by Steven Eisen | Jul 29, 2015 | Monitor
On July 29th 2015 the US Department of Defense released the “Report on National Security Implications of Climate-Related Risks and a Changing Climate.” The report stated that global climate change will have “wide ranging implications for U.S. national security...
by Julia Maloof | Jun 22, 2015 | Monitor
Two years after imposing a weapons ban on Egypt, the US lifted the sanctions in March. Reinstating the $1.3 billion in annual military aid to Egypt, the new policy intends to shift away from “cash-flow financing” (buying on credit) by 2018. This flow of aid has been...
by Mahmood Abu-Rubieh | Jun 11, 2015 | Monitor
On Monday, President Obama acknowledged the shortcomings of the international coalition’s effort in combating the terrorist group in an address at the G7 summit in Germany. “We don’t yet have a complete strategy because it requires commitments on part of the Iraqis as...
by Kevin Poulsen | Feb 5, 2015 | Monitor
If you want to understand why the government freaked out when a $400 remote-controlled quad copter landed on the White House grounds last week, you need to look four miles away, to a small briefing room in Arlington, Virginia. There, just 10 days earlier, officials...
by J.ScottShipman | Jan 13, 2015 | Monitor
[by J. Scott Shipman] Last Friday night at the U.S. Naval Academy, retired Navy Captain Henry “Jerry” Hendrix and Commander Bryan McGrath debated the future of the aircraft carrier. My wife and I were fortunate to attend. Given the pressure placed on the...
