Israel and the Court of Public Opinion
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Years ago, while working on a Counterterrorism operation in an unnamed country, the team I was working with was fortunate […] More
Opinion
Senator Tuberville: A One Man National Security Threat
OPINION — “For months, Senator [Tommy] Tuberville [R-Ala.] has said, if individual nominees are brought up for a vote one at a time, he will […] More
Defense Department Report Highlights Cyber Threat from China
OPINION — China’s cyber capabilities pose a greater threat to U.S. interests than ever before, according to a new Pentagon report on Chinese military power. […] More
Peace in the Middle East is Dependent on Ideas, Not Fighting
OPINION — The Palestine National Authority (PNA), the interim body created after the 1993 Oslo Accords to administer Palestinian-populated areas of the West Bank and […] More
Conflict is One Part History, One Part Petraeus Memoir
OPINION — David Petraeus and Andrew Roberts are getting lots of attention for their outstanding new book, Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine. And […] More
What an Emboldened Iran Means for the World
OPINION — Hamas’s terrorist attack on Israel that killed more than 1,400 Israelis and foreigners and injured thousands, with over 200 hostages, was aided by […] More
Training for a Combat Ready Force in Space
OPINION — “We used to fly satellites a long time on orbit. We weren’t thinking about combat attrition. Likewise, we weren’t thinking about space operations […] More
The Dark Joys of ‘Patriot’
OPINION/ENTERTAINMENT — It’s a truth about clandestine operations that you can do everything right, and things will still go wrong. The wise ops officer plans […] More
Chinese and Russian Space Pursuits Are Picking Allied Pockets
OPINION — India’s breakthrough lunar landing showed that our free world economies are in an age of healthy research, experimentation, and growth with commercial space […] More
A Crisis Call for Intelligence Prioritization
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Intelligence agencies are a country’s first line of defense, and this means the stakes surrounding their actions are always high. […] More
The Dawn of Our Nuclear Wake-Up Call
OPINION – A list of proposals released last Thursday in the final report of the 12-member bipartisan Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the […] More
History Makes the Case for Helping Ukraine
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — Prior to the horrific events of 7 October 2023, the issue of providing Ukraine with military assistance was likely the […] More
Information is the Most Important Tool in the new War for Truth
OPINION — The first step to winning a war is recognizing you’re in one. The world’s democracies are finally waking up to the waves of […] More
Where Are We 70 Years After the ROK-US Treaty?
OPINION — This is the 70th anniversary of the Mutual Defense Treaty between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea (ROK), signed October 1, 1953. […] More
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
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