National Security

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 …

“A transition in Iran’s tactical approach, a leaner and more deadly surrogate, and serious impacts on U.S. interests and regional stability”.   Background The U.S. administration under President Biden has …

Vladimir Putin is a truly evil man. But he is not a mad man. A mad man wouldn’t be able to run Russia for as long as Putin has, so …

Among the lessons we are learning from Putin’s attack on Ukraine is that there is more than one way to use intelligence to influence world events.  In the press of …

Things are not going as planned for Mr. Putin. The Ukrainian army did not seem to get the message that they were doomed from the start. Much less, the people …