National Security

Who’s really to blame for America’s catastrophic financial meltdown and devastating national recession? Contrary to what the “Occupy Movement” might tell you, it’s not greedy Wall Street executives....

In this essential new book, Vali Nasr argues that the Obama administration had a chance to improve its relations with the Middle East....

At the end of the nineteenth century, the United States emerged as an economic colossus in command of a new empire. Yet for 40 years it eschewed an aggressive grand strategy. Why....

South Beach Salsa is a fictional story of the normalization of relations between the governments of Cuba and the United States....

Beyond War: Reimagining American Influence in a New Middle East distills eleven years of expert reporting for the New York Times, Reuters, and The Atlantic into a clarion call for change....

Militaries with state-of-the-art information technology sometimes bog down in confusing conflicts. To understand why, it is important to understand the micro-foundations of military power in the information age - and this is exactly what Jon R. Lindsay gives us, in this audiobook....

A cybersecurity expert and former Google privacy analyst's urgent call to protect devices and networks against malicious hackers and misinformed policymakers....

Years before September 11, our enemy warned us - and we weren't listening....

In The Global Village Myth, Porter disputes globalism's claims and the outcomes that so often waste blood and treasure....

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20211 (CAA) requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to submit annually for seven years a report focused on cybersecurity to Congress....

In the wake of the September 11 terror attacks, the American government implemented a wave of overt policies to fight the nation's enemies. Unseen and undetected by the public, however, another set of tools were brought to bear on the domestic front....

Many see China's rise as a threat to US leadership in Asia and beyond. Thomas J. Christensen argues instead that the real challenge lies in dissuading China from regional aggression....

America is at war, but most of its citizens don't know it. Covert information warfare is being waged by world powers, rogue states - such as Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea....

Filled with startling revelations about how our national security is being managed, Counterstrike will change the way Americans think about the struggle with violent radical extremism....

A provocative blueprint for how the United States can successfully disengage from failing wars without compromising its core values or interests....

In the dog days of August 2008, a column of Russian tanks and troops rolled across the Republic of Georgia’s northern border and into South Ossetia, sparking a war that was over almost before it began. The war, while not insignificant, lasted all of five days....

Why do terrorist organizations use children to support their cause and carry out their activities? Small Arms uncovers the brutal truth behind the mobilization of children by terrorist groups....

Throughout his presidency, Ronald Reagan sought "peace through strength" during an era of historic change....

Global communications systems and digital technologies have changed our lives in countless ways. But they have also contributed to a worrying transformation....

Since World War II, the National Security Agency (NSA) and its predecessors have protected the United States’ most sensitive information....