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December 14, 2008

Capital Flows
Sovereign loss funds ...

Ok, my title is a more-than-a-bit unfair. But sovereign wealth funds are fundamentally vehicles for investing central bank reserves -- or Treasury reserves from surplus oil revenue -- in equities …

March 13, 2014

Defense and Security
Highlights Of U.S. Special Operations Command

“U.S. Special Operations Command in Review of the Defense Authorization Request for FY2015 and the Future Years Defense Program,” Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and…

February 28, 2015

Highlights of the Worldwide Threats Hearing

Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing, “Worldwide Threats,” witnesses: Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, February 26…

November 17, 2010

Congresses and Parliaments
Guest Post: Congressional Dysfunction and New START

My colleague Kay King has a new Council Special Report out on Congress and National Security. The report examines the sources and consequences of Congress’s surging partisanship, and it offers some…

Guest Post: Congressional Dysfunction and New START