National Security

Genevieve Casagrande | ISW | Download the PDF Key Takeaway: Russia is preparing to escalate its military operations in Syria in order to tout its standing as a great power, reinforce its claims to be a credible partner against violent extremism, and reinvigorate domestic support for its continued participation in the...

Secure Freedom Radio with Frank Gaffney in Washington DC is the place where national security policy makers both listen to and contribute to the content. Click on the podcasts below This weeks program with Daniel Horowitz, Faith McDonnell and Bill Gertz DANIEL HOROWITZ, Senior Editor at Conservative Review, Author of Stolen...

September 29 Panel Broadcast Nationwide Provided Hard-Hitting Soundbites on Critical Topics in Ongoing Clinton Email and Foundation Scandal Investigations Cut One: Who: Chris Farrell, Judicial Watch Director of Investigations & Research Take-Away: “It is a yes or no question… Did this event occur, yes or no? And if it did occur, who is responsible for...

John Grady | USNI Speaking Tuesday at the Heritage Foundation, a Washington, D.C., think-tank, Jorge Benitez of the Atlantic Council said the positioning of the 4,000-soldiers “has to be backed up with other forces” to provide true deterrence. In addition to Moscow’s movement of an additional 30,000 soldiers into its...

Memri Russia-NATO Update is a new monthly review by the MEMRI Russian Media Studies Project, covering the latest news on Russia-NATO relations from the Russian and East European media. On September 22, 2016, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov spoke at the Russian Civic Chamber on military security issues in the...

A map of China’s shifting definition of the so-called Nine-Dash Line. US State Dept. Image John Grady | USNI A British geographer and journalist described China’s claims to large swaths of seas and land formations off its coast are based on 20th-century events — from the Boxer Rebellion to the defeat...

Russian troops participating in the Kavkaz-2016 exercise Donald Thieme | USNI Russia is simultaneously conducting operations along the eastern Ukraine border, participating in large bilateral naval exercises with China in the South China Sea and conducting large-scale amphibious exercises in the Black Sea around the Crimean peninsula. The Russian Navy has...

Megan Eckstein | USNI HAMPTON, VA. – Lessons learned on the Littoral Combat Ship’s modularity and the Zumwalt-class destroyer’s power management will help guide discussions on a future family of surface combatants, the commander of U.S. Fleet Forces Command said Tuesday. Adm. Phil Davidson said discussions about the future surface combatant are...

  Martin N Murphy, PhD | Heritage Foundation Russia perceives itself as surrounded by enemies, and that the strategic depth that has been its principal security must be restored. In this sense, no territory is more significant than Ukraine. Russian leadership also worries about the erosion of a zone around Russia’s...