Foreign Policy
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 08:50
The overwhelming majority of ISIS's funding comes from criminal activities like bank heists, extortion, robbers, and smuggling.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 09:52
The question now is whether the United States will back the agreement or find itself in the awkward position of dissenting from a cornerstone for achieving peace that diverges from its historical get-tough, penalization-heavy approach to drugs.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:55
The president is so spooked by the prospect of "a third American war in the region" that he has compromised our security to prevent it. He ought to have understood that he wasn't starting a third American war in the region -- he needed to finish the first one.
Monday, June 16, 2014 - 07:33
The interventions in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya show that the use of force as the primary instrument did not sustainably secure U.S. interests in those countries over time, nor assure U.S. allies of its mutual defense obligations, and had no latent capacity to deter potential adversaries.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 06:52
The speed and ease with which well-armed and highly trained ISIS fighters took over Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, and Tikrit, the birthplace of former Iraqi ruler Saddam Hussein, have raised significant doubts about the ability of American intelligence agencies to know when ISIS might strike next, a troubling sign as the Islamist group advances steadily closer to Baghdad.
Friday, June 13, 2014 - 06:34
President Obama said Thursday that the United States was open to using airstrikes to batter the Islamist forces that have conquered broad swaths of Iraq, but the grim reality is that the White House has few good options for preventing a vicious al Qaeda-linked militant group from advancing toward Baghdad three years after the U.S. effectively washed its hands of Iraq's security problems.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 - 07:23
Recent headlines and new studies support the conclusion that global terror trends are heading in an ever more dangerous direction. By overly focusing on narrowly addressing the threats identified with 9/11, we risk creating precisely the same conditions that led to those attacks and ignoring other, perhaps more serious, emerging threats.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 08:08
The modest NSA reform bill passed in the House last month is set to be watered down even more as it makes its way to the Senate.
Monday, June 9, 2014 - 07:03
How history, greed, and nepotism are preventing the continent from securing itself against al-Shabab, Boko Haram, and other threats.