National Security

The American people continue to pay the price for President Obama’s decision to flout clear Constitutional and legislative intent in launching an expensive and ill-advised war against Libya without seeking formal Congressional authorization. I was critical of the President’s go-it-alone

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Syria’s al-Assad gives speech that infuriates protesters Bashar al-Assad gives speech on Monday On Monday, in a nationally televised address that lasted over an hour in front of a crowd of cheering supporters at

A recent study entitled Shariah Law and American State Courts: An Assessment of State Appellate Court Cases, released by The Center for Security Policy, identifies dozens of American court cases involving sharia law. Many of these cases involve blatant violations

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Part II The Cast of Characters The Mole: Hesham Islam was born in Cairo in 1959. He was raised in Alexandria where he remained until his parents moved the family to Basra during his teenage years. It was in Saddam

Syria is moving tanks and soldiers into villages near the border to Turkey, in order to stop the flow of Syrian refugees into Turkey, according to AP. A Turkish woman talks to a relative, a Syrian refugee, through a fence

The TSA is now groping Texas state officials. Chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission, Barry Silverman and State Rep. Barbara Nash both told their compellingly disturbing stories to Fox’s Austin affiliate in a news report: [youtube AKE98sJpGig] Before the

To justify our military involvement in Libya, Obama applied a completely prefabricated doctrine – Right to Protect (“R2P”) – with no legal status that was dreamed up in the leftist hothouses of academia. Then he skirted Congress and quickly passed

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Eurogroup unexpectedly fails to approve next Greece bailout payment George Papandreou speaking passionately to Greek Parliament (Kathimerini) As thousands of self-proclaimed “Indignant” demonstrators staged peaceful protests outside the Parliament in Athens, Greece’s Prime Minister

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Sometimes I get tired of hashing over the same arguments again and again. Unfortunately “respected” people keep making the same debunked arguments again and again, ignoring hundreds of years of history and thinking that, this time, things will be different.

From the Navy Times: A sleek vessel with a triple hull and 6-story-tall mast will leave San Diego Bay this fall for the open waters of the Pacific Ocean in a show of the potential of unmanned watercraft. The craft

In August 2009, violent fighting between Burma’s army and rebels from the Kokang ethnic group sent tens of thousands of Kokang villagers across the border into China. China allowed this because the Kokang are a Han-Chinese minority. Beijing heavily condemned

From the UK’s Daily Telegraph: Meet the real militants… Trevor Phillips warned that “an old time religion incompatible with modern society” is driving the revival in the Anglican and Catholic Churches and clashing with mainstream views, especially on homosexuality. He

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Union members march through Athens and protest austerity measures Communist party protesters in Athens, Saturday (AP) Several thousand pro-Communist union members marched through central Athens yesterday to protest the government’s latest austerity measures and

From the UK’s Daily Mail: Waving goodbye to her grandchildren, Gudrun Burwitz has the look of a woman ready to live the rest of her days in peace and quiet. Instead, the 81-year-old daughter of Heinrich Himmler still works at

Friday was another one of those Alice in Wonderland days where all you can do is shake your head in disbelief at the absurd lengths to which desperate European politicians are going. Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy after Friday’s meeting

Every day, major stories come out of the Middle East. And behind each of these stories are major developments that deserve of our attention and, more often than not, our intense concern. Just this week, major stories have come out

Shmuel Katz was a disciple of the great Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky, and was himself one of the great political minds modern Israel has produced. Katz, who passed away in 2008 at age 94, wrote Lone Wolf, the definitive account

This morning’s key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com. Taiwan sides with U.S. against China over South China Sea policy Taiping Island In a change of police that’s sure to infuriate Beijing, Taiwan now supports the U.S. position on “freedom of navigation” in

Stuart Levey, who served as undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial integrity in the George W. Bush and Obama administrations, has highlighted a little-known but critical tool for combating terrorism and money laundering: the international Financial Action Task

NOTE: In addition to the alarming results of the survey, Shari’a and Violence in American Mosques– where 81% of mosques in this country contained texts that advocate violent jihad- the survey presents a standard that can give law enforcement a

Tensions are spiking over the disputed territory around the Spratly Islands in the South China Sea. China, Vietnam, & the Philippines all lay claim to the area and supposed deposits of oil and natural gas have increased interest and conflict.

How can one possibly know who our friends are and who our enemies are within the Pakistani military and intelligence apparati respectively? By having a conversation the American Foreign Policy Council’s Kramer Strategy Fellow, Jeff Smith of course! Understand the