Dr. Bruce Hoffman Addressed the JINSA Policy Forum on March 2, 2010. He discussed the changing nature of the terror threat with particular emphasis on Al Qaeda and its offshoots. The JINSA Policy Forum features policy experts to provide information about the importance of an effective U.S. defense capability and a robust national security policy in safeguarding vital American interests.

A JINSA delegation in Israel last week participated in two programs designed to advance the discussion of Afghanistan, Lebanon, Gaza and other non-conventional wars of this decade beyond a description of the adversaries of the West and into the means of defeating them.

Jim Colbert, JINSA's Communications Director, was a direct witness to the historic elections in Honduras that took place Nov. 29. Colbert served alongside international observers that came to Honduras from 31 other countries. Here is his story of those elections and how Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez's attempts to subvert Honduran democracy were thwarted.

The members of the ad hoc Washington Observers Group that included JINSA Communications Director Jim Colbert issued the following statement on the National Elections in Honduras, Sunday November 29, 2009.

On August 1, former Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen assumed the leadership of NATO. In this article by JINSA's Jim Colbert and Elizabeth Donne, the controversy over Rasmussen's selection is examined along with the critical issues already demanding his attention such as the NATO-led counter-terror and nation building operations in Afghanistan and increasing tensions with Russia.

The Conference on Emerging Security Issues covered some of the most critical problems confronting the Obama Administration. Download the proceedings by clicking the link below.

The full proceedings from JINSA's March 26th Conference on Emerging Security Issues are now available. The conference grappled with issues concerning Turkey's future role as an ally of the West, worrisome developments in Mexico and the continued utility of an independent Palestinian state.

M.D. Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics at India's Manipal University, analyzes the recent Indian elections that saw a crushing defeat for the right-of-center BJP and gave the ruling Congress Party a strong hold of the parliament.

Rethinking “Palestine,” a paper presented by Shoshana Bryen, senior director for security policy, at the JINSA conference on Emerging Security Issues for the Obama Administration. The conference, held March 26, focused on issues ranging from developments in Mexico to the future of the U.S. military in a post-industrial world.

M.D. Nalapat, Professor of Geopolitics at India's Manipal University, explains that unless the police in India are given the manpower, the remuneration and the equipment and training needed to evolve into a modern and professional force they are at risk of being ineffective against not just the criminals but against a foe even deadlier - the terrorist.