RE-THINKING OUR APPROACH … When we think about terrorism we most often think about the horrors of a Manchester-like attack, where a radicalized suicide bomber...
PRETEND WARRIOR ONCE AGAIN ON THE WARPATH … U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham wants America to send between 5,000 and 6,000 soldiers to Syria – ostensibly to...
AMERICAN AIR POWER IMPERILED … Until last week’s ill-conceived intervention in Syria, the United States enjoyed a memorandum of understanding with Russia regarding airstrikes over...
COALITION PUTS AMERICA ON NOTICE … While the administration of U.S. president Donald Trump struggles to get on the same page regarding its Syrian policy, there is...
AMERICA CAN’T AFFORD ANOTHER INVASION … Just over a week into the Trump administration, the President issued an executive order giving Defense Secretary James Mattis third...
NEW PRESIDENT NEEDS A “GOVERNING PHILOSOPHY” ON FOREIGN POLICY … Throughout the presidential campaign, Donald Trump’s foreign policy positions have been anything but consistent. One...
GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ASSAILS BARACK OBAMA’S SUPPORT FOR REFUGEE RELOCATION U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas is no stranger to fiery rhetoric targeting the Islamic State...
TERROR STATE LOSING TERRITORY … RAPIDLY The caliphate declared in June of 2014 by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi (a.k.a. “Ibrahim”) – leader of the Islamic State in Iraq...