By Nina Catalano - News south of the U.S. border is not good these days. Mexican drug traffickers are supplementing their already gruesome violence with terrorist tactics, and Central America is increasingly faced with the destabilizing spillover effects of Mexico’s war: homicides increased 37% in El Salvador last year, while Guatemala continues to lurch through […]
Nuclear Waste Storage: We Need a Long, Long, Long-Term Plan
By Jonathan Abrams
Petraeus Replaces McChrystal in Afghanistan, What Does it Mean for the Prospects of American Success?
By Darcey Groden
The American Commitment in Afghanistan and Pakistan’s Efforts as Peace Broker
In the wake of Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s dismissal, questions linger about the trajectory of the American-led war in Afghanistan. While administration officials insist that McChrystal’s counterinsurgency strategy—formulated with the help of his successor, Gen. David Petraeus—will remain in place under the latter’s leadership, the incident underscored for many the fragility of the Afghan operation as […]
Unlikely Routes: Stronger Militaries by Transforming Military Education
By Malik Ahmad Jalal and Agus Yudhoyono* - “I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us that the less we use our power, the greater it will be.” The words of U.S. philosopher-president Thomas Jefferson adorn the walls of Jefferson Memorial Library at West Point Military Academy. They reflect the ethos […]
Supreme Court Upholds Federal Law Banning “Material Support” to Foreign Terrorist Groups
On Monday, June 21, the Supreme Court announced its ruling in Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project. In a 6 to 3 decision, the Court held that the material-support statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2339B, is constitutional as applied to the forms of support the plaintiffs sought to provide to foreign terrorist organizations. The case was brought […]