National Security

  The Islamic Resistance Movement, also known as Hamas, whose origins go back to the Muslim Brotherhood movement, has gone through various political transitions, and many stations since its inception …

Author: Brendi Wells In the modern era, warfare has evolved beyond the conventional battlefields of the past, embracing a more insidious form of conflict that infiltrates every aspect of society. …

While Washington and its European allies, as well as NATO, are preoccupied with the course of events in Ukraine and predicting Moscow’s next step, Beijing was able to surprise the …

Most Americans have never heard of Yuri Shvets.  He is a former Soviet KGB officer who was stationed in Washington, D.C. for a couple of years in the 1980s.  After …

Comparison between Southwest Asia AORs and the China/Pacific AOR  China’s military’s growth and increasing belligerency has caused it to become the “it girl” for the United States’ military strategy.  As …

“Quantity is a quality all its own.” This quote is attributed to Joseph Stalin, and considering Soviet military performance during World War II it certainly fits. But can we apply …

Iraq is on the brink of fierce civil unrest or, in other words, an internal Shiite-Shiite conflict between the pro-Iranian camp and the Sadrist movement that could lead to an …

With the invasion of Ukraine by Russia some months ago, the U.S., as well as many other countries, rushed to help support Ukraine.  Rushed is maybe an understatement.  Made moves …

“A Regional Entanglement that Could Drag the Middle East into a Protracted War”         With the continued Russian involvement in Ukraine and the depletion of enormous financial and …

A Conversation with Ukraine’s Counterintelligence Division, the SBU As the world watches the brutal Russian military action against Ukraine, we are seeing the limitations of the Russian army.  Ukrainian forces …