One of the Islamic State’s senior commanders reveals exclusive details of the terror group’s origins inside an Iraqi prison – right under the noses of their American jailers.
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Jihadist attacks killed more than 5,000 people in just one month, an investigation by the BBC World Service and King's College London has found.
CTC Sentinel : Volume 7, Issue 11 (Nov/Dec 2014)
Rebuilding America’s Defenses – Highlights from the 2014 FPI Forum.
The U.S. military has established a new command that will oversee operations in both Iraq and Syria, military officials said Friday.
After weeks of internal maneuvering to find new leadership for the Pentagon, President Obama on Friday announced his selection of a new defense secretary by nominating Ashton B. Carter.
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At this moment, the fiercest, most powerful criminal organizations in the world are located in Mexico.
The House on Thursday passed a defense budget that cuts troop benefits and clears the way for the Obama administration to continue its war strategy against the Islamic State.
Norwich University Call For Papers: Journal of International and Transnational Crime
Whoever the next Secretary is, the expectation is that the individual will have a wealth of experience within the Defense Department to draw from.
Presidents propose action, and then reality intervenes.
"President Barack Obama’s pick to lead the Pentagon hasn’t always been in sync with the tight messaging of the White House."
President Obama has settled on Ashton B. Carter to be the next defense secretary.
Our soldiers, diplomats and aid workers have paid a high cost. We should make sure that their lives have not been lost in vain.
Wanted: Thick-skinned candidate to oversee a sprawling bureaucracy bitten by budget cuts and join a national security team besieged by criticism.
"We must undo the excessive bureaucracy that has hobbled our ability to conduct effective night raids."
"America risks shoveling more troops into Iraq to replicate a strategy that never worked in the first place."
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What Kind of Pentagon Chief Does Obama Need? New York Times 'Room for Debate' (Four Op-Eds).
Sopko is concerned the Afghans don't know how to operate or maintain the aircraft and sending them to the country is futile.
2015 Global Forecast by Center for Strategic & International Studies
On Sept. 30, the U.S. Army unceremoniously stood up a new headquarters—the 1st Special Forces Command—at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Less than a decade ago, counterinsurgency doctrine (COIN, to aficionados) was the hottest thing going in military intellectual circles.