Avoiding the Secrecy Trap in Open Source Intelligence
Establishing an Independent Open Source Agency Without Security Clearances OPINION — Disclaimer: Integrating the Intelligence Community (IC) after the failures of 9/11 was the challenge […]
Opinion
The Hypersonic Arms Race is Heating Up
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2024 budget shows that the U.S. – as a late starter — has fully entered the hypersonic weapons arms race with China […]
CIA’s Coming Tech Revolution
OPINION — Like many Americans who came of age in the 1980s, I have lasting childhood memories of the Space Shuttle program. The Shuttle program […]
Is the U.S. About to Enter a New Big Power Nuclear Arms Race?
OPINION — I raise that question after having heard Air Force General Anthony J. Cotton, the relatively new Commander of U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM), last […]
Balancing the Tightrope Between China and Russia is Serious Business
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told reporters covering a parliamentary session in Beijing this week, that China is actively working to advance relations with Russia “as the […]
Could the Wagner Group Be Facing New Competition?
The privately-owned military company Wagner Group under Yevgeny Prigozhin’s leadership, has served important Russian military and influence goals in Ukraine and elsewhere. The group’s march […]
We May Already be in a Cold War with China
OPINION — Although bilateral trade with China in 2022 increased to a record $690.6 billion, bilateral relations deteriorated to their lowest level since the normalization of […]
Measuring the Strength of the U.S. – Israel Relationship in Dollars
OPINION — “We believe that U.S. security aid must be used only to address to Israel’s genuine defense needs, and not to help implement or […]
We Have a New National Cybersecurity Strategy. Now What?
OPINION — The new National Cybersecurity Strategy is clear and concise, laying out the case for a more robust and engaged approach to defending our […]
How Close are we Really to Broader Global Conflict?
BLUF – The Western challenge is to ensure that Putin is defeated in Ukraine, but without allowing the conflict to spread beyond Ukraine’s borders-to Taiwan, […]
What We Know About Putin in his Own Words
OPINION — “Generally speaking, nothing can replace the school of war. People return entirely different, and they are ready to lay down their lives for the Fatherland, wherever they may be […]
What We Should Have Learned About Groupthink from the Iraq War
OPINION – As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, we should reflect on what lessons the United States may have gleaned from […]
The U.S. Has Enough Nuclear Weapons to Destroy the World so Why Build More?
OPINION — It has been 31 years since the U.S. halted nuclear weapons testing, yet last Tuesday Jill Hruby, head of the National Nuclear Security […]
Prolonged Ukraine Conflict Looms Even as Arms Deliveries Grow
As critical as it is to discern Russia’s next battlefield moves, there are longer term implications for the United States and NATO stemming from their […]
Russia Is Kind of Becoming a ‘Colony of China’
Russia’s economic struggles in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine are forcing Moscow to become more closely aligned with China, India, North Korea and […]
Global Sustainability as a Means of Security
Militaries are more rapidly adopting green technology used to counter climate change to bolster their energy security and navigate increasingly complex logistics challenges. The Cipher […]
Is the U.S. Ready for a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan?
OPINION — “It is likely that current Chinese war plans will include: emerging technologies to try and blind U.S. intelligence networks and silence our ability […]
Russia’s Military still has a lot to worry about
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On the eve of the one-year mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate at […]