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The Battle for Decision Autonomy, The New Front in Strategic Competition
This is the talk Dave Pitts gave at the Sarajevo Security Conference in September 2026, which was based on the talk presented at the Cognitive [...] More
Russia’s AI Blueprint Exposes an Authoritarian Playbook
Russia, China, and Iran are all sharing the same playbook for corrupting Western elections. The United States is on track to be the next target this [...] More
Pakistan’s New Military Order Is a Warning for Washington
In Washington, Field Marshal Asim Munir increasingly looks like the man who can make Pakistan useful to the United States. Pakistan has just written [...] More
Q&A with former CIA Operations Officer James 'Mad Dog' Lawler
James Lawler serves as a national security consultant and is a noted speaker on the Insider Threat in government, academia and industry. He has been [...] More
The Vatican’s Quiet Intelligence Diplomacy
Last week all eyes were focused on the secret, first-ever trip of CIA Director John Ratcliffe to Moscow, flying on a C-17 Globemaster (the modern [...] More
The Cultural Roots of Strategic Surprise and Resilience: the Israeli case of October 2023
October 7th, 2023, 06:29 AM. Probably the most tragic day in Israel’s history. A surprise attack conducted by Hamas from the Gaza Strip caught Israel [...] More
