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#100: Create an Office of Gun Violence Prevention In the Department of Homeland Security

By: Caroline Multerer What is the kernel of the issue? For too long, officials across the US government have refused to identify the gun violence epidemic as what it really is: a national security crisis. Why is the issue important? It’s getting worse. Gun violence deaths rose in 2020 to 19,379 (not to mention the […]

#99: Engage With the African Region Beyond Competition With China and Counter-terrorism

By: Aude Darnal What is the kernel of the issue? The US foreign policy community is adding great power competition with China to the focus of US engagement strategy with Africa, which has been mostly oriented towards counterterrorism. This makes the region a battlefield for its policy towards China and is likely to create unnecessary tensions, as it subordinates African states to the role of pawns and […]

Warrick in Cipher Brief on the coming border crisis

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense and Rafik Hariri Center and Middle East Programs Nonresident Senior Fellow Thomas S. Warrick published an article in the Cipher Brief titled "How do we get past the coming border crisis?"

#98: Articulate a Clear Goal for Competition with China

By: Matthew Kroenig What is the kernel of the issue? The United States has declared that great power competition with China is a foremost priority of US national security policy, but it has not yet articulated clear goals for this competition.  Why is the issue important? As General Brent Scowcroft argued, good strategy begins with […]

Warrick in the Washington Post on extremism within DHS

By Atlantic Council

Forward Defense Nonresident Senior Fellow Thomas S. Warrick was quoted in an article in the Washington Post titled "Homeland Security launches review of violent extremism within agency."

#97: Study the Impact of Military Deployments on Extremism in the Ranks

By: Christopher Skaluba, Leah Scheunemann, and Clementine Starling What is the kernel of the issue? The ongoing DoD Global Posture Review (GPR) will necessarily be focused on how the US military footprint globally is aligned to the Department’s strategy goals with respect to defense and deterrence. However, posture reviews traditionally have overlooked the deployed experiences […]

#96: Impose Costs on China and Help Taiwan Defend Against Increasing Chinese Air Force Operations in Taiwanese Airspace

By: Sarah Kirchberger What is the the kernel of the issue? The Chinese Air Force has been ratcheting up pressure on Taiwan by violating the Taiwanese Air Identification Zone (ADIZ) with increasingly larger numbers of combat aircraft (25 Chinese aircraft constituted the most recent incursion) at an increasing frequency. If these trends continue, Chinese air […]