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Trump's Legacy: Foreign Policy Achievement — Nate Jackson, December 18, 2020
Trump Strengthens Relations With Turkey — Thomas Gallatin, November 14, 2019
Operation Kayla Mueller — Baghdadi Dead — Nate Jackson, October 28, 2019
The REAL U.S./Turkey Strategic Endgame — Iran — Mark Alexander, October 23, 2019
Battle Lines Over War Powers — National Security Desk, October 17, 2019
Trump's Turkish Test on Syria — Nate Jackson, October 8, 2019
A 9/11 Retrospective — Publius, September 11, 2019
ISIS Is Not Dead — Political Editors, August 26, 2019
How to Make Sure ISIS Does Not Come Back — Harold Hutchison, March 28, 2019
Victory Over ISIS? — Nate Jackson, March 22, 2019
ISIS Bride Hoda Muthana: Birthright Citizenship? — Mark Alexander, February 22, 2019
Two Years Later — A Look at Trump's Foreign Policy — Harold Hutchison, February 12, 2019
Leftmedia Spin on the U.S. Intelligence Threat Assessment — National Security Desk, January 30, 2019
Did Bolton Really Contradict Trump About Syria? — Nate Jackson, January 8, 2019
Trump, Syria, and Middle East Policy — Mark Alexander, December 28, 2018
U.S. Departs Syria, Mattis Departs Pentagon — Michael Swartz, December 21, 2018
Obama's Bergdahl 'Trade' Bites U.S. Military — National Security Desk, November 1, 2018
The Good News on Terrorism — Michael Swartz, September 21, 2018
A 9/11 Retrospective — Publius, September 11, 2018
ISIS Fighter Exploited Obama's Lax Refugee Policies — Political Editors, August 17, 2018
Millennial Idealism vs. Islamist Reality — Mark Alexander, August 17, 2018
How Obama Funded an al-Qaida Affiliate — Harold Hutchison, July 30, 2018
Despite Islamic State Defeat, Jihadist Threat Persists — Paul Albaugh, January 3, 2018
The Good News From Iraq That No One Heard About — Paul Albaugh, December 19, 2017
This 'Lone Wolf' Jihadi Is a Chain Migrant — Thomas Gallatin, December 12, 2017
Antifa Colluding With Islamic State? — Thomas Gallatin, November 1, 2017
More Consequences of Abandoning Iraq — National Security Desk, October 18, 2017
Israel, Syria, Iran and the Middle East Chess Match — Todd Johnson, September 19, 2017
9/11 After 16 Years — Publius, September 11, 2017
How Iraq Was Won and Lost — National Security Desk, August 16, 2017
Trump's Ending CIA's Rebel-Arming Program Is No Conspiracy — National Security Desk, July 20, 2017
Mosul Back Under Iraqi Control — National Security Desk, July 11, 2017
Trump's Military Strategy Is Working Against the Islamic State — Thomas Gallatin, July 6, 2017
Obama's SecDef Panetta Now: We Need to Be in Iraq Long-Term? — Mark Alexander, June 29, 2017
Trump Talks Turkey — National Security Desk, April 18, 2017
Trump Removes the Handcuffs — Thomas Gallatin, April 17, 2017
Syria Is Still Toxic. What Will Trump Do About It? — Allyne Caan, April 6, 2017
Iraqi Civilians Die Because Islamists Want Them To — Lewis Morris, March 30, 2017
Will More American Troops Finally Finish ISIL? — Michael Swartz, March 10, 2017
Al-Qaida Isn't 'Decimated'; It's Back — Lewis Morris, February 8, 2017
House Panel: The Intel Was Cooked — National Security Desk, January 13, 2017
Europe in Crisis: Compassion Can't Stop Islamist Terror — Arnold Ahlert, January 5, 2017
Radical Islamist Attacks Berlin Christmas Market — Political Editors, December 21, 2016
Top Headlines — Publius, December 9, 2016
National Security — Beyond the Mattis Memes — Mark Alexander, December 7, 2016
Obama's False Reality — Thomas Gallatin, December 7, 2016
How You Really Solve the Syrian Refugee Crisis — Harold Hutchison, October 28, 2016
Exposing Your Military Strategy Is Not a Strategy — National Security Desk, October 27, 2016
The Mosul Offensive Brings Hope for Iraq — Lewis Morris, October 19, 2016
Obama's Syria Failure — National Security Desk, October 4, 2016

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