Living With a Nuclear-Armed Iran
Since becoming president, Donald Trump has sought to undo the Obama Administration’s policies towards Iran, especially regarding the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. He has withdrawn the United States from the Joint...
The UK Desperately Needs a New Counterterrorism Model
On the morning of August 14, 2018, British citizens awoke to another terrorist attack on their soil—the fifth in just eighteen months. The scene was familiar: a truck swerving into the opposite lane and slamming into passing...
Ensuring the Long-Term Success of U.S. Information Operations
In December 2016, Congress codified into law the Global Engagement Center (GEC), an entity housed in the U.S. State Department and established to counter the threat of global information operations from countries like Russia and...
U.S. foreign policy on Iran going forward
United States policy toward the Middle East since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has developed primarily within the context of the Global War on Terrorism, as well as against the broader backdrop of regional proxy...
About Face: Facial Recognition & Border Security
The recently launched iPhone X uses facial recognition technology to unlock the phone rather than fingerprint scanners or the comparatively old-fashioned passcode, ostensibly to make the phone more secure. As evidenced by the...
African Nations Over the Moon
Space, the final frontier, has so far been out of reach for the majority of African countries, even as the space race raged on across North America, Europe, and Asia. Only over the last decade or so have a handful of African...
Racism and the Fight Against Terrorism
In August 2017, Spain became the latest European target of terrorism when a Moroccan-born man struck pedestrians with a van in Barcelona, killing 14 people and injuring dozens of others. Unlike many of the country’s European...
Mixed Messages in the Western Hemisphere
U.S.-Latin American relations have a long and contentious relationship. Although the United States and Latin America have worked together to address a number of challenges, the region hasn’t forgotten that the United States has...
Charged Affairs Fall 2017 Content Call – Deadline Extended
Prompt: Sixteen years later, the war in Afghanistan rages on with no clear end in sight. What can the international community do to achieve an enduring solution while denying terrorists safe havens in Afghanistan? We believe that...
Deterrence Can Protect Our Critical Infrastructure from Cyberattack
A sophisticated computer virus swept through Ukraine in June, wreaking havoc on systems serving the private sector and shutting down critical civil infrastructure – locking several government ministries out of their files,...