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Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More
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Lessons from Israel's Tale of Two Fronts

OPINION — On Oct 6th, Hamas was ready to launch an audacious attack. It was complex, involved thousands of fighters, and aimed to kill, capture, and [...] More
IntelligenceEmily HardingIsrael

The Clock is Ticking on U.S. leadership in The Middle East

OPINION – It’s no secret that President-elect Donald Trump will be laser focused on his stated domestic and economic agendas when he takes up [...] More
Middle East

Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?

OPINION — Is the United States on the verge of civil war? It is a possibility that has been frequently raised in connection with the outcome of the [...] More
TerrorismBruce Hoffman

Why our Presidential Candidates Must Choose Ukraine

OPINION — As the days wind down to what will arguably be the most consequential election in the first half of the 21st Century, there is a critical [...] More
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Putin is Offering the West a Choice between War and Dishonor

OPINION – Russian President Vladimir Putin has started the largest conflict on the European continent since World War II. He is the architect and [...] More
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This Administration's Final Decisions on Ukraine could be its most important

An Open Letter to U.S. National Security Advisor, The Hon. Jake SullivanDear Sir:The world is still at a critical inflection point in history. [...] More
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China is our only real Existential Threat, says Former Senior CIA Officer

OPINION — The United States faces a direct existential threat today that has not been matched in severity since the war between our own states - the [...] More
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War, Legitimacy and Context in the Middle East

OPINION — Gaza. The word immediately evokes images of wartime carnage. For us, however, it represents something else: an example of the danger [...] More
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Ukraine's Next Act Could Impose Higher Costs for Putin

OPINION — There is a bit of typical Russian humor going around Moscow these days. Vladimir Putin, troubled by the intrusion of enemy forces into [...] More
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Israel's Internal Division are Opportunities for its Adversaries

OPINION — Before Hamas’ attack on October 7, Israel’s security leaders issued multiple warnings that internal strife - then mainly over Netanyahu’s [...] More
IsraelBeth Sanner

Israel's Bold Assassinations are Grabbing Attention

OPINION — For those of us who have worked in the ‘find – fix – finish’ world of U.S. counterterrorism operations, the last 48 hours - which included [...] More

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

OPINION — Describing the conditions that set the stage for history’s largest, most costly war, Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm, “The [...] More
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