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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with US special envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (both not pictured) at the Kremlin in Moscow on December 2, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, December 4, 2025

07:15 America/New_York Thursday, December 4 [...] More

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The Human Algorithm: Why Disinformation Outruns Truth and What It Means for Our Future

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In recent years, the national conversation about disinformation has often focused on bot networks, foreign operatives, and [...] More

Steve Witkoff, U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East, attends a meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in the Oval Office at the White House on July 14, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Global Intelligence Report for Wednesday, November 19, 2025

07:24 America/New_York Wednesday, November 19 [...] More

France's President Emmanuel Macron (R) and Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky (L) sign an agreement at the Villacoublay air base, in Velizy-Villacoublay, near Paris on November 17, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, November 17, 2025

07:23 America/New_York Monday, November 17 [...] More

JOINT BASE ANDREWS, MARYLAND - NOVEMBER 14: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Air Force Colonel Christopher Robinson, Commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, as Trump arrives to board Air Force One on November 14, 2025 at Joint Base Andrew, Maryland.

Global Intelligence Report for Sunday, November 16, 2025

12:24 America/New_York Sunday, November 16 [...] More

(Original Caption) 9/5/1963-Washington, DC- Flying over the Virginia side of the Potomac River, the impressive site of the world's largest office building crops into view. The Pentagon, which covers 34 acres of land including a 5-acre pentagonal center court, houses personnel of the U.S. Department of Defense, which includes the Departments of Army, Navy and Air Force. This bird's eye view also shows part of the 67-acre parking space area.

Assessing the Pentagon’s Mission to Rebuild the ‘Arsenal of Freedom'

DEEP DIVE — The Pentagon is waging war against its own acquisition bureaucracy. In a sweeping speech on Friday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth [...] More

​WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 12: U.S. President Donald Trump signs funding legislation to reopen the federal government as he is joined by House Minority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA), House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), Republican lawmakers and business leaders, during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House on November 12, 2025, in Washington, DC.

Global Intelligence Report for Thursday, November 13, 2025

07:20 America/New_York Thursday, November 13 [...] More

From OSS to AI: How Intelligence Must Evolve—Again

BOOK REVIEW: THE FOURTH INTELLIGENCE REVOLUTION: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save AmericaBy: Anthony Vinci/ Henry Holt and [...] More

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference following talks with his Kazakh counterpart in Moscow on October 22, 2025

Global Intelligence Report for Monday, November 10, 2025

07:24 America/New_York Monday, November 10 [...] More

Hicksville, N.Y.: A Long Island Rail Road employee disinfects a train car with an eco-friendly cleaner while at the Hicksville, New York LIRR station on March 19, 2020.

Can High-Tech “Sensor Fusion” Revolutionize Biosurveillance?

DEEP DIVE – It’s the opening act in a potential public health nightmare: a chicken dies on a farm, for no apparent reason; another perishes at a farm [...] More

Ransomware: Protecting Yourself from Cyber Extortion

Former GCHQ Chief: Cybersecurity, AI, and the New Age of Multilateral Defense

EXPERT INTERVIEW — The last few months have seen a series of major cyber incidents which have frozen airports, crippled companies, compromised [...] More

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (William Lai) delivers a national day address, during the National Day Ceremony, outside the Presidential Office in Taipei, Taiwan, on October 10, 2025.

Global Intelligence Report for Friday, October 31, 2025

06:03 America/Chicago Friday, October 31 [...] More

Winning the Innovation Race: Why America’s Allies Are the Key to Beating Beijing

OPINION — Precision U.S. airstrikes against Iran’s nuclear program last June demonstrate American technological prowess built on decades of 20th [...] More