Opinion and Analysis
America's Nuclear Weapons in Europe Are the Nuclear Elephant in the Room
There are still 150 US nuclear bombs stored in five different European countries — including about 20 in Belgium, not far from the Brussels terrorist attacks. But little is said of the weapons.
Why the New EU-Turkey Deal on Migrants Won't Work
We spoke to international aid and human rights organizations about why a new deal to deport Syrian, Iraqi and Afghans from Europe is impractical and unethical.
North Korea Is Experimenting with a Different Kind of Rocket Fuel for Better Missiles
Kim Jong-un's regime is chugging along in its quest to develop solid-fuel engines for long-range missiles that could send a nuke across the world.
Twitter May Have Just Doomed Humanity by Trolling an Artificial Intelligence Bot
Artificial intelligence researchers from Microsoft put an innocent machine on Twitter to learn how humans communicate. But it learned how to be a sadistic sociopath.
From JIEDDO to JIDA to JIDO: Playing America's National Security Name-Changing Game
Agencies and organizations in the US national security establishment repeatedly change their names to dodge oversight, retain budgets, and justify their continued existence.
Europe's Migrant Crisis Is a Crisis of Conscience, Whether Leaders Admit It or Not
It's time for European leaders to acknowledge the truth — the human rights principles the union was founded upon have been abandoned, and their state of denial is killing innocent people.
North Korea Has at Least One Thing Right About America's Plans for War
Kim Jong-un and his cohorts accuse the United States and South Korea of preparing a "beheading" of the North Korean regime. And in the event of war, that's exactly what they would do.
Senate Committee Probes the US Fight in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, and... Pretty Much Everywhere
The Senate asked the Pentagon how our battles against the Islamic State, the Taliban, and other bad apples are going in bid to prove/disprove Obama was right/wrong about everything.
Zika Virus, 'Ghostbusters,' and the Strange New Normal of Tropical Disease Pandemics
The current epidemic of Zika virus infection in the Western Hemisphere is actually just the latest in a decade-long wave of worldwide disease outbreaks.
What Preparing for War Looks Like Inside North Korea
A former UK ambassador to North Korea explains the difference between the way Kim Jong-un and the regime react to supposed threats, and the way average North Koreans do.
Why North Korea's Space Program Is Like a PlayStation 4
Last month, North Korea launched a satellite. The regime claimed it was for peaceful purposes, but the UN slapped them with sanctions anyway. So who's full of it?
Donald Trump Has a National Security Problem
It's almost impossible to determine who, if anyone, is currently advising Donald Trump on national security — aside perhaps from a retired Air Force colonel from Iowa.