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National Security GOP Foreign-Policy Power Brokers in Congress Could Foil Trump, Foreign Policy Congress could stall Trump’s plans for increased defense spending, Washington Examiner The U.S. Military: Ready or Not?, The Cipher Brief Terrorism deaths fall despite widening impact of attacks, global study reveals, The Guardian The Drone Age, U.S. News Report: Deal Reached on […]

Last week Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Johnson released a statement on U.S. southwest border security. Johnson’s statement came after criticism from lawmakers about the increase in illegal immigration at the southwest border. In his statement, Johnson said “I have told our border security and immigration enforcement personnel that we must keep pace […]

National Security Global Supply Chain Security Needs Improvement, In Homeland Security DHS Secretary Addresses Southwest Border Security, Homeland Security Today What is the U.S. intelligence picture in Libya?, C4ISR Net Trump’s security plans in Latin America unclear, Stars and Stripes Europeans agree defense plan after campaign swipes by Trump, Reuters The American Military’s Real Problem: […]

Featured article: Megacities – Assessment Factors by Gus Otto and AJ Besik Looking around without seeing anyone; asking without being in earshot of someone; and walking in any direction without having to watch out for someone may indicate you are in a megacity. So what is a megacity? No one really knows, and that is […]

November is Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month. Critical infrastructure is a vital, if often forgotten part of life; something everyone relies on. This year, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month will focus on our infrastructure’s increasing reliance on web-enabled systems. During Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Month, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asks that you to […]

National Security President-elect Donald Trump is about to learn the nation’s ‘deep secrets’, The Washington Post For Clues To Trump’s National Security Policy, Look To His Advisers, NPR U.S. Embassy in Afghanistan closes after attacks, Military Times Pence as Trump’s National Security Surrogate?, Lawfare Duncan Hunter mentioned for defense, national security positions in Trump administration, […]

National Security Defense Industry Expecting Boost from Trump Election, Defense News Why GOP national security experts must agree to serve in a Trump administration, The Washington Post Who will be Trump’s secretary of defense?, Military Times The Perils of Forgetting About Al Qaeda, War on the Rocks Homeland Security Still Slow to Fill Law Enforcement […]

On this Veterans Day, I think of my grandfather on the Texas border with General Pershing one hundred years ago; my father on a ship in Okinawa harbor seventy one years ago; my wife’s uncle piloting an LST at Omaha Beach seventy two years ago; my wife’s uncle fighting in Korea 64 years ago; my […]

November 8 was a busy day for everyone at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Not only was yesterday election day, but that afternoon the Simons Center and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) hosted their third InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture. Dr. John G. Breen, CGSC Commandant’s Distinguished Chair for National […]

On November 4, President Obama signed an Executive Order promoting global health security, particularly infectious disease threats. The Executive Order builds on the progress of the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA) that was launched in 2014, and establishes long-term policy objectives for global health. The Executive Order also establishes a GHSA Interagency Review Council tasked with carrying […]