Tag: National Security Council

US Condemns North Korea’s Missile Test, Urges Diplomatic Engagement

The National Security Council (NSC) released a statement condemning North Korea’s missile testing, saying the Biden administration is “assessing” the situation, along with United States allies. “The United States strongly condemns the DPRK for its test of a long-range ballistic missile,” NSC spokesperson Adam Hodge said in a statement released by the White House on July…


Pentagon Needs Major Reform, Former Defense Secretary Says

“The only way you can force new thinking is to cut the budget. You have to reduce resources to the bureaucracy. That forces prioritization and new thinking,” Christopher Miller says. In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and Miller, former acting secretary of defense under the Trump administration, discuss Miller’s vision…


Pentagon Needs Major Reform, Says Former Defense Secretary

“The only way you can force new thinking is to cut the budget. You have to reduce resources to the bureaucracy. That forces prioritization and new thinking, says Christopher Miller. In a recent episode of “American Thought Leaders,” host Jan Jekielek and former Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller discuss his vision of a major reform…


LIVE 2 PM ET: US Perspectives on Global Migration: An American Enterprise Institute Event

In an event held by American Enterprise Institute (AEI) at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 15, Quy-Toan Do of the World Bank, Katie Tobin of the National Security Council, Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution discuss the 2023 edition of the World Bank’s annual World Development Report and its focus:…


LIVE NOW: US Perspectives on Global Migration: An American Enterprise Institute Event

In an event held by American Enterprise Institute (AEI) at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 15, Quy-Toan Do of the World Bank, Katie Tobin of the National Security Council, Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution discuss the 2023 edition of the World Bank’s annual World Development Report and its focus:…


US Perspectives on Global Migration: An American Enterprise Institute Event

In an event held by American Enterprise Institute (AEI) at 2:00 p.m. ET on May 15, Quy-Toan Do of the World Bank, Katie Tobin of the National Security Council, Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute, and Tara Watson of the Brookings Institution discuss the 2023 edition of the World Bank’s annual World Development Report and its focus:…


White House Urges Israel, Palestinian Islamic Jihad to ‘De-Escalate’ Amid Violence

The White House on May 9 called on Israel and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to “de-escalate” amid tensions between the two groups, with the latter launching hundreds of rockets in the past month. “We are closely following Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip that killed three leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad,” a National Security Council spokesperson…


Russia Working to Overthrow Moldovan Government, White House Says

Russian efforts to “destabilize” and overthrow the Moldovan government are currently underway, the White House warned on Friday, though the United States sees “no immediate military threat” to the Eastern European country. “We believe Russia is pursuing options to weaken the Moldovan government, probably with the eventual goal of seeing a more Russian-friendly administration in…


White House Wants Easier Path for ‘Climate Migrants’: Climate Security Reports

With the United Nations’ Glasgow climate conference just weeks away, on Oct. 21 several federal agencies simultaneously released four new analyses on the national security implications of climate change—including a report from the White House on climate change and migration stating that individuals citing climate change “may, in limited instances, have valid claims for refugee…


David Cameron Says His Government Prepared for Influenza, Not Respiratory Diseases

The UK was prepared for the wrong pandemic, former Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday when questioned about the national security strategy of his government. As biosecurity came into the spotlight due to the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus pandemic, Parliament’s National Security Strategy Committee on Jan. 4 launched an inquiry into how well the UK’s national…