BOOK REVIEW: THE NUCLEAR AGE: AN EPIC RACE FOR ARMS, POWER, AND SURVIVALBy Serhii Plokhy / W.W. NortonReviewed by: Michael J. ArdThe Reviewer: Michael J. Ard is a former CIA analyst and Deputy [...] More

High On Hype – A Tabloid Take On Delta Force and Drugs

BOOK REVIEW: THE FORT BRAGG CARTEL: DRUG TRAFFICKING AND MURDER IN THE SPECIAL FORCESBy Seth Harp / VikingReviewed by: Anna M. Gielas, PhDThe Reviewer — Anna M. Gielas holds a PhD in the History of [...] More

AI-Powered Adversaries Require AI-Driven Defenses

AI-Powered Adversaries Require AI-Driven Defenses

OPINION — The use of artificial intelligence by adversaries has been the subject of exhaustive speculation. No one doubts that the technology will be [...] More

20 October, 2025

John Hultquist

20 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Tech/Cyber

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Quiet Drug War Wins Amid Trump’s Caribbean Strikes

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Quiet Drug War Wins Amid Trump’s Caribbean Strikes

OPINION / FINE PRINT — “The U.S. Coast Guard announced [last] Tuesday it has seized more than 100,000 pounds of cocaine in the eastern Pacific Ocean [...] More

20 October, 2025

Walter Pincus

20 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Americas Latin America Walter Pincus Fine Print

The Caribbean Emerges as a Test of U.S. Power

DEEP DIVE — U.S. military forces this week carried out yet another strike on a vessel in Caribbean waters off Venezuela, marking the sixth such [...] More

18 October, 2025

Hollie McKay

18 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Americas Latin America

Trump’s Next Test: Kim Jong Un’s Bid for Legitimacy and a Nuclear Normalization Deal

Trump’s Next Test: Kim Jong Un’s Bid for Legitimacy and a Nuclear Normalization Deal

EXPERT OPINION — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is ready to do business with President Donald Trump. Over the past few years, Mr. Kim has burnished [...] More

17 October, 2025

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani

17 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

North Korea Ambassador Joseph DeTrani Asia

The Hidden National Security Risk in Smart Cities

The Hidden National Security Risk in Smart Cities

OPINION — It is worryingly easy to get hold of personal and sensitive data on American military and intelligence personnel. Earlier this year [...] More

17 October, 2025

Anna Gielas

17 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Tech/Cyber Alternative Perspectives

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, October 16, 2025

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16 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Open Source Reports

Why the U.S. Is Losing the Cognitive Competition

Why the U.S. Is Losing the Cognitive Competition

EXPERT OPINION — In order for the U.S. to successfully compete for global influence against its adversaries and to avoid a kinetic fight, we must [...] More

16 October, 2025

Renee Pruneau Novakoff

16 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Renee Pruneau Novakoff

Afghanistan Is Becoming India and Pakistan’s Proxy Battlefield—Again

Afghanistan Is Becoming India and Pakistan’s Proxy Battlefield—Again

OPINION — On Oct. 15, 2025, Islamabad and Kabul announced a 48-hour ceasefire after days of shelling and cross-border clashes around Spin [...] More

15 October, 2025

Masoud Andarabi

15 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

Afghanistan Alternative Perspectives Asia

Viktor Orban’s Russia Problem Is Becoming Hungary’s Disaster

Viktor Orban’s Russia Problem Is Becoming Hungary’s Disaster

OPINION — Hungary’s prime minister does not seem to grasp the gravity of the moment. His ally, Russia, is bleeding by a thousand cuts from Ukrainian [...] More

15 October, 2025

David Kirichenko

15 October, 2025

Ethan Masucol

David Kirichenko Ukraine Europe Alternative Perspectives

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