We strive to examine issues important to U.S. national security from a post-partisan perspective, meaning we try to break through the spin to find ideas we can use to encourage fresh thinking and build genuine consensus.
Warmest Years on Record: A Tie between 2010 and 2005
posted by Lindsey Ross on January 12, 2011 at 2:35 pm
According to the National Climatic Data Center, 2010 tied with 2005 for the hottest year on record–all 12 have occurred since 1997. Such reports and the ongoing severe winter weather events are possibly further evidence climate change–not the opposite–as some would have listeners and readers believe. According to NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration),…
The Intelligence Community and Climate Change
posted by Daniel Oliver-Smith on January 11, 2011 at 5:45 pm
In an article posted yesterday, Northwestern University’s Medill National Security Reporting Project discusses the U.S. intelligence community’s history with and concern over the growing security risks posed by climate change. For nearly two decades now, climate change has been recognized as a security risk by many within the U.S. intelligence community. From contracting with university…
When Good Things Happen to Good People
posted by Jim Ludes on January 10, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Former ASP Executive Director Heather Higginbottom has been named Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
Security and Economic Benefits to Green Energy Realized, yet still no National Legislation
posted by Lindsey Ross on December 21, 2010 at 1:49 pm
Late last week, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced a new Department of Homeland Security task force and outlined its responsibilities: identifying and assessing the impact that climate change could have on the missions and operations of the Department of Homeland Security. The Department of Defense has, for years now, included climate change in…
2010 in Natural Disasters
posted by Lindsey Ross on December 20, 2010 at 2:07 pm
Natural disasters killed more people this past year than terrorists have killed in the last four decades, according to an AP article out today. Included in this figure are the earthquakes, responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths in Haiti, and thousands more in Chile, Indonesia, Turkey and China, which, though at least in part…
Radicals Still at the U.S. Southern Border Nearly a Century Later
posted by Lindsey Ross on December 6, 2010 at 2:49 pm
Immigration reform, a key component of American national security, is not given enough serious attention by today’s policymakers. But as a November 1919 New York Times article makes clear, this is not a new issue. In fact, our southern border has served as a point of illegal entry since the early 1900s. The author writes, The…
