My colleague Jim Ludes already flagged this story from the Washington Post (Detainee’s Harsh Treatment Foiled No Plots).  There are at least three significant issues I’d like to stress as well.
First, regardless of whether torture can ever work in the abstract, I think we need to be very skeptical about the utility of torture as [...]

General David Petraeus spoke eloquently this morning about the need to preserve our values even as we prosecute a fight against those who would do us harm.
Asked by CNN’s John King about former Vice President Dick Cheney’s assertion that President Obama was making America less safe, General Petraeus said:
PETRAEUS: Well, I wouldn’t necessarily agree with [...]

Check out these stories and blog posts on President Obama’s newly released Afghanistan/Pakistan strategy:
News Stories:

Washington Post – Obama Announces Plans for More Funding for Afghan War
New York Times – Obama Sounds Cautious Note as He Sets Out Afghan Plan
Associated Press – Obama: Taliban and al-Qaida must be stopped
International Herald Tribune – Obama vows to [...]

Jim Ludes, Executive Director of the American Security Project, appeared on Connecticut Public Broadcasting’s “Where We Live” radio program. Dr. Ludes went into detail about the role of the American Security Project, how the Department of Defense should work with the Middle East, and how the Obama Administration should address Iran. 
Listen to the “Where We Live” interview here.
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There has been a lot of discussion over the last several days about Iran, mostly prompted by President Obama’s outreach to the Iranian public on the Iranian New Year. Most of the discussion, as far as I can tell fall into one of three camps:
Camp 1: Obama’s approach is a welcome change that seeks [...]

This month’s issue of Armed Forces Journal features an article by American Security Project Senior Fellow Bernard I. Finel entitled “A Security Strategy We Can Afford.” Read the full article here.
In the piece, Dr. Finel covers many of the issues that The American Security Project has been confronting in regard to defense alternatives and improving [...]

Interesting story from today’s Washington Post: U.S. Could Hit N. Korean Missile, Says Commander
The article begins:
There is a “high probability” that the United States could knock down a North Korean missile aimed at this country, the Pentagon’s military commander for the Pacific told Congress yesterday.
This conclusion is debatable actually, though intercept tests of the Ground-Based [...]

A story from yesterday’s New York Times (U.S. May Widen Strikes in Pakistan) raises serious questions about the Obama Administration’s policy toward Afghanistan and Pakistan. From the article:
President Obama and his national security advisers are considering expanding the American covert war in Pakistan far beyond the unruly tribal areas to strike at a different [...]

Yesterday, ASP Board member and former U.S. Senator Chuck Hagel and ASP Chairman and former U.S. Senator Gary Hart held a press conference to release a report by the The Commission on U.S. Policy Toward Russia detailing challenges and issues recommendations for relations between the U.S. and Russia.  The Commission was established by the Belfer [...]

On Thursday, ASP Senior Fellow Bernard Finel appeared on 88.9 KNPR’s “State of Nevada” show.  In the show, Dr. Finel discussed a variety of foreign policy issues including military spending, the defense budget, issues regarding security in Pakistan, and the challenges facing diplomacy in the Middle East. 
Listen to the interview here.  Scroll down the page to Bernard Finel’s [...]