Simons Center News

National Security Trump’s Border-Wall Blink, The Atlantic Judge blocks Trump’s order on sanctuary cities, Politico The Pentagon Will Now Get To Decide How Many Troops To Send To Fight ISIS, Buzzfeed ‘Buy American’ helps secure the U.S. supply chain, Defense News DHS Chief: Without Cities’ Help, ‘We Have to Go Into Neighborhoods’ to Find the […]

In early April, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report assessing U.S. efforts for countering violent extremism (CVE). The report focuses on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). The U.S. government developed a national strategy and […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Victims of Immigrant Crime Engagement (VOICE) office on April 26. The VOICE office will assist victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, and is intended to keep victims informed of the immigration proceedings of suspects. President Trump announced the office in a […]

National Security Shutdown showdown centers on border wall, Defense News How Trump Is Upending the Conventional Wisdom on Illegal Immigration, The Atlantic Trump and National Security Critics Need to Reconcile, Real Clear Defense What If It Happened Again? What We Need to Do to Prepare for a Nuclear Event, Government Executive Trump Urges U.N. to […]

On Monday Foreign Policy published an exclusive on the Trump administration’s proposed foreign aid budget and prospective changes to the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). The Trump plan would dramatically decreased aid funding to developing countries and fold USAID into the State Department. Andrew Natsios, former USAID Administrator under President George […]

Last week, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced that the U.S. would conduct a “comprehensive review” of it policy toward Iran. The interagency review will assess whether sanctions suspensions related to the deal are vital to U.S. security interests. Tillerson noted that while Iran is in compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal, the U.S. may break […]

Featured article: U.S. Special Operations Forces and the Interagency in Phase Zero by Kyle Johnston The events of September 11, 2001, redefined the American model of security—no longer was the threat of American military power enough to deter large-scale attacks on the homeland. In the year that followed that historic day, President George W. Bush laid […]

National Security Mattis: U.S. won’t dig into ‘mother of all bombs’ damage in Afghanistan, Politico ICE’s ‘Management Deficiencies’ Are Preventing It From Deporting More Immigrants, Government Executive Tillerson compares Iran to North Korea, vows Trump administration won’t pass the buck, The Washington Post Trump raps Iran as violating ‘spirit’ of nuclear deal, Military Times Jeff […]

On April 18, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly spoke at George Washington University Center for Cyber and Homeland Security. In his speech, titled “Home and Away: DHS and the Threats to America,” Kelly discusses the importance of collaboration between DHS and other government agencies and warned against the “plodding pace of bureaucracy.” Kelly’s […]

National Security On North Korea, Trump administration talks tough but hopes to avoid war, The Washington Post ICE immigration arrests spike in first months of Trump presidency: report, The Hill Tillerson Warns Iran Could End Up Like North Korea, The Wall Street Journal Risk of ‘Accidental’ Nuclear War Growing, UN Research Group Says, Defense One […]