The United Nations Must Do More to Bring Peace to the World
OPINION — According to the Geneva Academy of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, as of May 2024, there were more than 120 ongoing armed conflicts in […] More
Opinion
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 – […] More
Trump’s Tall Tales on National Security
OPINION — About halfway through his one-hour-and-five-minute, August 26 campaign speech on national security before The National Guard Association in Detroit, former President Donald Trump turned […] More
Why Political Change in the Philippines May Mean Trouble for the U.S.
OPINION — Domestic geopolitics matters. The recent departure of Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte-Carpio from President Bongbong Marcos’s cabinet, though unexplained, reveals a policy schism with […] More
What a Congressional Report Tells Us About the War In Ukraine
OPINION — “Due to Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy sector, rolling blackouts occurred regularly across Ukraine during the quarter, especially during evening hours, when demand for […] More
Futuristic Targeting is Already Here
OPINION – Winning wars with algorithms and AI are not a futuristic concept but a present capability already determining outcomes in various conflict zones and […] More
North Korea and Iran – A Proliferation Nightmare
OPINION — As tension in the Middle East increases, with the likelihood that Iran will strike out at Israel for the July assassination of the […] More
Former Ukrainian Defense Minister: Kursk Incursion May Be a Game Changer
EXPERT Q&A — As Ukraine’s Kursk incursion enters its third week, much remains unclear about both the mission and the implications for the broader war. […] More
How Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Shifts the Balance
EXPERT Q&A — Ukraine’s stunning invasion of Russia’s Kursk region has entered its third week. Ukraine has taken control of nearly 500 square miles of […] More
Donald Trump and Elon Musk – the Annotated Version
OPINION — “One of the things we’re going to do is we’re going to build an Iron Dome over us. Israel has it. We’re going […] More
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 inherent in […] More
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
Why Iran’s Intelligence Minister Still Has His Job – After a Major Intelligence Failure
OPINION — In the wake of the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced last week that Esmail Khatib […] More
Hamas, Hezbollah, and Stepping Back From the Abyss
OPINION —The recent Israeli killing of Hezbollah’s senior leader Fu’ad Shukr has not diminished the group’s standing as the key and perhaps most influential actor […] More
No Idle Threat: Cyber Attacks and the U.S. Water Supply
OPINION — “The water sector faces increasing cybersecurity-related risk. While national reporting requirements for cyber incidents are being developed, known incidents have disrupted water sector […] More
U.S. Moving Big Guns to the Middle East to Deter, Protect and Defend
EXPERT Q&A — The U.S. began moving additional military assets to the Middle East in anticipation of a direct attack on Israel after the assassination […] More
U.S. Adversaries Create a Web of Threats
EXPERT Q&A — Closer collaboration between China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea – increasingly referred to as the ‘Axis of Authoritarians’ – requires a more holistic […] More
Americans Need to Understand We’re Living in a New Era of Global Threats
EXPERT Q&A – Experts have been concerned in recent times, about national security threats emanating from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea but a new […] More