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Spy Versus Spy: Iran’s Playbook for Espionage in Israel

Matthew Levitt

Spy Versus Spy: Iran’s Playbook for Espionage in Israel

OPINION — Israel’s intelligence penetration of Iran played out in dramatic form over the course of the 12-day war this summer, but Iran is running an [...] More

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Ordinary Russians are Paying for Putin's Poor Alaska Performance

Glenn Corn

Ordinary Russians are Paying for Putin's Poor Alaska Performance

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – The Russian state media's triumphant coverage of Vladimir Putin's August 15 meeting with Donald Trump in Alaska tells [...] More

Allies in a Dangerous Neighborhood: Why the Trump-Lee Summit Matters

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani

Allies in a Dangerous Neighborhood: Why the Trump-Lee Summit Matters

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE -- In December 1952, President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower visited South Korea for a first-time presidential summit as [...] More

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Intelligence Reform Should Include an Updated Probability Yardstick

Dr. Jerry Laurienti

Intelligence Reform Should Include an Updated Probability Yardstick

OPINION — The US Intelligence Community (IC) is experiencing tumult and facing critique, and all things point to significant reform, creating an [...] More

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Global AI Leadership Requires More than the Best Models

Teddy Nemeroff

Global AI Leadership Requires More than the Best Models

OPINION — Last month, the White House released its AI Action Plan, followed by an Executive Order aimed at promoting the export of the “American AI [...] More

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We Blinked When Russia Invaded. Naïve Diplomacy Won’t Fix it.

Joey Gagnard

We Blinked When Russia Invaded. Naïve Diplomacy Won’t Fix it.

OPINION -- I am a pessimist when it comes to the Russia-Ukraine situation. Talks at the White House this week between President Trump, Ukrainian [...] More

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Hard Truths Regarding an Unjust War

Mark Kelton

Hard Truths Regarding an Unjust War

OPINION — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is an illegal and brutal war of aggression. Moscow is solely responsible for unleashing this conflict, and the [...] More

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Inside NTS-3: The Satellite Aiming to Reinvent GPS

Walter Pincus

Inside NTS-3: The Satellite Aiming to Reinvent GPS

OPINION — “The need for accurate and uninterrupted PNT (Positioning, Navigation and Timing) has never been more essential to our warfighters who [...] More

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How Culture Will Impact the AI Race

Dr. Dave Venable

How Culture Will Impact the AI Race

OPINION — In recent years, senior U.S. Department of Defense leaders have repeatedly emphasized that the U.S. military’s most important asymmetric [...] More

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Ex-Spy Warns of Case Officer Tactics in Trump-Putin Dynamic

Ralph Goff

Ex-Spy Warns of Case Officer Tactics in Trump-Putin Dynamic

EXPERT Q&A – After Friday’s meeting in Alaska between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, former CIA senior officer and [...] More

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Can the U.S. Stand Up to Putin?

Rob Dannenberg

Can the U.S. Stand Up to Putin?

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE –The world is a much different place than it was in 2018, when Putin and Trump met in Helsinki. And the stakes for [...] More

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Expert Q&A: Undersea Cables Under Attack, from Outside and Within

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mike Studeman

Expert Q&A: Undersea Cables Under Attack, from Outside and Within

EXPERT Q&A — Reports of damage to undersea cables across the world are on the rise, with suspected foul play in many of these incidents. These cables [...] More

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Expert Q&A: The Silent Chinese Spy Threat Under the Waves

Beth Sanner

Expert Q&A: The Silent Chinese Spy Threat Under the Waves

EXPERT Q&A — There is increasing focus on the vulnerability of undersea cables — a critical infrastructure which is key to much of global [...] More

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