Morocco’s Template for Dealing with Terrorism
OPINION — Africa has replaced the Middle East as the epicenter of global terrorist threats, according to a recent analysis by the United Nations Office […] More
Alternative Perspectives
The US Needs A Cybersecurity Strategy Sooner, not Later
OPINION – The United States is under attack. U.S. organizations and businesses are being targeted with cyberattacks from nation states and criminal organizations on a […] More
What We Need are More Cyber Warrior Scholars
Andrew Borene is the Associate Vice President for Research at National Intelligence University and a cadre officer of the Office of the Director of National […] More
Putin’s Next Strike may not be Nuclear
OPINION — In a performance worthy of Joseph Goebbels, Vladimir Putin’s announcement of the formal annexation of occupied portions of eastern Ukraine – along with […] More
Using Psychology as a Nuclear Deterrent
OPINION — I have growing concerns about the naked threats regarding use of nuclear weapons currently voiced by more of the senior characters surrounding Russian […] More
Three Strategies to Power the Intelligence Community Workforce
PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE — National security leaders know that adapting faster to escalating change and nation-state competition is imperative, yet how to choose the most […] More
How Iran Makes Israel Protector of the Palestinian People
OPINION — Iran openly proclaims its goal of eliminating Israel. Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, commander of the Iranian Army, stated that Iranian forces are working […] More
What I Learned Writing for the President’s Daily Brief
EXPERT INSIGHT — As an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency for 15 years, I spent a great deal of time writing for the President’s […] More
Are Intelligence Community Employees Flawed?
In Part I of this Opinion Series on Innovation, I explained How the Intelligence Community Kills Ideas and specifically illustrated how IC bureaucracy crushed employee […] More
An Opinion Series on Innovation: How the Intelligence Community Kills Ideas
OPINION — I recently saw a creative idea killed. Like a professional hit, the kill was silent and non-attributable. Managers essentially neutralized the employee—let’s call […] More
Art Imitates Real Intelligence
ESSAY — Never underestimate the power of a well-written satire to challenge conventional wisdom. A year or so after the Iraq war had made a […] More
Commercial Intelligence in the Gray Zone
Ian Conway is a private intelligence analyst supporting international legal investigations and investors in high-risk frontier markets. He has more than two decades of analytical […] 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
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
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
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