At the same time, NATO hopes that Russia and the U.S. will be able to agree on missile defence system after the visit to Washington of Secretary of National Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev. The U.S. President's national security advisor Tomas ...and more »

Lute joined the White House National Security Council staff in 2007 as assistant to the president and deputy national security adviser for Iraq and Afghanistan. He stayed on to handle Afghanistan and Pakistan under Obama. He retired from active duty in the ...and more »

Barack Obama at a recent meeting of the National Security Council. (Pete Souza/ White House). Barack Obama has made it clear that the US will continue with its controversial targeted killing programme. In a major speech the US president also announced ...and more »

Following discussions with the Myanmar government, Thailand's National Security Council indicated that the 146,900 Myanmar refugees in Thailand could return home within a year, despite reports of continued instability in ethnic areas and the lack of ...and more »

Jalili, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, said on Wednesday, that the country's present administrative structure is “incapable of implementing the discourse of the [Islamic] Revolution.” Jalili added that foreign enemies and internal ...and more »