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Hybrid Warfare

Why the U.S. Is Losing the Cognitive Competition

EXPERT OPINION — In order for the U.S. to successfully compete for global influence against its adversaries and to avoid a kinetic fight, we must [...] More

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Sabotage Without Warning: ​Why the Gray Zone Could Be America’s Biggest Blind Spot

Sabotage Without Warning: ​Why the Gray Zone Could Be America’s Biggest Blind Spot

EXPERT BRIEFING — Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced this week that 32 people have been detained since the start of Moscow’s war with [...] More

2024: 10 Events That Changed The World

SPECIAL REPORT — As we look back at the major national and global security events of 2024, it’s tempting to overuse certain words: stunning; [...] More

NATO Must Respond to Russian Shadow War on European Soil 

OPINION — The year 2024 has seen a spate of terrorist attacks strike Europe, and surprisingly, hardly anyone seems to care. Unlike previous waves of [...] More

False Flags in Cyberspace: Targeting Public Opinion and Political Will

False Flags in Cyberspace: Targeting Public Opinion and Political Will

Bottom Line: In the digital age, determining the origins of cyberattacks is already difficult, but cyber actors can further muddy attribution by [...] More

History's Lesson Regarding Russian Cyber Warfare

Ten years ago this month, war erupted between Russia and Georgia after Georgian troops attacked South Ossetia and shelled the town of Tskhinvali, in [...] More

UK National Security Adviser: Russia Expulsions Just First Step

UK National Security Adviser: Russia Expulsions Just First Step

As Russia was announcing who it would kick out over the mass expulsion of Russian spies over a nerve agent attack in Britain, the U.K.’s National [...] More

Russian Aggression: Cold War 2.0 – Or Did the First One Never End?

Russian Aggression: Cold War 2.0 – Or Did the First One Never End?

Russia continues to wage hybrid warfare across Europe and the United States, and—for the most part—the West has been slow to respond, leaving some to [...] More

Deniability and De-Escalation: Russia’s Use of Military Contractors in Proxy Wars

Deniability and De-Escalation: Russia’s Use of Military Contractors in Proxy Wars

Bottom Line: Russia’s use of private military contractors in Syria lends the Kremlin deniability that becomes problematic when the U.S. tries to [...] More

How Putin’s Attempts at Deception Failed in Ukraine

Concealment, imitation and disinformation - tactics known as maskirovka – were part of a Soviet doctrine used by their military and intelligence [...] More