Ritika Singh was a project coordinator at the Brookings Institution where she focused on national security law and policy. She graduated with majors in International Affairs and Government from Skidmore College in 2011, and wrote her thesis on Russia’s energy agenda in Europe and its strategic implications for America.
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Today’s news coverage begins with Syria for a change. The Associated Press reports that President Obama has requested $500 million from Congress to arm and train vetted, pro-Western members of moderate Syrian opposition groups.
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Brookings Senior Fellows Kenneth Pollack, Suzanne Maloney, and Michael O’Hanlon discussed the evolving security crisis in Iraq on Thursday at a Brookings event entitled "Iraq in Crisis: What Options Does Washington Have?" On Lawfare, we debate whether
Headlines on the crisis in Iraq dominate again today. In breaking news, Iraqi politicians are vying to oust Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki---with possible American support. American officials have met with other candidates for prime minister in recent days.
As Jane noted yesterday, ISIS militants seized the country’s largest oil refinery in Baiji.
In breaking news, the Washington Post reports that U.S. Special Operations forces captured one of the suspected orchestrators of the Benghazi attacks in a secret raid in Libya over the weekend.
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