Biden’s Plan for a New Nuclear Bomb
OPINION — “On October 27, the Department of Defense announced that the United States will pursue a modern variant of the B61 nuclear gravity bomb, […]
Opinion
Israel and the Court of Public Opinion
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Years ago, while working on a Counterterrorism operation in an unnamed country, the team I was working with was fortunate […]
Senator Tuberville: A One Man National Security Threat
OPINION — “For months, Senator [Tommy] Tuberville [R-Ala.] has said, if individual nominees are brought up for a vote one at a time, he will […]
Defense Department Report Highlights Cyber Threat from China
OPINION — China’s cyber capabilities pose a greater threat to U.S. interests than ever before, according to a new Pentagon report on Chinese military power. […]
The ‘Axis of Resistance’ Media Machine is far-reaching in the Middle East
OPINION — Saudi Arabia suffered a painful defeat in the information war against the Houthis. The Houthis’ media strategy was effective in painting Saudi Arabia […]
Peace in the Middle East is Dependent on Ideas, Not Fighting
OPINION — The Palestine National Authority (PNA), the interim body created after the 1993 Oslo Accords to administer Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and […]
Conflict is One Part History, One Part Petraeus Memoir
OPINION — David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts are getting lots of attention for their outstanding new book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. And […]
Why Did Hamas Conduct a Terrorist Attack on Israel and Why Now?
OPINION — On October 7th, the day after the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War, Hamas launched its deadliest terrorist, military, and hostage-taking attack […]
What an Emboldened Iran Means for the World
OPINION — Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel that killed more than 1,400 Israelis and foreigners and injured thousands, with over 200 hostages, was aided by […]
Training for a Combat Ready Force in Space
OPINION — “We used to fly satellites a long time on orbit. We weren’t thinking about combat attrition. Likewise, we weren’t thinking about space operations […]
The Dark Joys of ‘Patriot’
OPINION/ENTERTAINMENT — It’s a truth about clandestine operations that you can do everything right, and things will still go wrong. The wise ops officer plans […]
The Higher-Order Effects of Negotiating with Hamas
OPINION — In 2011, after five and a half years in captivity and complex negotiations involving an Israeli activist, Israeli government officials, and outside foreign […]
Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets
OPINION — India’s breakthrough lunar landing showed that our free world economies are in an age of healthy research, experimentation, and growth with commercial space […]
Warning Signs for How Generative AI Will Impact the Next Election
OPINION – As state and non-state actors aim to disrupt elections by any means available while still affording plausible deniability, one of the newest tools […]
A Crisis Call for Intelligence Prioritization
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Intelligence agencies are a country’s first line of defense, and this means the stakes surrounding their actions are always high. […]
More than Merely an Intelligence Failure
OPINION — For national security and intelligence experts, one question continually resonates: how could Israel’s highly regarded intelligence infrastructure not predict and warn of Hamas’s […]
The Dawn of Our Nuclear Wake-Up Call
OPINION – A list of proposals released last Thursday in the final report of the 12-member bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the […]
History Makes the Case for Helping Ukraine
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Prior to the horrific events of 7 October 2023, the issue of providing Ukraine with military assistance was likely the […]