Category: Politics

President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the director of national intelligence pledged on Tuesday to support thorough investigation of any Russian efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election, seeking to reassure lawmakers worried that partisan politics might interfere with a probe. “I think this is something that needs to be investigated and addressed,” former Republican […]

This year at CPAC (Conservative Political Action Committee) special guest speakers included none less than President Trump at an event viewed by many as a barometer for the future of the American right.  It isn’t unusual for CPAC to have some minor controversies but this time many were shocked as Trump supporters enthusiastically waved miniature Russian […]

Michèle Flournoy met with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis in December about coming on board as his deputy, but she ultimately turned down the job. A roundtable discussion in Politico Magazine published on Monday finally reveals why: Her own conscience would have made it difficult. “When [Mattis] called me to ask me to consider ways to help, I […]

On Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster’s first day on the job as National Security Adviser, he told his staff the phrase “Radical Islamic Terrorism” was not useful in describing the threat facing the United States. McMaster reportedly said “Muslims who commit terrorist acts are perverting their religion,” and are “un-Islamic.” The remarks are seen as a […]

According to White House Budget Officials, President Trump is preparing to unveil his new defense spending plan, which will include adding $54 billion to the existing defense budget, and cutting the same from non-defense related costs, including a large reduction in foreign aid. “This budget will be a public safety and national security budget,” Trump […]

General Joseph F. Dunford, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, addressed a crowd at the Brookings Institute last week, in which he discussed the challenges faced by the American military and how best to face them in the coming years. The Brookings Institute, a Washington DC based think tank, gave Dunford the opportunity to […]

The United States needs to stop getting pushed around by China and work out a long-term strategy to deal with the country’s rise, former U.S. ambassador Max Baucus said last week. In an interview more than five weeks after leaving Beijing, Baucus expressed frustration with the Obama administration’s lack of strategic vision and its weakness […]

JERUSALEM — Israeli Minister of Intelligence Israel Katz is known as a political bulldozer. It’s a label he is proud of and a trait, he believes, could bring about peace with the Palestinians. Albeit in a roundabout way. Katz’s plan, which he says has been adopted by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is regional and multilayered. […]

President Trump took the stage at CPAC (the Conservative Political Action Conference) on Friday, and gave an energetic speech in which he emphasized his America-first stance on international relations and promised a historic buildup of America’s military strength. The president opened his speech by addressing his position on the American media, reiterating a recent Twitter […]

While the Nimitz class carrier, the USS Carl Vinson, accompanied by the missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer head into the South China Sea, the Chinese are nearing completion on more than twenty structures on artificial islands in the waterway that appear to be designed to house long-range surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). China’s island building in […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday defended plans to give more powers to U.S. border agents stationed in Canada, saying travelers would at all times be protected by domestic laws. As part of a 2015 deal between Canada and the United States, Trudeau’s government has introduced draft legislation allowing U.S. border agents based in […]

The slew of criticisms which have been leveled against Donald Trump and his decision-making capabilities must now be tempered by his choice in National Security Advisor. Bringing Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster on board in an administration already being characterized for insular thinking through an ‘inner circle’ shows that Trump has some appreciation for a man […]