The attacks in Mumbai this winter shocked the counterterrorism community, not only for the brazen nature of the assault and its high death toll but also because of the low-tech manner in which such carnage was brought to the streets of the Indian city. It was yet another reminder of the ever evolving nature...
As the conflict in Gaza stretched into its 11th day, Israel’s ambassador in Washington called for international support for his country’s effort against Hamas militants, describing the conflict as a purely military move on Israel’s part, aimed at eliminating the group’s capacity to shoot rockets into the southern part of the Jewish state.
Leon Panetta will reportedly take the reins of the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization on the front lines of the fight against international terrorism and hostile nations that has seen its methods frequently criticized during the campaign.
Former U.S. Air Force Secretary Thomas Reed knows nuclear bombs better than most people. For starters, he designed two of them when he worked at the Livermore National Laboratory as a weapons designer. His new book The Nuclear Express: A Political History of the Bomb and Its Proliferation, co-written with Danny Stillman, the former...
