The Structure and Psychology of Drug Cartels
One of the most prominent and visible characteristics of a transnational drug trafficking organization is the existence of a highly formal hierarchy that is distinguished […]
Opinion
Trump vs. the GOP on Foreign Policy
How will Republicans paper over the sharp foreign policy differences between Donald Trump and the party’s congressional leadership? That problem was vividly illustrated when one […]
An Act of Terror, An Act of Hate: Figuring Out What Happened in Orlando
At least 50 people were killed and 53 more were injured in an attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida this weekend, officials said, […]
Futurist Marc Goodman on National Security Solutions for “Future Crimes”
Is it time to take a page out of the terrorist handbook when it comes to cybersecurity? Absolutely, cybercrime expert and futurist Marc Goodman says […]
Saudi Arabia: The Most Stable Country in the Mideast
The sixteen months since Salman bin Abdul Aziz became king of Saudi Arabia have been stressful times as the Kingdom has faced economic and strategic […]
Networked Medical Devices at Risk
Networked medical devices are becoming steadily more common, and they are making things easier for both patients and healthcare providers. However, there is an accompanying […]
How Clinton and Trump Differ on National Security
The Defense Department under a President Hillary Clinton will for the most part continue in the direction it’s been going under President Barack Obama. Don’t […]
The China Challenge
Good relations with China are necessary and achievable. Since President Richard Nixon’s historic meeting with Chairman Mao Zedong in 1972, the U.S. – China relationship […]
Review: Eye in the Sky
A group of terrorists leave their car to enter the home where they will plan their next attack, observed only by a hummingbird perched on […]
Counterintelligence for U.S. Companies Operating Abroad
In January, the CEO of American Superconductor publicly detailed how traditional economic espionage methods carried out by a small Chinese firm resulted in over a […]
Intelligence Briefings for the Presidential Nominees
Once the Democratic and Republican parties officially nominate their Presidential candidates at their political conventions this summer, the nominees will be offered intelligence briefings before […]
Forewarned is Forearmed
Members of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence have shown their frustration with what they believe has been a failure of the Pentagon to […]
How the CIA Remembers its Fallen Heroes
There’s one group you almost certainly did not hear mentioned as the news media and others on Memorial Day lauded, honored, and remembered our richly […]
Cocaine and Latin America: Stubborn Persistence
In 1991, a gram of cocaine sold on U.S. streets for about $225. In 2012, after adjusting for inflation, it sold for $186. Cocaine supply is […]
For Director of New Cyber Center, Personal Leadership is the Ultimate Hack
Tonya Ugoretz, the President’s appointee to head the newly created Cyber Threat and Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC), would not be faulted for wondering, “What have […]
Uniformly Qualified for High Office
In this, the oddest of election years in recent memory, there have been no shortage of improbable suggestions for safely traversing the electoral minefield. One […]
What Trump Doesn’t Know About Nuclear Weapons
If there is one thing that Donald Trump knows little or nothing about, it is nuclear weapons, although as he told The Washington Post editorial […]
Cyber Indictments – The Legal Deterrence Strategy?
On May 10, 2016, Peter Romar, a hacker associated with the Syrian Electronic Army, appeared in a U.S. courtroom after his extradition from Germany to […]