Counterterrorism
Friday, May 29, 2015 - 05:25
Indian decision makers face a strategic conundrum: how to deter and/ or respond to future terrorism emanating from Pakistan.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 07:37
Islamic State, also known as ISIS, has seized control of Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province just 70 highway miles from Baghdad. Fallujah, located between, is already a terror stronghold.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 07:26
The Pentagon has plans to provide military equipment to Sunni tribal fighters, a defense spokeswoman said on Wednesday, a shift from its current policy to provide the equipment only through the central government in Baghdad.
Thursday, May 28, 2015 - 07:25
Republican presidential candidate Rand Paul is blaming his own party for the rise of the Islamic State group.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 08:11
Turkey and the United States have started training moderate Syrian rebels on Turkish territory to prepare them to fight ISIS militants, the Turkish foreign minister said Tuesday.
Wednesday, May 27, 2015 - 08:09
Should the United States arm the Kurdish Peshmerga directly, without the consent and participation of the government in Baghdad? This is a critical question that US officials, both in the White House, the Defense Department, and the US Congress, have no doubt asked themselves ever since mechanized US troops stormed across the Iraqi border in March 2003 to overthrow Saddam Hussein’s regime.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:33
Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq's prime minister Monday to try to smooth over a rough exchange of words between the two governments following the fall of important cities to Islamic State militants in recent days.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:29
The Obama Administration has run out of patience with Iraq’s Army. On Sunday, Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter appeared on CNN’s “State of the Union” to discuss the recent fall of Ramadi, one of Iraq’s major cities, to ISIS. Despite possessing substantial advantages in both numbers and equipment, he said, the Iraqi military were unable to prevent ISIS forces from capturing the city.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:27
It sounds like plain common sense: a joint Arab military force to intervene in regional crises. Alas, the plan, drawn up yesterday by the Arab world’s military chiefs, will go no farther than the Cairo conference room where it was concocted.
Tuesday, May 26, 2015 - 07:09
Ten Israeli security firms have offered to provide security consultancy, intelligence and counter-terrorism expertise to Kenyan government and private security following a series of deadly raids which culminated in the killing of at least 147 university students two months ago.