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In Shifting US Ties with Niger and Africa, Focus on Human Rights and Democracy to Strengthen Partnerships

After a series of coups in the region following years of counterterrorism cooperation, the US needs a new approach to recover its stride.

Apr. 8, 2024 Ikechukwu Uzoma

: Beau Depalo, 3, hugs his father, SSgt Michael Depalo of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division, during a homecoming ceremony at Campbell Army Airfield on March 21, 2015 in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. The 162 soldiers who returned to Fort Campbell are some of the last to come home from a humanitarian deployment to Liberia in West Africa to fight the spread of the Ebola virus.

Funding the Border Wall Will Diminish Quality of Life for Service Members–Here’s How

Last May, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) filed an amicus brief in the border wall litigation – El Paso v. Trump – on behalf of military service members. In…

Sep. 6, 2019 Lindsay L. Rodman

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) (L) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) share an elevator as they head for the weekly Senate Republican policy luncheon at the U.S. Capitol October 02, 2018 in Washington, DC.

How the GOP’s Internal Politics of Raiding Military Construction Projects Will Play Out

Former Pentagon/National Security Council official Luke Hartig analyzes Secretary Esper's plan and how it may play out with specific members of Congress.

Sep. 4, 2019 Luke Hartig

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) delivers remarks during an event to celebrate Congress passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act with President Donald Trump, Rep. Don Young (R-AK), Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and fellow Republican members of the House and Senate on the South Lawn of the White House December 20, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Military Construction Funds and Local Politics that Will Shape GOP’s Stance on Trump’s Emergency Declaration

The politics of military construction will make the upcoming Senate vote on Trump's national emergency declaration a tough one for GOP members: they face a series of bad options…

Feb. 22, 2019 Luke Hartig

A US worker and cement truck along construction of 32km of the border wall by order of US President Donald Trump on the border between Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico and Santa Teresa, New Mexico state, US, on April 17, 2018.

What You Need to Know about the “National Emergency Declaration”

Editor’s Note: This article was updated after the President’s announcement to add a fifth analysis. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on Friday,…

Feb. 15, 2019 Just Security

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