A significant amount of U.S. media and government attention is currently being paid to the immigration crisis along the southwest border. There is a violent drug war being fought in Mexico, and gang violence is overwhelming governments in Central America. Border Patrol apprehension numbers along the southern border are usually in the hundreds of thousands […]
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Independence Day Highlights Freedom’s Global Significance
We celebrate the birthday of the United States on July 4th. Many Americans will barbecue with family and friends, while others will head to the beach or the mountains. But how many of us truly contemplate the real meaning of Independence Day? In our public discourse today, there is much talk about our Founding Fathers. […]
DHS Cyber Strategy Faces Staffing, Vulnerability Tests
By 2020, more than 20 billion devices will be connected through a network of ping-ponging texts, bank transfers, and personal data. At the same time the world grows more connected, nefarious nation-states and transnational criminal organizations only have more targets for crippling cyber attacks. Cut the cord, and the institutions the world relies on could […]
Chinese Expansion is a Pacific Naval Threat
Since the end of the Cold War, U.S. naval dominance of the Western Pacific has remained largely unchallenged until recently. The U.S. Navy established itself as the dominant player in the region by defeating the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. That was followed by the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 and […]
China, North Korea in Spotlight at Hill Forum
WASHINGTON—The future of the Middle East remains on the brink, while fast-paced China emergence continues in East Asia, according to participants at the Capitol Hill National Security Forum on June 21. In the “Countering ISIS 2.0 and the Future of the Middle East” discussion, panelists noted that though the fight against the Islamic State of […]
National Security Forum Explores Tactics & Terror
WASHINGTON—Cyber and border security, immigration, refugees, military readiness, and capabilities headlined the second annual Capitol Hill National Security Forum on June 21. Hosted by Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), Rep. Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.), and Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), lawmakers huddled with other government officials and leaders to shed light […]
Democracy Abroad Vital to U.S. National Security
WASHINGTON—The United States must support democracy globally to protect both national and international security, said panelists at the second annual Capitol Hill National Security Forum on June 21. Panelists discussed U.S. and global democracy relations and the importance of the United States becoming leaders in technological strategy. Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) kicked off the discussion […]
Can Israelis and Palestinians Achieve Peace?
When President Donald Trump followed through with his campaign promise to move the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem, he effectively recognized Israel’s sovereign rights to the city. Predictably, the age-old conflict between Israelis and Palestinians escalated. Although there has been little respite from the fighting between these two peoples since shortly after World War II, there […]
Colombian Cocaine’s Steady Flow into the U.S.
Cocaine drug use remains substantially lower in the United States than that of cannabis and prescription psychotherapeutic drugs. However, cocaine still flows into the United States at an alarming rate. Rising Production and Exports A 2017 unclassified report by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) finds that cocaine production in Colombia and the supply of Colombian […]
Examining Immigrant Family Separation Policies
In early May, the Trump administration decided to refer all persons caught crossing the U.S. border illegally for federal prosecution. This policy has resulted in the largest separation of parents from their children at the border in history. At the same time, this “zero tolerance” policy as a means to deter illegal immigration has resulted […]