Category Archives: Counter Terrorism

Hard Lessons from America’s Longest War

Command Center at the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) Breaking Defense By James Kitfield, December 2017 American troops have been fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan for so long that the public doesn’t even celebrate their victories…

Al Qaeda Carving Caliphate Out of Syria

Critics of the United States’ hands-off approach to Syria’s civil war have long warned that the costs of doing little to shape the conflict’s outcome would one day outweigh the risks of doing more. The…