Tropical Storm Harvey came ashore for a second time yesterday, east of Houston along the Texas-Louisiana coast. Downgraded now to a tropical depression with reduced winds, the rain bands nonetheless pounded Port Arthur and Beaumont, continuing to shutter refineries and...

This simple model aims to describe how interference tools can penetrate a target media ecosystem and use it as an echo chamber. While focusing primarily on the U.S. media environment (and the debate about Russian interference as a case study), it does not intend to quantify...

Dilapidated refugee camps, destroyed cities, and over-crowded inflatable boats battling the Mediterranean; these are the images that dominate coverage of displaced Syrians. After seven years of war and destruction that has caused Syria to become the

North Korea Tests Missile Over Japan

On August 29, North Korea test-launched a missile that flew over Japan. This is the first test of a developmental North Korean missile over Japanese territory since 1998.

The U.S. cannot afford to treat its nuclear agreement with Iran lightly, or ignore the fact that Iran poses a serious strategic threat to vital U.S. interests. No one in the United States can afford illusions about Iran. It does not have modern conventional military forces,...

Since the United States currently exports both crude oil and substantial volumes of refined products, ongoing problems with Gulf Coast refineries and port facilities will leave global purchasers looking for alternative supplies. Traders are reportedly already scouring Asian...

Over the past two decades, U.S. engagement in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been a bipartisan affair. From Representative Karen Bass (D-CA) to Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC), and from Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ) to Senator Chris Coons (D-DE), influential...

Despite a potential clash between Mexico and the United States on a new North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and tougher immigration enforcement, U.S. and Mexican officials continue to cooperate well on a wide range of issues. At the working level, substantial efforts...

By almost any measure, China’s economic performance over the past four decades is as impressive as the Great Wall is long. Since the late 1970s, the People’s Republic of China has grown faster for longer than any country in history -- ever. But just as the Great Wall...

Today Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Defense Secretary James Mattis are hosting Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera of Japan for a bilateral Security Consultative Committee (SCC) or “2+2” meeting to coordinate the agenda for bilateral...

While North Korean threats involving missiles and nuclear armament ring louder and clearer than ever before, a major crisis in our neighborhood cannot be overlooked. Venezuela’s collapse is already producing security, financial, and economic risks for the United States and...