Defense One

The National Security Council is missing in action

Three weeks into the U.S. war with Iran, it seems increasingly evident that President Donald Trump and his administration miscalculated how Iran would respond to attacks. The administration’s ...

Trump’s Go-To Justification for Contentious Decisions: National Security

The administration has invoked national security in a variety of matters, including the White House ballroom and offshore ...
The Conversation

How the National Security Council typically functions to plan and fully assess risks when presidents consider going to war

Three weeks into the U.S. war with Iran, it seems increasingly evident that President Donald Trump and his administration miscalculated how Iran would respond to attacks. The administration’s ...
Opinion
The Sierra Leone TelegraphOpinion

Sierra Leone constitutional time bomb: The 2026 National Security and Central Intelligence Bill and the case for a better law

PART ONE: THE ANALYSIS A Bill That Should Not Pass As It Stands There are moments in the legislative history of a nation when a single ...
The New York Times

Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.

Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound. But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong. By David E. Sanger David E. Sanger has ...
UPI

Northeast Asia Command needed to support U.S. National Security Strategy

Dec. 17 (UPI) --The 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy is blunt about the stakes. The United States must deter major war, restore favorable balances of power and protect the foundations of American ...