Change is in the Mission for U.S. Special Operations Command
OPINION — U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), which has grown to become the world’s top counterterrorism force over the past 20 years, is now facing […] More
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A Fresh Look at Civic Duty
OPINION — While there has been much attention paid to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s difficulty raising his 300,000 new conscripts, there’s been little public discussion […] More
Should We Worry About Putin’s Nuclear Threats?
OPINION — In an interview published by Al Jazeera last Thursday, Russian Lt. Gen. Leonid Reshetnikov (ret.) described as “impossible and would make little military […] More
Why Nuclear Deterrence is an Open-Ended Invitation
OPINION – “For the first time since 1945, the first time for us as a nation, we have two nuclear adversaries. We have always put […] More
How AI and ML are Impacting DOD and CIA’s Future
OPINION — Two reports released last Wednesday raise separate questions about the ability of the Defense Department (DoD) and Intelligence Community (IC) to meet the […] More
Chernobyl May Have Been Gorbachev’s Greatest Lesson
OPINION — The late Mikhail Gorbachev wrote for the 20th Anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster in April 2006, “Chernobyl opened my eyes like nothing else…One […] More
Is Space the Final Frontier for U.S. National Security?
OPINION — The delayed launch of the Artemis I, unmanned space craft to the moon provides a moment to review the enormous advances taking place […] More
What Mar-a-Lago is Teaching Us About the Declassification Process
OPINION — The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is an inconspicuous presidential advisory board created by Congress in 2000, to advise “the President and other […] More
What Did China Gain From Taiwan Exercises?
OPINION — China, the U.S., and Taiwan showed they can manage a crisis without miscalculations or confrontations taking place based on their handling of the […] More
Today’s Realities of doing Business with China
OPINION — Last Friday, while public attention was focused on Chinese military exercises around Taiwan and the vague threat of possible warfare, a Senate Foreign […] More
Pelosi, Taiwan and U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific
OPINION — A senior Pentagon official last Wednesday, described a version of U.S. strategy for the Indo-Pacific region that contrasts somewhat with the hot rhetoric […] More
What the CIA Director Knows About the Russian President
OPINION — No one has described today’s Russian President Vladimir Putin better than CIA Director William J. Burns did last Wednesday at a security forum […] More
The Problem with The Sahel
OPINION — With little public notice, the two-decades-long U.S. war on terrorism continues in the Sahel, the semi-arid region of western and north-central Africa. According […] More
The Unraveling of Russian Spies
OPINION — Last Thursday, Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the illegal intelligence department [Division S] of his Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) on its 100th anniversary in […] More
What are we Getting for Record Defense Spending?
OPINION — Next year’s national defense spending — for the Defense Department, the Department of Energy [for nuclear weapons] and other security agencies — may […] More
Military Spending and the New Arms Race
OPINION — The Senate Armed Services Committee, by an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 23-to-3 last Thursday, approved a fiscal 2023 Defense Authorization Bill that – […] More
Ukraine, Russia and the Trust Needed to Open Humanitarian Food Corridor
OPINION — Ukraine’s Black Sea ports have been blocked since Russia invaded the country on February 24. Today, Ukraine claims more than 25 million tons […] More
How Lessons from Afghanistan are playing out in Ukraine
OPINION — How much has the United States learned from past history about undertaking major, large-scale military assistance efforts such as the one now underway […] More