National Security & Defense

Opportunities Amid Geopolitical Difficulties: A Look at Global Threats in 2025

Last week, we learned about an Israeli mother, Shiri Bibas, and her two boys, Ariel and Kfir, who would be five and two years old today. They were murdered in cold blood by Hamas monsters. An autopsy of the bodies of the boys, the youngest of whom was just shy of 10 months old at the time, revealed indications of torture with bare hands.

Restrictions on Agricultural Land Purchases by China

Restrictions on Infrastructure and Military Base Proximity

AFPI Names New Co-Chair of Its Center for American Security

Today, the America First Policy Institute (AFPI) named Robert Wilkie, former Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and, former Under Secretary of the Department of Defense, as the new Co-Chair of AFPI’s Center for American Security. Wilkie currently serves as a Distinguished Fellow for the Center for American Security. He is a lecturer, a Senior National Security Media Analyst, and a Colonel in the United States Air Force Reserve.

America First Nomination: John Ratcliffe

John Ratcliffe’s career in public service is routed in his commitment to national security, most recently serving as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) under President Donald Trump. In that role, Ratcliffe served as the leader of the U.S. intelligence community and principal intelligence advisor to the President from 2020 to 2021.