Dennis Ross interviewed in Foreign Policy: “Trump’s Golan Giveaway ‘Makes It Harder’ to Achieve Peace”
“With a single tweet on Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump reversed a decades long U.S. policy on a fraught issue in the Middle East, announcing he would recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the strategically important Golan Heights on the Israel-Syria border. The move came two weeks before a critical Israeli election
Read MoreNick Rasmussen co-authors Lawfare article, “The Christchurch Shooting: Domestic Terrorism Goes International”
“The United States has long built its approach to counterterrorism based on a fundamental distinction between “international terrorism” and “domestic terrorism.” The phrases were always misnomers to some degree, but the recent mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has revealed just how unsuitable that distinction is for
Read MoreLisa Monaco quoted in The Washington Post article “New Zealand attack exposes how little the U.S. and its allies share intelligence on domestic terrorism threats”
WestExec Principal and former homeland security advisor to the president Lisa Monaco is quoted as saying “this attack should have us asking ourselves whether or not we have a sufficient whole-of-government approach to this evolving terrorism threat… We don’t have a clear domestic lead in our federal government for these
Read MoreMichèle Flournoy testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on NATO
Michèle Flournoy testified alongside Douglas Lute, Derek Chollet, and Ian Brzezinski on the benefits of the NATO alliance to the United States, the importance of NATO in securing the peace in Europe throughout the Trans-Atlantic region, the insufficiency of the 2% benchmark for measuring allied and partner contributions, and alternative
Read MoreBridge Colby in Defense One: “Is the Pentagon Truly Committed to the National Defense Strategy?”
“As Senate and House committees examine the Trump administration’s proposed defense budget for fiscal 2020 — it totals three-quarters of a trillion dollars — the first and most important question they should ask is: Does this budget decisively improve the U.S. posture for great-power competition with China and Russia? “The
Read MoreBridge Colby in The Wall Street Journal: “Take India’s Side, America”
“The moment of maximum danger in the latest India-Pakistan conflict appears to have passed. But after a major attack by Pakistani militants on an Indian military base in Kashmir and the first Indian air strike on Pakistan proper since 1971, tensions are still smoldering between the two South Asian nuclear
Read MoreLisa Monaco on NPR: “Drone Strikes And Transparency”
NPR’s Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with WestExec Principal and former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Advisor to the President Lisa Monaco about President Trump’s decision to rescind part of an order boosting transparency around drone strikes. Listen to the full NPR interview or read the transcript here: Full Interview
Read MoreMike Singh testifies before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on U.S. Policy in the Arabian Peninsula
On February 6, Mike Singh testified alongside David Harden, Mara Karlin, and Jake Sullivan on U.S. Policy in the Arabian Peninsula. Watch the full hearing here: Full Hearing
Read MoreMichael Camilleri in Americas Quarterly: “All Eyes on Guatemala as Crisis Brews Ahead of Elections”
“It’s not every day that a purportedly friendly foreign nation tries to intimidate the United States by dispatching a fleet of military vehicles to the U.S. Embassy. It is rarer still for the vehicles in question to have been donated by the United States itself and diverted from their intended
Read MoreDan Shapiro and Dana Stroul in NPR: “Here’s Why U.S. Aid To Palestinians Needs To Continue”
“Is U.S. assistance to the Palestinians an indulgence we can do without? Will its elimination leave Israelis, Palestinians and U.S. interests better off? Unless Congress and the Trump administration act quickly, we are about to find out. “Since 1993, the United States has provided more than $5 billion in assistance
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