As Mark Zuckerberg faced Congress about the good and bad aspects of Facebook’s decidedly open-web presence, cybersecurity expert Gabriel Weimann revealed that there are good, as well as bad, aspects of the “dark net” in an interview with the Woodrow Wilson Center. Weimann, a public policy fellow at the Wilson Center’s Middle East and Science […]
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Six Icebreakers Key To USCG Success, Report Says
The U.S. Coast Guard needs six operational icebreakers to meet ongoing challenges at the poles, particularly with Russia and China seeking to increase their influence, according to an April 9 report from The Heritage Foundation by James Di Pane. Currently, the Coast Guard fields just two icebreakers—Polar Star (heavy) and Healy (medium). A third heavy […]
U.S. Should Pressure Regimes Whose People Flee
Sometime in mid-March—reminiscent of early 1800s America when covered wagons formed wagon trains for the long trek west—a group of Hondurans fled their country hoping to find a new life in America. According to them and their supporters, their intent is to escape a dangerous environment in which their lives and the lives of their […]
Pompeo Team Key to Latin America Success
The coordinator for American Enterprise Institute (AEI) programs on Latin America said April 6 that the appointment of Mike Pompeo as secretary of state could boost the Trump administrations impact in the region. “President Trump is finally putting a team in place that could begin to address the grave and growing security threats right here […]
Debate Rages Over National Guard Border Deployment
When President Trump announced plans to put National Guard troops on the border in the wake of the annual trek of Central American migrants heading to the United States, it once again stoked the flames of the immigration debate. On April 5, Trump told reporters that the number of troops would likely be 2,000-4,000, and […]