What sort of economic model will Raúl leave behind? And what strategies can restore genuine economic opportunity and freedom to the Cuban people? Please join us for a discussion of these topics and more, keynoted by Castro scholar, author and former U.S. intelligence analyst Brian Latell.

On March 31, 2005, the Commission on the Intelligence Capabilities of the United States Regarding Weapons of Mass Destruction presented its recommendations to President George W. Bush. The Commission, co-chaired by retired judge Laurence H. Silberman and former senator Charles Robb, concluded that the American intelligence community must undergo fundamental...

Duncan Hunter and James Sensenbrenner have blocked the headlong rush to intelligence "reform" legislation that puts current military operation in Iraq and Afghanistan at risk.

Rep. Jane Harman (D-Calif.), R. James Woolsey, and Reuel Marc Gerecht address national security issues.

Representative Jane Harman (D-Calif.) discusses intelligence reform.

The controversy over prewar intelligence on Iraq’s weapons program has raised--once again--larger questions concerning the structure of U.S. intelligence gathering and analysis and the nature of intelligence information provided to policymakers. But many good ideas for intelligence reform have been proposed and debated over the past decades, and none...

The retirement of Rep. Barney Frank from the House will cause mourning among all in the Congress-watcher and Congress-lover fraternity.  Meanwhile, the super committee’s inability to reach any agreement was shrugged off by most observers as the expected outcome, and it was, but I was deeply disappointed nonetheless.

How can the United States continue to cooperate with the military while strengthening Pakistan’s fledgling democracy?  What does the future hold for civil-military relations in the nuclear-armed country? A panel of experts will discuss these important questions.