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National Security 4 Security Trends For The New Administration To Consider, Nextgov The Dangerous National Security Implications of Trump’s Obamacare Fiasco, Foreign Policy Nine Bipartisan Homeland Security-Related Bills Passed By House, Homeland Security Today Senate Democrats to meet with Homeland Security chief on immigration, Politico Countering ISIS: The need for more weaponized drones, Defense News […]

Featured article: The Tumultuous Recent History of U.S. Stabilization and Reconstruction Efforts: The Way Ahead? by David A. Anderson The U.S. has been directly involved in some level of foreign stabilization and reconstruction effort since the end of World War II (WWII): from the occupation and reconstruction of post-WWII Japan/Germany, the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan), […]

In a recent Homeland Security Today article, a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official stated that DHS is in need of reauthorizing legislation that will reaffirm and update the department’s organizations and functions. Daniel M. Gerstein, who was the undersecretary (acting) and deputy undersecretary in DHS’s Science and Technology Directorate from 2011 to 2014, also said that […]

National Security Trump’s Unbalanced Homeland Security Budget, Defense One ISIS Will Fail, but What About the Idea of ISIS?, The Atlantic ICE ramping up operations in sanctuary cities: report, The Hill DOJ, FBI Need To Take Actions To Ensure Privacy, Accuracy Of Facial Recognition System, Homeland Security Today A real national security budget would fully […]

National Security A Test for Tillerson, and for U.S. Strategy on ISIS, The New York Times Trump’s Diplomat: How Rex Tillerson Is Translating ‘America First’ Into Foreign Policy, Independent Journal Review The Real Lesson from the London Attack: Perfect Counterterrorism Is Impossible, The National Interest Fears ISIS Could Plant Bombs in Planes Driving New Rules: Officials, […]

Earlier this week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued the first U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Declined Detainer Outcome Report (DDOR). The DDOR is mandated by the president’s executive order “Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States,” signed on January 25 of this year. ICE places detainers on aliens who have been arrested […]

National Security DHS investigator finds weaknesses in immigration system, Federal Times Trump Shifting Authority Over Military Operations Back to Pentagon, The New York Times U.S.-Mexican Security Cooperation is at a Historic High. Will That Change Under Trump?, The Washington Post NSA director says British intelligence was not asked to spy on Trump, The Guardian Trump […]

Featured article: NORAD: A Model to Address Gaps in U.S.-Mexico Security Coordination by Patti Bielling Mexico’s dynamic evolution toward democracy remains a hidden success story to most people in the U.S. The Mexican government’s incremental legislative and election reforms from 1977 to today paved the way for the 2000 election of Vicente Fox as the […]

National Security Delays And Bugs In Immigrant Vetting System Trouble Lawmakers, Nextgov The Graveyard of Empires and Big Data, Foreign Policy There was Never a National Security Need for the Travel Ban, Lawfare Dina Powell, Donald Trump Aide, Named to National Security Post, The New York Times Trump Plans to Hire a Team of Lawyers […]

National Security Urban Security Is National Security, The National Interest DHS Pilot Social Media Screening Programs Need Better Performance Measurements, IG Says, Homeland Security Today Tension Between CIA and Trump White House Persists Over Personnel and Policy, The Washington Post Dina Powell to be named Trump’s deputy national security adviser, Politico Trump Proposes More Money […]