Breaking News: U.S. National Security

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

The rapid escalation of border enforcement over the past three decades has backfired as a strategy to control undocumented immigration between Mexico and the United States, according to new research that suggests further militarization of the border is a waste of money.

• share
• favorite_border

The current effort by the United States and its coalition partners is insufficient to achieve the lasting defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria, according to a new RAND report.

• share
• favorite_border

DHS S&T and CBP announced today they will host a Homeland Security Day in Silicon Valley on April 29, bringing together technology startups, investors, CBP leaders and stakeholders to discuss unique opportunities to further promote the safety of the traveling public and CBP officers, as well as the security of the global supply chain.

• share
• favorite_border

The United States is more likely to use force in a military dispute when the president is a Southerner, according to a new study coauthored by a Yale political scientist.

• share
• favorite_border

The Islamic State group is once again in the headlines, with the organization taking credit for today’s series of deadly explosions in Brussels. USC researchers have worked with a team of international experts to conduct a text analysis to understand the Islamic State group’s strategies.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Suicide bomber attack in brussels kills dozens. ISS claims responsibility. Cities around the world ramp up security. Experts needed for media.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Presidential candidate Donald Trump may be inadvertently tapping into a phenomenon that is energizing U.S. Latinos against him when he talks of sending illegal immigrants home and building a wall blocking off Mexico. Recent news reports have noted a surge of Latinos registering to vote with the intent to vote against Trump because of his negative statements about their ethnic group. These results are consistent with a 2015 study by Efrén Pérez of Vanderbilt University, Ricochet: How Elite Discourse Politicizes Racial and Ethnic Identities. The study predicted that when Latinos who strongly identify with their ethnic group perceive it is being disparaged, they respond by becoming more politically engaged and motivated to register and vote.

• share
• favorite_border

President Obama announced plans to close the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Now two scholars are proposing to transform the naval base into a marine research center and international peace park.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Recent acts of terrorism have fueled concern both about Muslim immigrants becoming radicalized in the West and about the possibility of terrorists entering new home nations via refugee routes. As a result of the political backlash, many Muslims in Europe or the United States feel harassed and isolated.

• share
• favorite_border

The number of ISIS-related charges issued in the U.S. since March 2014 increased from 81 to 84, according to updated research from the George Washington University’s Program on Extremism.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

The U.S. government should withdraw its restrictions to portions of the U.N. Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and “join the community of nations who accept common standards of decency and respect for the inherent dignity of all persons,” according to the American Psychological Association.