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Our Network of Experts leverages extensive experience in government and business to explain key security issues around the globe. 

February 8, 2017
February 8, 2017

America First Equals America Last

by Ambassador Richard Boucher

The world got a taste last week of what “America First” means: insulting Iraqis who’ve risked their lives with U.S. forces; blacklisting dual-citizen legislators in Canada; and jeopardizing the...
February 2, 2017
February 2, 2017

Why Haspel Makes Sense as the Deputy CIA Director

by Michael J. Morell

It was early 2010, and I was visiting one of CIA’s largest stations overseas.  The CIA, just weeks earlier, had lost seven brave officers to a suicide bomber at a remote base in Khost,...
February 2, 2017
February 2, 2017

Enhanced Interrogation 2.0: The Untenable Position of CIA Officers

by Robert Eatinger

On January 25, 2017, during his first post-election press interview, President Donald Trump was asked, “do you want waterboarding?” In his response, the President said, “I will say this, I will rely...
January 26, 2017
January 26, 2017

What Is a Secure Border?

by Michael Fisher

Many of us have seen decades of sporadic attention given to the security of our border, but I believe we are now better positioned to not only define what we mean by border security but identify the...
January 18, 2017
General Michael Hayden
January 18, 2017

Pushing Back on Snowden: A Review of "How America Lost Its Secrets"

by General Michael Hayden

Edward Epstein began his career as an investigative journalist while he was still a graduate student at Cornell more than a half century ago, taking on the Warren Commission's report on the Kennedy...
January 11, 2017
January 11, 2017

Cybersecurity: A Whole-of-National Power Approach

by Todd Rosenblum

President Barack Obama’s decision to impose a range of sanctions against Russia for its successful network strike and information operation against the U.S. electoral process was an excellent first...
January 4, 2017
January 4, 2017

Intelligence, Trump, Putin, and Russia’s Long Game

by Michael Morell

The Russian hacking of the U.S. presidential campaign and the subsequent sanctions imposed by the Obama Administration continue to dominate the news this week, with President-elect Donald Trump...
December 15, 2016
December 15, 2016

When Does a President Become a National Security Risk?

by John McLaughlin and Suzanne Kelly

There are a couple of key questions we should all have when it comes to the difference of opinion between President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA about whether Russia launched cyber operations with...
December 15, 2016
December 15, 2016

When Does a President Become a National Security Risk?

by John McLaughlin and Suzanne Kelly

There are a couple of key questions we should all have when it comes to the difference of opinion between President-elect Donald Trump and the CIA about whether Russia launched cyber operations with...
December 14, 2016
December 14, 2016

The U.S. and Russia: No Détente Anytime Soon

by Michael Sulick

In the recent past, every new U.S. administration has attempted to improve relations with Russia to address mutual security threats such as combating terrorism. Both President George W. Bush and...

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