Tag: National Security
President Trump announced the new National Security Strategy (NSS) on December 18, saying “With every decision and every action, we are now putting America first.” The NSS is supported by four pillars – protect the homeland, promote American prosperity, preserve peace through strength, and advance American influence. The new NSS emphasizes strength, particularly military and economic […]
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National Security Trump’s Nation Security Plan Warns of ‘Great Power Competition’ With Russia and China, The New York Times Security Clearance Backlog Has Been a Decade in the Making, Government Executive Trump Administration Seeks Outside Help to Hire 26,000 New Immigration Enforcement Personnel, Government Executive Beyond maximum pressure: A pathway to North Korean denuclearization, Brookings […]
... Read MoreNational Security New York City terror attack is the new normal, The Hill Court document points to Kaspersky Lab’s cooperation with Russian security service, The Washington Post Tillerson Open to Talks With North Korea, Foreign Policy Trump Signed NDAA. Here’s What It Means., Nextgov Allies Are Key, Says Trump’s National Security Strategy, Defense One A […]
... Read MoreNational Security Trump’s National Security Strategy is Decidedly Non-Trumpian, The Atlantic Deputy national security adviser to leave White House, The Associated Press Hundreds more National Guard troops activated to fight California wildfires, Defense News Houston’s Former Mayor Still Waiting for an ‘Adequate’ Federal Response to Hurricane Harvey, Route Fifty The Death of the INF Treaty […]
... Read MoreNational Security Okay, Say Someone Hacks into the US Power Grid. Then What?, Defense One DHS Launches New Office to Combat Threat of Terrorists Acquiring WMDs, The Washington Free Beacon US Must Bolster Its Presence In MidEast As ISIS Falls, Breaking Defense North Korea says U.S. threats make war unavoidable, China urges calm, Reuters FBI […]
... Read MoreNational Security New Trump National Security Strategy Wrapped Up, Foreign Policy McMaster: National security team ‘not missing a beat’ because of Trump controversies, The Washington Post Pentagon Building Wish List for New Technology Spending, Defense One Report: Core elements of Trump’s National Security Strategy approved, The Hill A guide to better national security decision-making, War […]
... Read MoreNational Security Insiders Accused of Stealing Personal Data From Homeland Security, The New York Times A Key Intelligence Advisory Board Has No Members, Foreign Policy North Korea Says It Has ‘Completed’ Its Nuclear Program. What Does That Mean?, The Atlantic America Is Not Going to Denuclearize North Korea, The Atlantic Mattis: Diplomacy hasn’t failed with North […]
... Read MoreNational Security Trump calls for crushing terrorists with military means, The Associated Press The jihadist plan to use women to launch the next incarnation of ISIS, The Washington Post ‘Beyond Snowden’ Book Argues For U.S. Surveillance Reform, Government Executive What’s Dangerous About Donald Trump’s Foreign Policy?, The Atlantic Avoiding war: Containment, competition, and cooperation in […]
... Read MoreNational Security Watchdog says Homeland Security bottling up travel ban report, Politico DHS ends temporary residency program for 60K Haitians, The Hill Trump Vows Justice (and a Wall) After Border Patrol Agent Was Killed on Duty, Government Executive It Takes a Nuclear Weapons Lab to Find a Nuclear Weapons Lab, Defense One Trump puts […]
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Featured article: A Brief History of Scandals: Special Oversight Challenges in National Security Interrogations by Erik Jens A history of (at least) American national security operations and initiatives shows, fairly convincingly, the need for external oversight. Time and again, executive branch agencies have, with the best of motives as they perceived them, violated Americans’ civil rights, compromised foreign relations, or […]
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