By: Doug Livermore, Columnist Photo Credit: United States Naval Institute Far from outdated, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) original purpose of mutual European defense remains as relevant today as it was at NATO’s inception. The United States stands as the sole superpower on the world stage, an integral part of a number of important … Continue reading NATO Still Matters
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Paper Tigers and Eagles: Why the United States Should Not Underestimate the PLA
By: Annie Kowalewski, Columnist Photo Credit: The National Interest In the past several decades, China has made huge strides in modernizing its military technology, training, and organization. Yet, US military officials continue to dismiss the real threat the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) poses because the PLA lacks real combat experience.[i] It is true that … Continue reading Paper Tigers and Eagles: Why the United States Should Not Underestimate the PLA
Can H.R. McMaster Purge Groupthink from the White House?
By: Lauren Prudente, Columnist Photo Credit: NPR After Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was recently chosen by President Trump to fill the position of National Security Advisor (NSA) previously been held by Retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, experts in Washington lauded the choice due to McMaster’s extensive military and scholarly achievements. McMaster’s academic experience and past … Continue reading Can H.R. McMaster Purge Groupthink from the White House?
FBI Official Outlines Threats to US National Security
By: Antonia Ward, Reporter Photo Credit: CNN Mr. Steinbach focused his discussion on the paradigm shift that occurred within the organization post-9/11, a shift that changed the overarching activities of the FBI from reactive to preventative and proactive. Likening this to his own experience in countering violent bank robberies at the time of 9/11, he … Continue reading FBI Official Outlines Threats to US National Security
Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Energy Union
By: William Haynes Photo Credit: European Commission On February 25, 2015, the European Union (EU) announced its intent to establish an Energy Union aimed to create a unified energy market to strengthen Europe’s leverage in trade agreements, to integrate the energy market, and to support its 2020 target of increasing the use of renewables to … Continue reading Opportunities and Challenges for Europe’s Energy Union
Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Kevin M. O’Connell, SSP Adjunct Professor
By: John P. Woog, Reporter Photo Credit: Innovative Analytics and Training, LLC Professor Kevin M. O’Connell joined the Georgetown University’s Center for Security Studies in 2001 as an Adjunct Professor, making Spring 2017 his 32nd consecutive semester at Georgetown. His areas of expertise are comparative intelligence, remote sensing, geospatial intelligence, and the role of intelligence … Continue reading Faculty Interview Series: An Interview with Kevin M. O’Connell, SSP Adjunct Professor
A Return to the Democratic Way of War
By: Joe Donato, Columnist Photo Credit: Ms. History Now In April 1975, millions watched as the last American helicopter lifted off from the roof of the US Embassy in Saigon, the dramatic final act of a national tragedy broadcast across the globe. Ten years earlier, the United States had confidently entered Vietnam to crusade against … Continue reading A Return to the Democratic Way of War
Russia Trumps Up Charges Against Its Own
By: Sam Skove, Columnist Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons The FSB, Russia’s successor to the KGB, unmasked two cyber-crime investigators this December as spies for the United States, according to Russian media.[i] It is extremely unlikely, however, that the accused ever spied for the CIA or FBI. Indeed, the treason charges against the two officers, as … Continue reading Russia Trumps Up Charges Against Its Own
The Yemen Raid: Uncertain Implications for US Counterterrorism Policy and Decision-making
By: Nicole Magney, Columnist Photo Credit: Los Angeles Times The United States has been involved in counterterrorism (CT) efforts in Yemen for years, but the special operations raid on an Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) compound on January 29 in Al-Bayda governorate indicates a significant shift in the US CT approach in the country. … Continue reading The Yemen Raid: Uncertain Implications for US Counterterrorism Policy and Decision-making
Academics and Practitioners Give Open Advice to President Trump on ‘Eradicating’ Terrorism
By: Antonia Ward, Reporter Photo Credit: Georgetown University Center for Security Studies (CSS) January 26th-27th witnessed a convergence of academics and practitioners from across the world descend upon Georgetown University to offer policy lessons and advice to the new administration of President Donald Trump on the pressing issue of terrorism and counterterrorism in a seminal … Continue reading Academics and Practitioners Give Open Advice to President Trump on ‘Eradicating’ Terrorism