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Telling It Like It Is
One theme he stresses throughout is that historically, the United States does not end wars well. “Maybe it’s because of our ...
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Does the US Defense Establishment Need a ‘Paradigm Shift’?
A long-time intelligence and technology expert worries that bureaucracy and a failure of imagination are a national security ...
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Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Former Senior Member, British Foreign Office
Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is now Visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London. His first overseas posting was in ...
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Trump, Greenland, and a History of Intrigue
For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an [...] More ...
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8 Global Security Questions For 2025
SPECIAL REPORT — Given how unpredictable 2024 proved to be – did anyone foresee the fall of Bashar Al-Assad, the decapitation of Hezbollah, an invasion of Russia or the deployment of North Korean ...
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Mark Kelton
Kelton retired from CIA as a senior executive with 34 years of experience in intelligence operations. He is a partner at the FiveEyes Group; a member of the Board of Trustees of Valley Forge Military ...
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Rob Dannenberg
Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He ...
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Sean Roche
Mr. Roche was the Associate Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation serving as the second-in-command of CIA’s first new directorate in more than 50 years. The Directorate of Digital Innovation ...
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Michael Vickers
Dr. Michael Vickers served as the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence from 2011 to 2015, the Chief Executive Officer of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, an $80 billion, 180,000-person, ...
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Aykan Erdemir
Dr. Aykan Erdemir is a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and a former member of the Turkish Parliament (2011-2015). He is a founding member of the International Panel of ...
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John Pereira
John Pereira retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after serving for 30+ years, including as Deputy Director and then Director of the CIA’s Directorate of Support. John is currently works ...
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Thomas Donahue
Thomas Donahue retired from CIA after 32 years of service. He served as the Chief Editor of the President’s Daily Brief and other CIA daily production during the second term of the Clinton ...