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Trump Needs to Understand and Respect These 6 Basic Rules of Counterterrorism Article

Trump Needs to Understand and Respect These 6 Basic Rules of Counterterrorism

President Trump is ignoring cardinal rules of effective counterterrorism to the detriment of American security and the benefit of the nation’s enemies.

Mar 29, 2017

Yoram Schweitzer, Hardin Lang

Open Questions on National Security for President-Elect Donald Trump Article

Donald Trump gives a foreign policy speech at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., on April 27, 2016. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Open Questions on National Security for President-Elect Donald Trump

Increasingly serious national security questions face the president-elect amid growing conflicts of interest.

Nov 21, 2016

the CAP National Security and International Policy Team

President Obama Is Right to Visit Baltimore Mosque Article

President Barack Obama tours the prayer room at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 27, 2014. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

President Obama Is Right to Visit Baltimore Mosque

Anti-Muslim bigotry runs counter to American values and threatens national security.

Feb 2, 2016

Ken Gude

Standing Up Against Islamophobia Article

Volunteers Zahraa Debaja, center, and Zeinab Makki, right, prepare meals from food provided by charitable organizations in Dearborn, Michigan, on April 25, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio)

Standing Up Against Islamophobia

Islamophobia is morally wrong and harmful to America’s security.

Nov 19, 2015

Sally Steenland, Ken Gude

Turkey Should Welcome Kurdish Gains in Northern Syria Article

Kurdish fighters from the Kurdish People's Protection Units wave their yellow triangular flag in the outskirts of Tal Abyad, Syria. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Turkey Should Welcome Kurdish Gains in Northern Syria

Syrian Kurdish fighters and their allies have taken a key border town from ISIS but have been met with opposition from the Turkish government. This should change.

Jun 24, 2015

Max Hoffman

Helping Prime Minister Abadi Beat ISIS and Hold Iraq Together Article