The Argument for Mapping Cyber Response
The Trump administration has a dozen top cybersecurity priorities ranging from a new national cyber strategy to dealing with increasingly bold nation-state adversaries. One […]
Opinion
Singapore a Success? Yes, by Mirroring Obama
Much initial reaction to the North Korean – American Singapore Summit has been negative, with critics targeting the concessions made by President Trump including; a […]
Like it or Not, Singapore Summit was a Success
The historic June 12th summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jung Un has moved us closer to a peaceful resolution of […]
The U.S. Must Leverage Influence to Halt Assault In Yemen
The Arab Coalition’s on-going bloody attack on Yemen’s critical port city of Hodeidah, with Washington’s acquiescence, will only deepen the humanitarian tragedy of the Yemeni […]
The National Security Winners and Losers from Singapore Summit
China, North Korea and the U.S.-South Korea security alliance are the big winners from the short, joint declaration out of Singapore this week. The […]
The Future of the Gulf Cooperation Council
(Ed note: The Gulf Cooperation Council has been under significant strain for the past year, namely because of an ongoing rift between Qatar and its […]
The President’s Summit Adventure Through an Intelligence Lens
OPINION: The eyes of an intelligence officer are trained to look for what a person’s behavior uncovers about his or her motivations and aspirations, which […]
The U.S. Intelligence Mission Targeting North Korea
Shortly after he was sworn in as Director CIA in January of 2017, now-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made some bold moves that put renewed […]
North Korea’s Path to Denuclearization
The June 12th summit with North Korea will be an important beginning of a process that eventually results in the Complete, Verifiable and Irreversible Dismantlement […]
N. Korea, the U.S. and the Strange Path to Singapore
One wonders what the alien creature Griffin, portrayed by Michael Stuhlbarg in Men in Black III, and capable of seeing all possible futures, would […]
Virtualized Networking: A Case for CIOs
The massive data breach that occurred at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) in 2015 was attributed, in part, to aging technology systems. In […]
Why Cyber Norms are Dumb and Serve Russian Interests
During the Cold War era, there was an adage that arms controllers hated but proved prophetic, “When relations are bad, you don’t want arms […]
The Russia Threat is More Comprehensive than you Think
Russia. We hear and read about it every day in the mainstream media, but the news seems almost exclusively focused on the various investigations of […]
Why Talks with the Turks Matter More Than Ever
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is in Washington for talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. On the Agenda are a number of important […]
Why Protecting Sources and Methods Really Matters
In my thirty-four years in law enforcement, I met with many confidential human sources working against terrorism, counter intelligence and violent crime targets. I met […]
In Defense of the CIA’s Moral Compass
In a recent op-ed published in the Wall Street Journal, titled ‘At the CIA, Immorality Is Part of the Job’, a retired lawyer and former […]
North Korea May Be Back on Track, but Are They Ready to Make a Deal?
The Trump administration has yet to make public its objectives for a North Korea denuclearization agreement, but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo indicated what it […]
The Rule of Law Is Under Attack
As a former Department of Justice detailee to the National Security Council, I fully appreciate the value that rule of law brings to this country. […]