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In fight against Al-Shabaab, Kenya needs to address female violent extremism, experts say

In fight against Al-Shabaab, Kenya needs to address female violent extremism, experts say

by Isabella Alvarenga | Nov 1, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON —As Kenya continues its fight against Al-Shabaab, the Kenyan government and media need to better understand the role of female extremists to create a more effective counterterrorism strategy, experts say. Dr. Fredrick Ogenga, a visiting scholar at the...
Tension between U.S. and Russia makes nuclear arms control top priority, expert says

Tension between U.S. and Russia makes nuclear arms control top priority, expert says

by Evelyn Wang | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The next president of the United States must make difficult decisions about further nuclear arms negotiations between the United States and Russia, an expert at the Brookings Institute said Monday. Either Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump will take office...
Militaries gain edge through artificial intelligence

Militaries gain edge through artificial intelligence

by Michelle Kim | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, Health & Science, National Security

WASHINGTON- Robot soldiers, once a thing of science fiction, are advancing toward the battlefield. Countries around the world, including the United States, Israel, Russia, and China, are deploying autonomous weapons in military operations, experts told a prestigious...
Group using social media to expose ISIS terror tactics

Group using social media to expose ISIS terror tactics

by Ross Krasner | Oct 31, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON –Abdalaziz Alhamza, the co-founder of a group working to expose the terror tactics of the so-called Islamic State in its de facto capital in Syria, said Monday his group has dealt with many threats as it struggles to counter extremist propaganda in Raqqa....
CENTCOM commander discusses challenges of battle for Mosul

CENTCOM commander discusses challenges of battle for Mosul

by Michelle Kim | Oct 19, 2016 | Featured, National Security, Topics

WASHINGTON — Army Gen. Joseph Votel, head of U.S. Central Command, warned Wednesday that “there will be setbacks” and “heavy fighting” in the battle to retake Iraqi city Mosul. “There’s going to be a lot to contend with,” said Votel, whose command includes Iraq,...
U.S. will play an indirect supportive effort in battle of Mosul, Pentagon press says

U.S. will play an indirect supportive effort in battle of Mosul, Pentagon press says

by Eunice Lee | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – The Defense Department said Tuesday that no U.S. troops will go to the front lines in the battle of Mosul which launched Monday. But the U.S. is playing a key advisor role in helping Kurds and Iraqis on the battleground. Approximately 10,000 Kurdish...
Curtis Dukes calls for a reorganization of U.S. cyberdefense

Curtis Dukes calls for a reorganization of U.S. cyberdefense

by Evelyn Wang | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — The recent hacks directed at state voting systems are not likely to influence the national election, a National Security Agency official said on Tuesday. “There’s a certain integrity in their (state) systems, simply because they’re not as richly...
Threat networks pose danger to Latin American stability, top military commander says

Threat networks pose danger to Latin American stability, top military commander says

by Benjamin Din | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Smuggled drugs are no longer the top priority for the American military in Latin America; rather, the networks of dangerous groups and individuals that move them are the root issues to be addressed, the admiral who oversees military activities in South...
Former CIA Director addresses the “darkening sky” of cybersecurity threats

Former CIA Director addresses the “darkening sky” of cybersecurity threats

by Isabella Alvarenga | Oct 18, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON — Former CIA Director Michael Hayden Tuesday described cybersecurity threats as a “darkening sky” but “not as dark as some suggest.” Hayden, who was CIA director from 2006 to 2009 and director of the National Security Agency from 1999 to 2005, said one of...
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus addresses ratings change, gender diversity

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus addresses ratings change, gender diversity

by Benjamin Din | Oct 17, 2016 | National Security

WASHINGTON — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus defended Wednesday his decision to stop identifying sailors by their job titles, which has sparked controversy from the Navy’s rank and file. Mabus said at a National Press Club luncheon that his late-September decision to...
Former NRA president warns election could jeopardize gun rights

Former NRA president warns election could jeopardize gun rights

by Andrew Merica | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, National Security

WASHINGTON – Gun rights has not been the most critical issue in the  presidential campaign, but former National Rifle Association president David Keene reminded an audience Wednesday that because the next president will fill the vacant Supreme Court seat,...
Federal role in U.S. police misconduct needs to be more closely examined, libertarian scholars say

Federal role in U.S. police misconduct needs to be more closely examined, libertarian scholars say

by Marissa Page | Oct 12, 2016 | Featured, Living, National Security

WASHINGTON – The libertarian-leaning Cato Institute typically promotes limited government, but Cato said Wednesday federal agencies have an important role to play in addressing police misconduct. Researchers and analysts from the Cato Institute’s project on criminal...
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