Andrei Illarionov, Senior Analyst for Russian and European Affairs at the Center for Security Policy,...
Andrei Illarionov, Senior Analyst for Russian and European Affairs at the Center for Security Policy, reveals the brutal reality of growing up in the Soviet Union. He explains why “socialism” always becomes the same totalitarian machine, how he secretly listened to Voice of America, and how studying forbidden statistics taught him the truth about the West.Open
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including...
CSP Senior Fellow Grant Newsham joined a Taiwan Talks panel to discuss multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. “In Exercise Veer Guardian, Japanese F-2 fighter jets are deploying to India for the first time as part of four overlapping multinational exercises including Orient Shield by US allies and partners in the Indo-Pacific. Tokyo will also be training with Australia, South Korea, Canada and New Zealand in a series of increasingly complex drills designed to strengthen interoperability and regional deterrence. With an increasing number of these layered mini-alliances forming and rehearsing, is this a deliberate strategy by the US and Japan to create a new allied model of defense?…Open
Ambassador R. James “Jim” Woolsey, who died on July 21, 2026, at the age of...
Ambassador R. James “Jim” Woolsey, who died on July 21, 2026, at the age of 84, embodied a vanishing ideal in American public life: the serious, non-partisan public servant who treated national security as a duty rather than a career ladder. Across four decades and administrations of both parties, he brought rigorous intellect, moral seriousness, and quiet courage to some of the hardest problems the United States has faced. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1941, Woolsey was a Rhodes Scholar who moved early into the national-security arena. He served as an advisor on the U.S. delegation to the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, General Counsel to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Under Secretary of the Navy under President Carter, and…Open
President Donald Trump has said the recent meetings between U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, Jared Kushner, and the Prime Minister of Qatar went well. NTD discussed the U.S.–Iran talks with retired U.S. Marine Col. Grant Newsham, who is also a former U.S. diplomat, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy, and the author of “When China Attacks.” Watch hereOpen
How can the United States have an America First foreign policy, or even maintain its...
How can the United States have an America First foreign policy, or even maintain its own sovereignty, if foreign powers seduce or enrich citizens and policymakers to influence decisions? So “insidious” was the problem in George Washington’s time that the first president warned about it in his 1796 Farewell Address . Britain, France, and other empires were buying influence within the new American republic, fueling factions against one another to the foreign power’s own advantage. Most Americans, if they know about the Farewell Address at all, can only cite Washington’s caution against “entangling alliances” abroad. The first president’s argument went far more deeply than that. His greater concern was foreign subversion of…Open
Originally posted by Washington Watch with Tony Perkins
The Israelis now stay in southern Lebanon by agreement of the Lebanese government until the Lebanese government moves to eradicate Hezbollah. Watch hereOpen
The chief negotiator for Iran in the ongoing talks with the United States is Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf . He is the Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly (Iran’s Parliament / Majlis). He has held this role since May 2020 and was re-elected after the 2024 parliamentary elections. Since we are told that Iran’s current leaders are more moderate and reasonable than those who preceded them, it seems appropriate to take a deep dive into the background of this central figure. Ghalibaf has held a wide variety of senior positions in Iran. At one point, he was Deputy Commander of the IRGC Basij Resistance Force. The Basij are charged with internal security in Iran. They beat you in the streets. They also make you disappear. Ghalibaf…Open
CSP President & CEO, Lt. Col. Tommy Waller (USMC Ret.) testified before the Louisiana House Committee on Business and Commerce in support of HB1212 , otherwise known as the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act, which was sponsored by USAF Veteran and LA Representative Raymond Crews. Watch the committee hearing here: The filing of HB1212 in Louisiana came partially as a result of a threat briefing provided by the Center for Security Policy a year prior to the Louisiana House Select Committee on Homeland Security. This threat briefing can be viewed here: More information on the GIC Threat and associated solutions can be found here: https://securethegrid.com/save-americas-transformers/Open
CSP President & CEO, Lt. Col. Tommy Waller (USMC Ret.) testified in support of HB 1723, otherwise known as the S.A.V.E. Transformers Act, before the New Hampshire’s House committee on Science, Technology, and Energy. Watch the House hearing here: More information on the GIC Threat and associated solutions can be found here: https://securethegrid.com/save-americas-transformers/Open