by zen | Jan 25, 2013 | Monitor
The Center for Combating Terrorism at West Point released a report on domestic terrorism that raised hackles for a number of reasons. Despite the dismissals of liberal political pundits, the reasons for objections to the CTC report are legitimate but they did not need...
by Sylvia Longmire | Jan 15, 2013 | Monitor
By: Sylvia Longmire Transnational criminal organization violence is spilling over the southern border of the US, but without a definition the extent of the epidemic is unknown.
by zen | Dec 12, 2012 | Monitor
An excellent post from Adam Elkus – strongly recommended! The State Problem In National Security Policy ….The report makes a lot of comments about the rise of individual autonomy, the empowering of regional network-cities, and technology’s acceleration of...
by Sylvia Longmire | Oct 31, 2012 | Monitor
By: Sylvia Longmire It sounds crazy, but catching the most notorious and wanted drug trafficker in the world might be a bad thing.
by zen | Oct 2, 2012 | Monitor
Mayor Rahm Emanuel has taken criticism for Chicago’s skyrocketing homicide rate which stands this year at a shocking 19.4 per 100,000 residents. This is roughly triple the murder rate in New York City, is worse than in perennially crime-ridden Oakland and is...