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Featured article: The Pursuit of Justice: Assistance Needed to Tackle the International Criminal Court’s Prevention Component by Jason Elbert Don’t be a bystander, don’t let it happen again.” Henry Greenbaum, a Polish survivor of the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, gave these parting words of prevention to a small group of students from the United States Army’s […]

National Security From Revolution Muslim to Islamic State, New America DHS Announces Strengthened Northern Border Strategy, Department of Homeland Security Trump Wants All Government Agencies to Help House Detained Immigrant Families, Government Executive Mattis says military will house immigrant children if asked, Military Times U.S. withdrawal from U.N. Human Rights Council is “America alone”, Brookings […]

On June 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published an updated Northern Border Strategy. The Northern Border Strategy establishes a clear vision and discrete actions that will collectively improve DHS’s efforts to safeguard the Northern Border against terrorist and criminal threats, facilitate the flow of lawful cross-border trade and travel, and strengthen cross-border community resilience. […]

Air Force General Paul J. Selva, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Mark Green spoke on a panel during the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition’s 2018 State Leaders Summit on June 18, 2018. The two leaders discussed the recently released Stabilization Assistance Review and the importance of partnering between […]

Featured article: Interagency Cooperation: An Ambassador’s Perspective by Thomas J. Miller In 2011, it is difficult to think of any event or issue that is any longer confined to the domain, authority, and purview of a single agency in the U.S. government. This is a far cry from the State Department I entered as a foreign service […]

During a meeting of the National Space Council on June 18, President Trump announced the creation of a sixth branch of the U.S. military, saying “I am hereby directing the Department of Defense and Pentagon to immediately begin the process necessary to establish a Space Force.” In his remarks, President Trump also announced that he […]

More than 1,100 officers graduated from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officer Course on June 15 at 9 a.m on the Main Parade Field. The graduating class includes mid-career officers from all American military services as well as 119 international officers representing 91 countries and 24 federal government civilian employees. The Army Vice […]

National Security Emerging Threats to National Security, Defense One Agencies excited about the potential for increased counter-drone authority for national security, FedScoop Trump orders creation of independent space force – but Congress will still have its say, Defense News Informants Aren’t Spies – They’re Essential FBI Tools, Government Executive Jim Mattis: Putin seeks to ‘compromise […]

Recently, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Departments of Defense (DoD) and State published the Stabilization Assistance Review (SAR). The SAR was announced in April of this year and examines past challenges the U.S. government has faced in previous stabilization efforts. The SAR aims to streamline U.S. government stabilization efforts and provide a framework for […]

National Security Congress May Declare the Forever War, The Atlantic Mike Pompeo, Cleanup On Aisle 38, Foreign Policy What happened at the Trump-Kim summit in Singapore?, Brookings Trump’s Attacks on Allies Are Widening the Atlantic, Bloomberg Here’s How That $380 Million in Election Security Funding Is Being Spent, Nextgov NATO Needs More Big Exercises, Too, […]