Riley Walters is a policy analyst in the Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
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The Visa Waiver Program (VWP) is a program that expedites travel between the U.S. and 38 countries. Policymakers such as Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and… Read More
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U.S. and Chinese officials meet today in Washington to discuss ongoing challenges to cyber-security. Behind closed doors, there’s bound to be finger-pointing. After all, China… Read More
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In October, a delegation of researchers from The Heritage Foundation had the opportunity to travel to Japan for a week. It is clear from their… Read More
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Japan is in recession, again. A year ago, I wrote about Japan facing back-to-back decline in its quarterly gross domestic product (GDP). Despite the Japanese… Read More
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While the biggest names in the intelligence community testified last week on Worldwide Cyber Threats, news continued to break over another health insurance company being… Read More
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North Dakota just legalized police drones to be outfitted with tasers, pepper spray, and other “non-lethal” weaponry. As the drone debate continues over right to… Read More
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Recent news on the illicit access of the IRS’s systems, back in May, now shows almost three times as many accounts were accessed than originally… Read More
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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State (IS), the Daesh—these are various… Read More
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Last week, Senators Mark Kirk (R–IL) and Barbara Mikulski (D–MD) introduced an amendment to allow Poland into the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Poland’s acceptance into… Read More
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Just over a week ago, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) revealed what is possibly the largest federal personnel data breach of all time. Specific… Read More
