Terror’s North African front
While news from Africa has lately focused on the nearly-avoided establishment of an Islamist government in Somalia, there is another...
Al Qaeda
Our Continued Oil Vulnerability
A Saudi wing of al Qaeda, sometimes also referred to as the Bin Laden Brigade, has renewed calls for attacks on...
Truly “inappropriate” behavior
President Abraham Lincoln took a dim view of those who, during wartime, acted in ways that damaged the morale...
License to Kill
The 9/11 hijackers had a total of 17 licenses and 20 U.S. or state- issued identification cards. (Source: 9/11 Commision) By Amanda...
The nexus of evil
By Robert T. McLean Fifteen years after the end of the Cold War, many remain surprised that a coalition of...
Truth to Power
Tonight's State of the Union address should be unlike any in recent memory. Not because George W. Bush turns...
Guantanamo Bay: five years later
In January 2002, while the rubble of the Twin Towers was still being removed, military aircraft began landing at Guantanamo...
Next Steps in the Iran Crisis
Below is the prepared statement of Center for Security Policy Advisory Council Co-Chariman R. James Woolsey's testimony before the House Committee on...
The forgotten project: Afghanistan and its future
By Dat Cao Mr. Cao is a former research intern with the Center for Security Policy and a student of...
Tragedy of errors
The mistakes that led to last week's elections - and the errors that seem likely to flow from them -...
What, me worry?
(Washington, D.C.): In a recent press conference, U.S. Ambassador to Turkey Ross Wilson dismissed as "political cacophony" concern about the...
An African Taliban
By David McCormack Thirteen years ago this week, a pitched battle erupted in Mogadishu that led to the deaths of...
States of denial
Decision Brief No. 06-D 50 2006-10-02 (Washington, D.C.): So, Bob Woodward has become the latest journalist to try to...
Do the right thing
Decision Brief No. 06-D 47 2006-09-18 (Washington, D.C.): For some politicians, it is tough under the best of circumstances...
Applying Geneva
By Steve Daskal (Washington, D.C.): The Geneva Conventions have only been adhered to by the nations that are now part...