Panel: Japan Concerned How U.S. Will Keep Sea Lines Open if Simultaneous Crises Occur in Asia, Middle East
Leaders in Tokyo are now asking themselves more often what the United States would do if faced with simultaneous crises…
WEST: Former NATO Commander Stavridis Warns ISIS Could Strike Marine Corps, Navy Fleet
SAN DIEGO — Fifteen years after the terrorist bombing of the USS Cole (DDG-67) that killed 17 sailors, Navy ships…
Document: Report to Congress on the Islamic State and U.S. Policy
The following is the Feb. 9, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, The Islamic State and U.S. Policy.…
Document: Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
The following is the Feb. 9, 2016 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community presented to the Senate Armed Services Committee.…
National Intelligence Director Clapper: ISIS ‘Most Significant’ Non-State Threat to U.S., Allies
The “most significant” threat to the United States and its allies from a non-state actor remains the Islamic State, the…
Document: Report to Congress on New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the Islamic State
The following is the Jan. 16, 2016 Congressional Research Service report, A New Authorization for Use of Military Force Against the…
NSA Director Rogers Talks About the Future of Encryption
The director of the National Security Agency told the Atlantic Council last week arguing over encryption seems like “a waste…
Panel to HASC: ISIS Militants Will Be Difficult to Totally Defeat
Grinding the Islamic State “out of its holes will take longer . . . than taking Ramadi” or any city,…
Council on Foreign Relations Panel Outlines Divisions in Syria Conflict
The path the United States has been on since 2011 to remove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad immediately from power is…
VIDEO: USS Harry S. Truman Launches Anti-ISIS U.S. Carrier Strikes After 2.5 Month Pause
After a two-and-a-half month pause, the U.S. is again launching anti-Islamic State in Iraq and Syria strikes from an aircraft…