USA’s security council is at war with itself

In addition to contending with international crises involving North Korea, IS, Russia, and Syria, the NSC, which advises the president, is riven by infighting says Daniel R DePetris.

THE White House National Security Council (NSC) has no shortage of crises.

Nuclear and missile proliferation on the Korean Peninsula, Islamic State-inspired attacks in western countries, the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, and Russian military intervention in Ukraine, Georgia, and Syria are just a few.