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National Security WikiLeaks releases thousands of diplomatic cables, The Hill DHS Wants New Facial Recognition Cameras in Airports, Nextgov Why is Trump rooting against U.S. troops in Mosul?, The Washington Post Mixed Signs for Foreign Military Sales Under Trump, Defense News Serious Changes Possible for National Security Policies on Climate Change, Scientific American Elite U.S. […]

Featured article: Defining Diplomacy by Edward Marks Most countries provide professional education for their diplomats and some operate establishments specifically for that purpose. Few of us would claim that the U.S. government and the Department of State provides equivalent experience with any degree of seriousness or comprehensiveness. Our Foreign Service Institute, for all its virtues […]

Earlier this month, the Georgetown Climate Center, in partnership with the Rockerfeller Foundation, published a report on the results of the Rebuild by Design (RBD) competition, which sought to inspire affected communities to rebuild differently in ways that would enhance their physical, economic, social, and environmental resilience after Superstorm Sandy. The RBD competition was launched in June 2013 […]

National Security Forget About Too Big To Fail, America’s Military Has Become Too Small To Succeed, The National Interest Obama administration expands elite military unit’s powers to hunt foreign fighters globally, The Washington Post Thousands of Immigrant Green Cards Have ‘Gone Missing,’ Watchdog Finds, Government Executive Transnational Criminals Move at Network Speed. At SOUTHCOM, We’re […]

National Security Learning From Resilient Design Projects in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy, Route Fifty Stephen Hadley Could Reshape Interagency Process — If He Gets a Job, Defense News Intelligence Agencies Work, Communicate Better Together, DoD Official Says, DoD News Acknowledging domestic terror threat, Pentagon says troops, recruiters can carry concealed guns, Military Times How President […]

Last week global security leaders gathered for the Defense One Summit in Washington, DC. At the Summit, senior officials discussed their views, goals, and predictions about a range of national security issues, from daily combat in Iraq to the grand-strategy games of the great powers, and the challenges of managing budgets, equipment, and people as they shift […]

National Security Trump’s Team Could Bring 9/11 Mindset Back to the White House, Foreign Policy World leaders anxious for Trump’s nuclear policy, The Hill Trump: ‘Mad Dog’ Mattis is a ‘very impressive’ candidate for defense secretary, CNN Pentagon and intelligence community chiefs have urged Obama to remove the head of the NSA, The Washington Post […]

Earlier this month, the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at National Defense University published the latest edition of Proceedings. The latest edition examines four pressing weapons of mass destruction (WMD) challenges for the next U.S. administration. These WMD challenges are: The growing prospect of a direct clash between the U.S. and […]

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 […]