The Potomac Institute for Policy Studies’ International Center for Terrorism Studies presents 10 independent perspectives on chemical and biological terrorism. The scope of the report ranges from the United States to Iran, Syria, and Russia, among other locations, and includes perspectives from a variety of disciplines, including academia, government, and public policy. Read the report […]
Trump Announces Refugee Vetting Enhancements as Travel Ban Ends
President Donald Trump issued an executive order Tuesday that established new vetting enhancements for refugee admissions. The 120-day refugee travel ban upheld by the Supreme Court came to an end the same day. According to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announcement, the enhancements include “increased data collection to more thoroughly investigate applicants, better information […]
Border Security Leads Trump Administration’s ‘Immigration Principles and Policies’
The Trump administration sent its “Immigration Principles and Policies” report to Congress on Oct. 8, outlining priorities ranging from the border wall and undocumented alien children to sanctuary cities and merit-based immigration. Border security received top billing, with “funding for the southern border wall and associated infrastructure” as the primary item. (In September, six contracting […]
Thieves Assault Western Value System
In his report How Non-State Actors Export Kleptocratic Norms to the West, Ilia Zaslavskiy of Hudson Institute’s Kleptocracy Initiative explores how the democratic picture envisioned at the fall of the Iron Curtain hasn’t turned out as many expected. “When the floodgates opened after the fall of the Iron Curtain, the post-Soviet swamp was not swept […]
ICE Director Defends Immigration Priories, Decries Sanctuary Cities
WASHINGTON—Acting Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thomas Homan zeroed in on law enforcement and defended ICE’s actions as he discussed illegal immigration at the Heritage Foundation on Oct. 17. On the heels of the Trump administration’s “Immigration Principles and Policies” report to Congress on Oct. 8, Homan reiterated the White House’s firm […]