SecurityCommentary
The Left and Right Have Very Different Definitions of Terrorism
As people grow increasingly wary of dangers around them, a split-screen has again opened up on how the Left and Right approach the threat of… Read More
Afghanistan: Obama Administration Taking Wrong Lesson from Elections
The high voter turnout for the April 5 election in Afghanistan (nearly 60 percent) in the face of insurgent violence and threats demonstrates that the… Read More
Al-Qaeda: ‘Spreading Like Wildfire’
Last week, a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee held a hearing provocatively titled “Is Al-Qaeda Winning?” The answers that the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade… Read More
Terrorist Attack Shows Vulnerability in Critical Infrastructure
Just after midnight on April 16, 2013, someone slipped into underground tunnels and cut the phone lines running to the PG&E Metcalf power substation near… Read More
5 Things You Might Be Asking about the Sochi Terrorist Threats
With two weeks to go before the opening of the winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, terrorist threats have many questioning the security of the games…. Read More
These Words from Obama Are Frightening — and Revealing
It’s less than comforting to hear the President make light of terrorist threats. In a recent interview with The New Yorker, President Obama referred to… Read More
What the Mehsud Strike Means for Fighting Global Terrorism
It was welcome news that a U.S.-launched drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) who was responsible for slaughtering thousands of Pakistanis… Read More
Pakistan Terrorist Attack Bears Hallmarks of al-Qaeda
The dual suicide bombing of a Sunday morning church service in Peshawar, Pakistan, over the weekend is not typical of the kinds of attacks the… Read More
Pakistan Threat Growing
Yesterday’s revelation in The Washington Post about the large portion of the U.S. intelligence budget going toward collection efforts on Pakistan is not surprising. What… Read More
Fighting New Terror Threats Requires Defining Them
The way the U.S. President talks about terrorism matters. As chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Representative Michael McCaul (R–TX), recently put it, “Great… Read More
