Writing in the Washington Times, columnist Don Feder called the recent disturbances in sanctuary cities the first steps of a ...

The U.S. and other countries helped train elite anti-terror units in countries facing serious crime The trained personnel can end up joining criminal networks and ...

President Joe Biden’s recent announcement that all U.S. military forces would leave Afghanistan this year drew immediate criticism from a wide range of national security experts and elected officials.

For a succinct explanation, see Paul B. Rich, “A Historical Overview of US Counter- Insurgency Policy,” Small Wars and Insurgencies 25, no. 1 (2014): 5–40. See Douglas S. Blaufarb, The ...

In “Bullets Not Ballots,” Jacqueline L. Hazelton challenges the claim that winning “hearts and minds” is critical to successful counterinsurgency campaigns. Good governance, this conventional wisdom ...

Unless the United States alters its diplomatic and military strategies in Africa, it is inevitable that it will repeat past mistakes. Terrorism is once again increasing, with Islamic extremists ...

The United States plans to spend about ₦587 billion ($413.046m) on counter-insurgency and security operations in Nigeria and ...

From cybersecurity to maritime issues, America’s national security community has left no stone unturned when attempting to understand the future of conflict with China. Except for one issue: ...

But counterinsurgency does demand an additional set of priorities. It is, after all, not difficult to intuit that these missions require different equipment and skills than conventional combat. There ...