Originally Published on Israel Hayom Over the past several years, public discourse in the United States has seen a lot of new lows. It saw another one this month when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi referred to federal officers in Portland, Oregon as “stormtroopers,” that is, Nazi Brownshirts. In a tweet on July 18 and in …
Washington, D.C. – We are pleased to announce that Dalia al-Aqidi has joined the Center for Security Policy as a Senior Fellow. Al-Aqidi is an award-wining international journalist and a commentator covering foreign affairs, terrorism, radical Islam and terrorist groups. She has spent over three decades reporting from the capital cities of the Middle East, …
Shoshana Bryen and Charles “Sam” Faddis joined the Center for Security Policy’s Webinar series to discuss “What Terrorists Will Learn from the 2020 Pandemic.” Both Mrs. Bryen and Mr. Faddis are contributing authors to the Center’s new book “Defending Against Biothreats: What We Can Learn from the Coronavirus Pandemic to Enhance U.S. Defenses Against Pandemics …
With Dan Gallington, Dr. Peter Pry, Robert Spencer and Mort Klein
As the 2020 elections approach, the American people must demand a bipartisan commitment from all candidates for public office to devise and execute a viable strategy to defeat the coronavirus pandemic and defend against future pandemics. While the Trump Administration has vigorously criticized the Chinese government’s negligence in response to the coronavirus pandemic, a bipartisan response is needed to identify and correct flaws to U.S. biodefense, and hold the Chinese regime morally and financially accountable.
Why did the coronavirus crisis become a pandemic that ruined Americans’ livelihoods and lives? Why have public officials been so divided about what to do. Who is responsible for the pandemic and why? What must be done to prevent future natural and man-made biothreats?
During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the media warned breathlessly of “chatter” that terrorists—domestic and international—were planning to exploit and spread the virus. So far no such plots have developed, but a former CIA officer warns that the lessons terrorists have learned from the inept and politicized response to the pandemic, if exploited, may be more dangerous to us than terrorist use of the virus itself.
With Lawrence Peck, George Rasley and John Solomon
On June 18, Baghdad summoned the ambassadors from Iran and Turkey to discuss their ongoing military operations against Kurdish groups in the country. For two weeks, Turkey and Iran have launched coordinated air and ground assaults targeting Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq.
On Sunday, July 5, the Iraqi military confirmed that a rocket targeting Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, home to the US Embassy, damaged a nearby home and injured a child. The rocket was launched from the Ali al-Saleh region of Baghdad late Saturday evening. The military said it was able to prevent a second attack and “seized a Katyusha rocket and launcher” that were aimed at the Taji Base north of Baghdad, where US troops are also positioned.
