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 […]
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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 […]
China, North Korea are Largest Cybersecurity Threat
WASHINGTON—China and North Korea pose the greatest cyber threats to the United States, said panelists during a Brookings Institution conference June 14. The conference was part of the institution’s Asia Transnational Threats forum. William Carter, deputy director of the Technology Policy Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said China’s goal is to […]
How to Stop Radicalization of Children on a Global Scale
Children are increasingly terror victims on the world stage—not only as targets but also as perpetrators—according to panelists at the Heritage Foundation forum “Islamist Ideology and the Radicalization of Children: What Can be Done?” on June 14. “‘[R]adicalization of children,’ these are three words that should never go together,” said Emilie Kao, director of the […]