Threats

When Millennials Intifada: The New Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Today's young adults see the fighting -- and chance for peace -- much differently than their elders. By Jeff Moskowitz

Threats

Hagel Declares ISIL Clear and 'Imminent Threat’ To U.S.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warns Americans – and skeptical lawmakers – that the extremists carving up Iraq and Syria threaten ‘every stabilized country on Earth.’ By Ben Watson

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'Compromise' May Return Chemical Weapons Facilities Back to Assad

Officials in Washington are nervous over a proposal to return some of Syria's underground chemical weapons facilities back to the Assad regime. By Diane Barnes

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Obama Requests Drone Surge for U.S.-Mexico Border

President Obama has requested an escalation of aerial surveillance along the border with Mexico -- including 16 more drone crews at a cost of nearly $40 million. By Aliya Sternstein

Ideas

NATO Must Stop ISIL Before It’s Too Late

NATO’s road to Iraq runs through Turkey, then Washington—if the alliance really wants to bring an end to ISIL. By Philip Seib

Threats

U.N. Says Syria Found More Chemical Weapons

International authorities confirmed sarin had been found in 'abandoned' containers the Assad regime says were located in rebel-held territory. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

U.S., China Begin Strategic Talks on North Korea Nukes

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Beijing Wednesday for yearly bilateral talks on North Korean nuclear threats. By Global Security Newswire

Policy

Hagel Backs General on U.S. Border Threats

Defense Secretary Hagel supports his top general’s concern that Central American destabilization is fueling the migrant children crisis at the U.S. border. By Molly O’Toole

Threats

Former Bush Advisers Push Old Candidate Chalabi for New Iraq

Bush insiders think the man who gave U.S. officials false intelligence on Iraq more than a decade ago just might be the man to bring order to the political instability that plagues the country now. By Clara Ritger

Threats

Iran Talks Come Up Empty as Deadline Nears

After 5 days, negotiators have not swayed Iran over uranium enrichment levels as the July 20 deadline approaches. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

Libya Is Working With Rebels to Protect Tripoli's Oil

And in an odd but very profitable move, they're only putting a little bit on the market at a time. By Steve LeVine

Threats

Is This the Nuclear Facility Pyongyang Has Been Waiting For?

An experimental, light-water nuclear reactor years in the making could provide the regime as many as 6 nuclear warheads per year. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

Russia Says It Will Have Radar-Evading Nukes by 2021

A nearly $18 billion upgrade will allow Russia's new nuclear arsenal to evade some missile defenses, official claims. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

Top General Says Mexico Border Security Now ‘Existential’ Threat to U.S.

U.S. Southern Command’s Gen. Kelly calls U.S. border insecurity, Latin America’s broken societies and ‘insatiable’ American drug use 'existential' threats to national security. By Molly O’Toole

Threats

Al-Qaeda's New Bomb Might Make It Through Airport Security

U.S. intelligence officials believe al-Qaeda's Yemeni branch has created a way to move explosives past airport security -- and foreign airports should take note. By Global Security Newswire

Threats

Dempsey Says Iraq Can’t Beat ISIL, Won’t Rule Out More U.S. Troops

Don’t call it ‘mission creep’ in Iraq, Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dempsey says, call it ‘mission match.’ By Stephanie Gaskell

Threats

Why the U.N. Is Likely Underestimating the Iraq Death Toll

Before we can prevent deaths in Iraq, we first have to learn to count them correctly. By Patrick Tucker

Threats

Why Putin Turned Against the U.S.

Vladimir Putin is considerably more emotional than strategic when it comes to Ukraine, says former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul. By David A. Graham

Threats

Pentagon Urged to Focus on ‘Great Power Conflict’ to Save Budget

A panel of experts crunched the numbers on the Pentagon’s ‘least bad’ options for coping with sequester-driven cuts into the next decade. The results will surprise you. By Ben Watson

Threats

Who Needs Sanctions? Oil, Gas Markets Are Hitting Moscow

Threats of more sanctions come at a time when Putin is being punished by a surge in supplies of gas and oil, its main exports. By Steve LeVine