What’s News: Some in Afghanistan Question U.S. Choice to Use 22,000-Pound Bomb Against ISIS The U.S. military dropped America’s most powerful non-nuclear bomb on an Islamic State hideout, killing about three dozen militants in eastern Afghanistan. The controversial move has opened a discussion about the purpose of using such a powerful weapon on the battlefield. […]
Council: Front and Center April 08
What’s News: U.S. Missile Attack on Syria: What We Know and Don’t Know President Trump ordered a barrage of missiles to strike an airfield in Syria on Thursday evening in response to the use of chemical weapons by the president of Syria. To read a New York Times summary of the key knowns and unknowns […]
Council: Front and Center March 24
What’s News: US Builds Missile Defense System for South Korea, Causing More Tension Does deploying the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system protect South Korea from North Korean aggression? Senior Science Fellow Philip Coyle and Center Scoville Fellow Bernadette Stadler penned an op-ed in The Hill that argues the benefits of the system are […]
Council: Front and Center March 18
What’s News: Press Release: U.S. Chief Diplomat Rules Out Diplomacy Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s comments ruling out diplomatic engagement with North Korea and emphasizing military options are counterproductive to stopping North Korea’s nuclear advancement. To read the press release, click here. Analysis of President Trump’s Proposed FY 2018 Pentagon Budget The Fiscal 2018 budget outline […]
Council Front and Center: March 4
What’s News: Throwing Money at the Pentagon Won’t Make Us Safer The Pentagon maintains the largest discretionary budget of any federal executive department, yet it is the only major federal agency that cannot pass an audit. To know why President Trump’s calls from more funding will not improve national security, read Executive Director John Tierney’s […]
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