U.S. and South Korea Back to Pre-Trump Strategies on North Korea
OPINION — The U.S. and South Korea are returning to a pre-Trump era of detailed military planning and large-scale joint exercises in reaction to North […]
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The U.S. Needs a More Comprehensive Strategy for North Korea
OPINION — In 1991, President George H.W. Bush ordered the withdrawal of all U.S. based tactical nuclear weapons from South Korea. In 1992, South Korea […]
Former CIA Counterintelligence Chiefs Weigh in on The Fourth Man
OPINION — Robert Baer’s book The Fourth Man leads readers to conclude—falsely—that highly accomplished, retired CIA officer Paul Redmond was himself a long-time spy for the […]
Stumbling Blocks in the way of Safeguarding America’s Secrets
OPINION — A threat to the law that helped locate al-Qaeda’s Ayman al-Zawahiri, a bureaucratic National Archive change that could further delay release of classified […]
The Concerning Link Between Russian Military Collapse and Nuclear War
Former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev has suggested that a Russian defeat in Ukraine could lead to nuclear war. Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has […]
Haiti’s Crucial Missing Piece
OPINION — For much of the first two years of the Biden administration, U.S. interest in the Western Hemisphere understandably took a back seat to […]
The Power of Protests and Religious Nationalism in The Middle East
OPINION — On-going mass protests in Iran and Israel have taken a contrasting view on religious nationalism and the role of political Islam and religious […]
It’s Time to Accept that North Korea is a Nuclear Power
OPINION — It’s time for the U.S. to drop denuclearization of the Korean peninsula as its goal and begin to deal with North Korea as […]
Haspel Takes on New Chairman Role
BREAKING TODAY — Former CIA Director Gina Haspel is taking over as Chair of The CIA Officers Memorial Foundation’s board of directors. Haspel replaces Jeffrey […]
What Churchill and Selassie taught us about Aggression and Ukraine
EXPERT PERPECTIVE/OPINION — On June 30th, 1936, Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia addressed the League of Nations in Geneva. His speech was an appeal […]
We Need Clear Communication Over What’s Happening in Japan
OPINION — A rearmed Japan provides the U.S. with another strong Indo-Pacific ally which should calm down what I believe are exaggerated fears of China […]
How Public and Private Entities Can Fight Cybercrime
OPINION — For years, cybercrime was dismissed as an afterthought. Indeed, it wasn’t long ago that the FBI leadership famously dismissed it as “ankle-biter crime.” […]
Seize this Opportunity to Combat Chinese Misinformation
OPINION — After 1,016 days of being locked in apartments and houses, China’s citizens have been released, and they are traveling, presenting an unparalleled opportunity […]
The Pentagon’s Cyber Personnel Issues Need More Attention
OPINION — The Army, which seeks to double the size of its cyber forces over the next five years, is already short-staffed in two key […]
IT Modernization in the IC: Part Two
SPONSORED How the IC can implement modernized network technologies The Intelligence Community needs advanced technology to address both a rising near-peer threat, and escalating cybersecurity […]
The Danger of Losing Focus on Ukraine
During 2023, the West will be confronted by sudden new challenges over Ukraine. Any loss of policy attention, in spite of pressing domestic priorities, could […]
What is the Pentagon doing with record R&D Appropriations?
OPINION — House and Senate conferees on their own, upped the Defense Department’s fiscal 2023 research and development appropriations to $140 billion. That’s $10 billion […]
Global Leaders to Watch in 2023
OPINION — As President Joe Biden concludes his second year in office, despite many positive foreign-policy achievements, his administration can hardly afford to rest upon […]