called Islamic State winds down in places ridden by conflict, the enormity of the task ahead is revealing itself....
The January 20, 2018, attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul highlights how precarious the security situation in Afghanistan remains....
On January 19 at Johns Hopkins University, Secretary of Defense James Mattis spoke about the new National Defense Strategy (NDS). Calling for an end to military funding via continuing resolutions and budgetary sequestration...
Turkey began conducting artillery strikes on the border town of Afrin on January 19, a move that Turkish Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said was the ‘de facto start’ of an invasion....
The current cold front sweeping across the eastern United States is yet another reminder of the instability caused by the warming of the polar regions. Volatile and extreme weather represents one of the greatest challenges of the modern age....
When Jordan’s King Abdullah II removed Prince Faisal bin Hussein and Prince Ali bin Hussein, two of his brothers, and Prince Talal bin Muhammad, a cousin, from their positions in the Royal Jordanian Army...