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National Security U.S. admiral warns Asia-Pacific may be next front in ISIS fight, Navy Times Congress Should Embrace the DOJ’s Cross-Border Data Fix, Lawfare U.S. Should Adopt Interest-based Approach to National Security, USNI News Former Bush adviser: Climate change threatens national security, Politico Cybersecurity Election Cyber Gaffes: Which Party’s Has Been Worse?, Nextgov How are […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife were honored at the White House Aug. 2, in a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama. According to reports Singapore was the first Southeast Asian country to have a political leader honored with a U.S. state dinner, and only the fifth Asian nation after India, […]

National Security State Department Looks to Combat African Terrorism with Prevention Program, USNI News White House unveils plan to boost drones, The Hill Pentagon buys WMD detection system, C4ISR Net Political Hacking May Prompt U.S. to Aid Election Security, Bloomberg 3 reasons Russia’s Vladimir Putin might want to interfere in the U.S. presidential elections, Brookings […]

In June, the Atlantic Council published a report on the organization and performance of the National Security Council (NSC) system. The report provides insight and advice intended to help the next administration build an effective national security structure and clear up “strategic confusion.” The report is the result of multiple interviews and seminars with over sixty senior foreign […]

National Security Despite Objections, Pentagon Takes Step Toward Buying New Nuclear Weapons, Government Executive What to do when containing the Syrian crisis has failed, Brookings FBI Employee Pleads Guilty to Being Illegal Chinese Agent, ABC News US Nuclear Bomb Is Cleared For Production Engineering, Defense News FBI Director Lauds Whistleblowers’ Role in Culture of ‘Humility’, […]

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) inspector general and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have launched a probe looking into the toxic water spill at Gold King mine last year. The agencies are investigating whether any federal officials engaged in criminal activity in the buildup to and aftermath of a leak of wastewater at an abandoned mine. […]

A group of students from the U.S. Army War College’s Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) recently traveled to Port-au-Prince, Haiti where they saw first-hand the ongoing recovery after the 2010 earthquake that devastated the county. While in Haiti, the PKSOI students had a front row seat to the whole-of-government coordination required for long-term development efforts. […]

National Security How an Elite New York Police Unit Rehearses for a Terrorist Attack, The New York Times More locally transmitted Zika in U.S. expected: official, Reuters 1st Likely Cases of Zika Transmitted by Mosquitoes on U.S. Mainland in Florida, Route Fifty Balanced Internationalism: 5 Core Principles to Guide U.S. National Security Policy, The National Interest […]

National Security Spy Agency Consensus Grows That Russia Hacked D.N.C., The New York Times We’re Fighting Zika ‘With One Hand Tied Behind Our Backs,’ CDC Director Says, Time U.S. says looking at more counter-terrorism cooperation with China, Reuters FBI chief: Success against ISIS means more terror, CNN The Nusra Front is Dead and Stronger Than […]

Earlier this month, the State Department provided an update on their Global Engagement Center, which was established this spring after the signing of Executive Order 13721.  The Center is an interagency entity charged with coordinating U.S. counterterrorism messaging to foreign audiences, and replaced the Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications. The Center is staffed by detailees from several […]