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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 21, 2023
United States
Tackling an Evolving Threat Landscape: Homeland Security in 2023
Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas reflects on the twenty years since the Department of Homeland Security’s formation and reviews the evolving security challenges of today and tomorrow, including the st…
February 1, 2013
United States
Chuck Hagel Hearing and the Iran Nuclear Dilemma
Senator Chuck Hagel’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee was a protracted, repetitive, and disappointing affair. Rather than discuss the decisions for which the secretary…
August 3, 2012
United States
You Might Have Missed: National Security Threats, Terrorism, and Gun Violence
Saxby Chambliss, "The Threat From Within to Our National Security," Macon Telegraph, August 3, 2012. Our nation and our military are about to confront one of the biggest threats since World War II. …
August 23, 2012
Defense and Security
Top Twelve Defense Sequestration Scare Tactics
Over a year ago, on August 2, 2011, President Obama signed the Budget Control Act (BCA) of 2011. The bipartisan legislation easily passed the House, 269-131, with 174 Republicans and 95 Democrats vot…
September 10, 2014
United States
Homeland Security Secretary Johnson on ISIS, Ebola, and Preventing Homegrown Terrorism
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Jeh Charles Johnson reflects on his first nine months on the job and discusses the current challenges faced by his department in a conversation with St…
