The best strategy for the United States withdrawing troops and resources from Afghanistan is one that is cautious, measured, and phased according to a Feb. 6 report from the Center for Strategic & International Studies. “Absent a successful peace negotiation, a U.S. force draw-down should be tied to Afghanistan meeting performance and governance benchmarks and […]
Defense
Perspective: Family Terror Connections Foster Radicalization
Family terror networks—or alternatively, family-affiliated terrorism—involve two or more people from the same clan who support the threat or use of terrorism. Kin terrorism has appeared across diverse views from religiously motivated precepts to national liberation, and from hate-based ideologies to other viewpoints. Family structures enable higher instances of conversion to radical beliefs given the […]
Trump Announces Missile Defense Policy Changes
Changes Include Ground-Based, Technological, Space Force Enhancements President Donald Trump announced six changes to the country’s missile defense policy in an address at the Pentagon Jan. 17. The changes include ground-based defense, new technology, a homeland missile protection strategy, space systems, eliminating bureaucracy, and financial support from countries who receive U.S. protection. “All over, foreign […]
CRB: Moral Ambiguity and National Security
From Claremont Review of Books online The Book of Proverbs instructs us that “by stratagems you wage war.” Israeli intelligence agencies have taken this ancient wisdom to heart—the Mossad even chose it as a motto. The Mossad, along with its counterparts in military intelligence (AMAN) and domestic enforcement (the Shin Bet), has attained legendary status for […]
Keeping Pace with Army Technology Challenges
From WAR ROOM—Online Journal of the U.S. Army War College Can the military keep pace with or outrun the rate of technological change? It’s a daunting challenge. The more the Army invests in legacy systems to face traditional competitors, the more a growing number of non-traditional ones will counter it with emerging, asymmetric capabilities. The Army […]