The Drone Series: Expanding Horizons for Drone Technology
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Archive for ‘Ukraine’
This is How Putin’s Strategic Patience May Pay Off in Ukraine
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Russia is gradually beginning to prevail in Ukraine and the West is just starting to lose focus. Neither France and Germany nor […] More
Ukraine, Russia and the Trust Needed to Open Humanitarian Food Corridor
OPINION — Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia invaded the country on February 24. Today, Ukraine claims more than 25 million tons […] More
The Waves left by the Sinking of the Moskva
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief […] More
How Lessons from Afghanistan are playing out in Ukraine
OPINION — How much has the United States learned from past history about undertaking major, large-scale military assistance efforts such as the one now underway […] More
War in Ukraine Opens Market for Arms Sales and Food Aid
OPINION — The $40 billion Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act which has passed the House and is expected to be approved this week by the Senate, […] More
NATO Prepares for Battle
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief […] More
The Slippery Slope of Intelligence Sharing with Ukraine
OPINION — More than two months into the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, a number of key security developments have emerged, some of which have […] More
Time to Stop Wobbling and Learn to Love the Bomb
OPINION – In the 1964 movie, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, an insane U.S. general triggers nuclear […] More
How Layered Defense in Ukraine is Shaping Future U.S. Military Operations
OPINION — Last week, senior Pentagon officials offered some initial lessons learned from the first two months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. At an […] More
Contradictions in US Policy between Ukraine and The Middle East
OPINION — The Biden administration is correct in responding to reported Russian atrocities by arming Ukraine to defend itself and is equally justified in assiduously […] More
Russia’s March from Hybrid War to Genocide
OPINION — Since 2014, Russia has waged three persistent and multifaceted wars of conquest against Ukraine. The unstated strategic goal of these successive wars is […] More
A breakdown of the Good, the Bad and the Ugly from Russia’s War in Ukraine
Behind the uplifting scenes of Ukrainian resistance, there are some troubling questions as Putin’s war of aggression continues to get increasingly brutal. (Ed Note: A […] More
Ukraine Declassified: Intelligence Sharing on the Edge
Wednesday, May 18, 2022, 1:30–2:30pm ET Expert Guests: Beth Sanner, Former Deputy Director for National Intelligence, ODNI Lt. Gen. Bob Ashley (Ret.), former Director, Defense […] More
The Last Chapter in Putin’s War
OPINION — After his speech at the Georgia Institute of Technology last Thursday, CIA Director William Burns was asked about the risks that President Biden […] More
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s New Role in Ukraine
And China’s Dissemination of Russian Disinformation OPINION — On February 4th, President Xi Jinping signed a Joint Statement while in Beijing at the Winter Olympics, […] More
Is Negotiating with Putin even possible at this point?
Is Negotiating with Putin even possible at this point? OPINION — The war in Ukraine has now moved into its second, more protracted, and likely […] More
U.S. SOCOM Has History with Ukraine’s Special Forces
OPINION — Last week, the House and Senate Armed Services Committees held five hearings associated with the fiscal 2023 defense budget. What jumped out at me […] More
Rise of the New Hacker Army but Where’s the Battle?
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief […] More
What History Teaches Us About Putin
OPINION — As a long-time student of European history and a former SIS officer and senior executive in the CIA’s Directorate of Analysis, I have […] More
Former Secretary of Defense Bob Gates has a Signal for President Putin
OPINION — “Even if the war stops, when you look at the number of civilians and Ukrainian soldiers and others who have died; and when […] More
Russian Dismemberment of the Ukrainian State
Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Senior Policy Analyst at the National Search and Rescue Secretariat, Public Safety Canada. Renéo Lukic is a full professor of international […] More
The Cruelty of Half Measures in Ukraine
Doug Wise, Former Deputy Director, Defense Intelligence Agency Douglas H. Wise served as Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency from August 2014 until August […] More
NATO’s Emergency Session Will Move Us Closer to What?
“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief […] More