President Obama and Congress must make improving port security measures a high priority to protect our country from another potentially devastating attack.

Our national security would be better served if the United States captured al-Asiri and kept him alive for questioning, so we can find out what he knows.

One of the most frightening security threats to the United States is a terrorist nuclear attack in which the device is smuggled into the United States by sea. In addition to the thousands of lost lives and the physical damage that such an attack would cause, the ensuing disruption to...

Why did the Dubai Ports deal fall through?

Weather change and its consequences are inevitable.  Governments and rating agencies around the world have tools  to “motivate” short-term-focused insurers to broaden their risk perspectives, with their executives facing personal liabilities if their coverage reserves fall short. Without more aggressive moves, the rest of the world could end up like Grenada and Jamaica, circa 2004.

When President Obama unveiled his new strategic guidance in January, highlighted by a pivot to Asia, many assumed (incorrectly) that the Navy and Air Force would reap the benefits. But if the president's own 2013 defense budget request did not make it clear to policymakers already, the release of the Navy's 30-year shipbuilding plan confirms this is a pivot in name only.

The vote against Sri Lanka at the United Nations Human Rights Council shows India can use its foreign policy to promote democracy in Asia.