by David Fishman | Nov 13, 2016 | Featured, National Security
Nearly 70 years after the United Nations first deployed its iconic blue helmets, demand for peacekeepers is on the rise. In July, the United States teamed with India, the world’s second-largest contributor to international peacekeeping forces, to train African...
by Stephanie Haines | Mar 18, 2014 | National Security
WASHINGTON—Two years after President Barack Obama removed all U.S. combat troops from Iraq, the al-Qaida threat in the region has grown more menacing, but few analysts or lawmakers agree on what role the U.S. should play in the on-going conflict. “Al-Qaida was...
by Edwin Rios | Mar 14, 2012 | National Security
WASHINGTON — In the film Charlie Wilson’s War, a U. S. congressman is stunned when his colleagues on Capitol Hill shift the discussion away from Afghanistan just as the Soviet Union invade the country. On Wednesday, Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., advanced the...