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The DEA’s unfinished business in Afghanistan
On Friday, July 15, the first 650 U.S. troops of many more to follow began to withdraw from Afghanistan. The remaining troops are set to withdraw by 2014, according to a decision made during a NATO...
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The threat to New York and Washington: What does it mean?
Last night the news broke on a possible threat to New York and/or Washington involving vehicle bombs. Understanding the significance of the threat is partly dependent on understanding the terminology....
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Gilad Shalit’s release and peace negotiations
Kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit's homecoming to Israel is being celebrated almost in every Israeli home and family. Five years of captivity has come to an end. The release of Palestinian terrorists —...
View ArticleYes, there is a homegrown terrorism threat
Earlier this year U.S. Rep. Peter T. King, R-N.Y., chaired three hearings on Islamic radicalization in the United States. One challenge was the lack of data in the public debate, which made it easy for...
View ArticleNational security threats at our southwest border
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, visited the Baker Institute this week to discuss the current and potential security risks along the U.S.-Mexico border as a guest of the institute's Homeland Security...
View ArticleTerrorism and media: A Britney Spears-like symbiosis
Americans “need to stop putting terrorists on TV” and need to inform the public without airing graphic and violent footage of terrorist attacks, says Baker Institute energy fellow Amy Myers Jaffe on...
View ArticleIn Amenas: Lessons on Al Qaeda and its energy targets
This week, Norwegian oil and gas company Statoil announced that its employees would begin returning to Algeria to resume activities related to its gas production in the country. Less than a year ago,...
View ArticleThe Paris attacks: ISIS expands the war
The struggle against ISIS may have entered a new stage. The organization appears willing and able to take the war to countries that, like France, have joined the U.S.-led effort to destroy it.
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