by American Security Project | May 13, 2015 | Monitor
Yesterday, the Board of Directors of the American Security Project officially welcomed one its founders, former senator and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel in rejoining the board. Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Chairperson of the American Security...
by William George | May 12, 2015 | Monitor
On May 11 the Obama administration granted Royal Dutch Shell conditional approval to start drilling for oil and natural gas in the Arctic as early as this summer. The decision drew heavy criticism from environmentalist groups who have cited Shell’s previous failures...
by John Bugnacki | May 12, 2015 | Monitor
The Islamic State’s West Africa Province (ISWAP) Boko Haram, the Islamist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria, has recently declared its allegiance to the Islamic State (IS), also known as ISIS or Daesh, and renamed itself the Islamic State’s West...
by Joshua Walker | Apr 29, 2015 | Monitor
This article is a cross-post from the blog site War on the Rocks Triumphant Modi, divisive Netanyahu, and, most recently, soothing Ghani. Washington has seen an unprecedented flurry of highly anticipated and consequential state visits with more just around the...
by Paul Hamill | Apr 29, 2015 | Monitor
This is a cross-post post from The Hill. It has now been over a year since Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to invade sovereign Ukrainian territory, then annexed Crimea. Since that time the Kremlin has continued to support the destabilization of eastern...
