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Analysis and Commentary

Rational Security: The "Irrational Security" Edition

by Benjamin Wittesvia Lawfare
Thursday, December 10, 2015

This week on the show, Susan Hennessey joins us again. Shane talks about President Obama's effort to reassure the nation that ISIS is not winning. We discuss Donald Trump's different sort of plan to keep America safe—and whether Trump himself constitutes a threat to national security.

Analysis and Commentary

Update: America Has No Arab Allies

by Alvin Rabushkavia Thoughtful Ideas
Thursday, December 10, 2015

His comments state the reality of so-called Arab allies. Carter acknowledged a missing element in the campaign: a more assertive role by Sunni Arab allies from the Gulf in the effort against Islamic State, a Sunni extremist group.

Interviews

Victor Davis Hanson On The John Carlson Show (22:48)

interview with Victor Davis Hansonvia John Carlson Show
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Victor Davis Hanson discusses Tashfeen Malik’s immigration to the US and how the US decides to balance security and immigration amid fears of attacks like San Bernadino.

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Paradigms Lost: The U.S.

by Bruce Thorntonvia Front Page Magazine Online
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

How utopian fantasies destroy.

In the News

Proposed Ban On Muslims’ Entry Isn’t Hurting Trump — Yet

quoting Bill Whalenvia San Francisco Chronicle
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is once again testing the notion that there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

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The Libertarian: “The Threat From ISIS”

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia The Libertarian
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Does the San Bernardino attack justify a reappraisal of Western anti-terror efforts?

Interviews

Kiron Skinner On Newsmax Prime

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia NewsMax
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner, former member of the U.S. Defense Department's Defense Policy Board and Matthew Franck, the director of the Simon Center on Religion and the Constitution at the Witherspoon Institute in Princeton discuss the role of religion in foreign policy especially when dealing with groups like ISIS.

In the News

This Time, Clinton's Closer To The Public Mood Than Obama

quoting Michael McFaulvia Politico
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

They hold the same security positions as in 2008, but now she has the advantage.

Interviews

Kiron Skinner On Newsmax Prime

interview with Kiron K. Skinnervia NewsMax
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Hoover Institution fellow Kiron Skinner discusses whether Syrian refugees can be thoroughly vetted.

Analysis and Commentary

William J. Perry On Nuclear War And Nuclear Terrorism

by William J. Perryvia The Bulletin
Tuesday, December 8, 2015

On June 26, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, beginning an ugly war that resulted in more than a million casualties, and demonstrated to even the most optimistic that a Cold War was seriously underway. That was just two weeks after I got my master’s degree from Stanford, so it is no exaggeration to say that I am a child of the Cold War.

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