In a prelude to the March for Our Lives gun-control protests, a Heritage Foundation analysis March 19, among other things, stated that stricter gun laws don’t stop school shootings. In Focusing on Safety After Parkland authors John G. Malcolm and Amy Swearer examined school shooting data and offered a number of recommendations on the path […]
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Brookings Touts Regulatory Gun Control Strategy
A March 14 report from the Brookings Institution suggests creating a gun manufacturer cartel—immune from antitrust violations—that would allow them to limit supply and increase costs. A Gun Control Solution Manufacturers Can Get Behind came in the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School Shooting in Parkland, Fla., on February 14. “Legalizing a gun cartel […]
Dem. Report: Border Officials Prefer Technology to Wall
Senate Democrats released a minority staff report March 22, suggesting Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents prefer technological and other infrastructure solutions to President Donald Trump’s border wall. Border Security: Analysis of Vulnerabilities Identified by Frontline Agents said CBP agents have “rarely recommended building a wall to address the most commonly identified vulnerabilities—or ‘capability gaps’—along […]
What Would Defeated North Korea Have to Offer?
After an enemy nation is defeated, the victor typically seeks to benefit under the adage “to the victor belong the spoils.” For example, Hitler committed suicide in April 1945 just as the European theater in World War II was ending in an Allied victory. The U.S. and the Soviet Union then began a furious attempt […]
Terror War Victory Requires Understanding Ideology
Although 9/11 constitutes the beginning of the war on terror for many, it’s actually a battle with roots that reach well back into the 20th century, marking a conflict that has ebbed and flowed for more than 25 years. Author David Eneboe explores this long fight and decisions surrounding the Middle East in his recent […]
Mexico Travel Warnings Complicate Spring Break
Despite an ongoing violent drug war, Mexico continues to be one of the most popular vacation destinations in the world. While Acapulco has fallen from the travel radar due to an astronomical murder rate since 2005, places like Puerto Vallarta, Cabo San Lucas, and Cancun have remained largely untouched. However, that all changed when a […]
Xi Jinping Consolidates Power as China Expands
China continues to stake out an expansionist role on the world stage, while the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) continues to mold a more restrictive internal atmosphere, according to Eleanor Albert and Beina Xu in a Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) background report. The report not only explores the influence of current President Xi Jinping, but […]
Long-Term Debt Biggest National Security Threat
In the spring of 2016, a bipartisan group of prominent national security figures called on U.S. policymakers to address the unsustainable and rapidly increasing national debt. These national security experts said in a statement: “As individuals who have served the nation in both international and domestic leadership roles, we continue to believe that our long-term […]
Surveillance Zone: An Insider View of the Security Profession
Author and security expert Ami Toben sets an intriguing stage in his book Surveillance Zone: The Hidden World of Corporate Surveillance Detection & Covert Special Operations. Although its opening is reminiscent of a James Bond movie, placing the reader right in the middle of a past security assignment, Surveillance Zone is much more than that. […]
‘Human Security’ Explores Individual Protection
Authors David Anderson-Rodgers and Kerry Crawford released Human Security: Theory and Action on March 15 to explore security approaches where the individual, not the state, is the reference point for security policy. “What we’re trying to do with this book is really try to elevate the conversation about security in ways that make people think […]