Hamas and Israel: Another Colossal Intelligence Failure
OPINION — Hamas’s surprise attack on Israel this morning Saturday October 7, 50 years plus one day since the October 1973 war, has every national […] More
Opinion
U.S. Military Recruiting Goes Back to School
OPINION — “First and foremost, the current recruitment crisis [in the U.S. Army] is nothing new. Indeed, it would be fair to say that since […] More
A Guide to Last Week’s Path to Potential Shutdown
OPINION — “Here on the House floor, we see when extreme MAGA (Make America Great Again), rightwing Republicans don’t get their way, when they lose […] More
Innovative Business Models Can Accelerate Tech for IC Missions
PRIVATE SECTOR PERSPECTIVE — The primacy of U.S. power is facing an unprecedented challenge: A strategic competition with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is […] More
The U.S. Can Learn from Ukraine’s Theory of Victory
OPINION — Ukraine’s dogged defense against Russian aggression has enabled battlefield innovations that are transforming warfare as we know it—this much is obvious to most […] More
Security Guarantees for Ukraine: Reshaping Russia’s Incentives
OPINION — Peace in Ukraine remains a long way off; even peace talks between Russia and Ukraine are probably at least one to two years […] More
It’s Time for the West to Embrace Ukraine’s Way of War, Not Doubt It
OPINION — Ukrainian forces have adapted. Ukraine’s military decision-making is sound. Now is not the time for Western doubt but for the West to embrace […] More
The Future of Cyberwar is being Shaped in Ukraine
OPINION — “We are one of the most wired modern militaries in the world. At a minimum, our own need to defend our systems to […] More
The Pakistan Army’s New Mission
For all its many faults the Pakistan army is becoming ever more important as the one institution which can resist the centrifugal forces endangering Pakistan’s […] More
Financial Sector Cybersecurity is National Security
OPINION — The world stands at an existential crossroads, torn between dueling visions for tomorrow. On the one hand, the United States, allies, and partners […] More
Advantage in Space is Mission Critical
OPINION — “Operations to deny adversary hostile use of space could originate in any domain and target on-orbit, ground, cyber, and/or link segments to reduce […] More
‘Lioness’ is Entertaining. Is it Realistic?
OPINION — It’s been true for a long time that female intelligence professionals have been giving the CIA and the United States a tremendous advantage […] More
When is our 9/11 Moment with China?
9/11 fundamentally shifted US foreign policy priorities towards the Middle East. When will we have a similar reckoning with China? OPINION — This year marks the […] More
The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism Still Hangs Over Us
OPINION — We will never forget the 2,983 men, women, and children killed in the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, the […] More
What’s Impacting Assurance in the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile?
OPINION — In 2014, the nation’s two leading nuclear weapons laboratories, Los Alamos and Livermore, jointly identified “a capability gap” in their ability to evaluate […] More
The Power of Solid Alliances for Good
OPINION — The Camp David Summit of the U.S., South Korea and Japan was emblematic of an alliance that, despite historical issues, showed that democracies […] More
Lessons Learned from Listening to Iran
OPINION — “Today I want to talk about Iran-U.S. mutual threat perceptions and deterrence policies, its historical perspective, but more from an Iranian perspective. I’m […] More
Terrorist Groups are Again Thriving in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
OPINION — Last month, the U.S. Central Command said it conducted 20 joint operations in Iraq and 11 in Syria, killing five Islamic State operatives and capturing […] More