ABC News recently ran a story on “Jesus Guns”. It was reported that the Michigan-based sightings manufacturer, Trijicon, prints references to New Testament chapters and verses next to the serial numbers on its scopes. Trijicon has a contract to provide up to 800,000 of these rifle scopes to the US military. According to ABC News, [...]

The United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recently apologized for publishing assertions based on flawed data in its 2007 report. They asserted that:
Glaciers in the Himalaya are receding faster than in any other part of the world, and if the present rate continues, the likelihood of them disappearing by the year 2035 and [...]

5 men missing from N.Va. are arrested in Pakistan – washingtonpost.com
Five missing Muslim men from Northern Virginia have been arrested in Pakistan and are being held by Pakistani authorities, the FBI and a Muslim group said Wednesday.
Pakistani media reports said the young men were taken into custody at the home of an activist linked to [...]

Climate change will have devastating costs for the global economy and for our way of life more generally. In a recent post on the Washington Post’s Planet Panel, ASP Senior Fellow Dr. Bernard Finel explains why immediate action to prevent climate change is necessary:
Opponents of climate change legislation may gain politically in the short-run, but in [...]

Check out Dr. Evelyn Farkas’ first-hand account of the recent Presidential elections in Afghanistan from Foreign Policy. As an election observer, she describes exactly how blatant fraud destroyed the legitimacy of the election and what that means for American strategy in the region:
By now, everyone knows the outcome of August’s vote: a competently administered election [...]

The Center for Strategic and International Studies recently hosted a discussion about counterterrorism policies after 9/11, alleged human rights abuses and the need for both accountability and effectiveness. These are important issues that all Americans will have to grapple with, especially as we examine the long-term significance of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and our [...]

The Center for Strategic and International Studies recently hosted a discussion about counterterrorism policies after 9/11, alleged human rights abuses and the need for both accountability and effectiveness. These are important issues that all Americans will have to grapple with, especially as we examine the long-term significance of the detention center at Guantanamo Bay and [...]

The New York Times published an interesting article last week detailing President Obama’s interactions with General McChrystal, the senior commander in Afghanistan. The article unleashed a multitude of commentaries on policy in Afghanistan.
Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution, said in the Times article:
I don’t think I can defend him for being out of touch with his [...]

The New York Times published an interesting article last week detailing President Obama’s interactions with General McChrystal, the senior commander in Afghanistan. The article unleashed a multitude of commentaries on policy in Afghanistan.
Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution, said in the Times article:
I don’t think I can defend him for being out of touch with [...]

Senator Hart’s new blog is definitely worth checking out. Having recently visited Afghanistan during the presidential election, Hart provides insight into what democracy means in Afghanistan and how his observations helped him reflect on American democracy. Hart described the elections in Afghanistan with much optimism:
The United States has an enormous military, political and economic presence [...]