[caption id="attachment_55254077" align="aligncenter" width="900"] ISTANBUL, TURKEY - AUGUST 7: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during Democracy and Martyrs' Rally, held to…

[caption id="attachment_55254034" align="aligncenter" width="900"] TOPSHOT - People walk over Westminster Bridge wrapped in Union flags, towards the Queen Elizabeth Tower (Big Ben) and The Houses of…

[caption id="attachment_55254047" align="aligncenter" width="900"] HONG KONG, CHINA - JULY 07: Destroyer Yinchuan led by China's first aircraft carrier Liaoning arrives in Hong Kong Special…

[caption id="attachment_55254041" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A Tunisian man drapped in the national flag reads graffiti written in French, "Stay standing Tunisians", along Mohammed Bouazizi…

[caption id="attachment_55254027" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] British Prime Minister Theresa May answers a question in a question and answer session, after delivering a speech at the RSA (Royal…

[caption id="attachment_55254051" align="aligncenter" width="970"] French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hamburg, Germany, July 2017.  […

Between Islamism and Pragmatism [caption id="attachment_55254000" align="aligncenter" width="1758"] Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (R) shakes hands with Qatari Defense Minister Khalid bin…

Don't Follow the Money [caption id="attachment_55253997" align="aligncenter" width="2040"] ISIS fighters guard a checkpoint in Mosul, Iraq, June 2014.[/caption] * Terrorists tend to use a wide…

Where to Go From Here * The greatest threat to U.S. national security is North Korea’s accelerating nuclear and missile programs *The two countries’ economic integration gives both Washington and…

What Does the Future Hold? * Everything else will be a mop up operation in terms of denying them control of territory. The claim of the caliphate at that point is shattered * With almost no…