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 …
Cold War
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I was re-reading NSC-68 the other day (NSC-68 United States Objectives and Programs for National Security (fas.org), the height of bureaucratic geekiness. For those unfamiliar with the NSC process or …
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You wondered. A guy who campaigned almost as a national security libertarian, who criticized the Iraq War and foreign adventurism. And another guy who was as gung ho as they …
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A couple of months ago I wrote about the interesting public soap opera of Kellyanne and George Conway. I felt the story needed a bit of an update. Now while …
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You’ve seen ”The Manchurian Candidate,” right? Not the lame modern version with Denzel, but the cool 1962 one with Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, and Angela Lansbury. In it a Chicom …
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Turkey and the United States: A Tale of Jilted Lovers
by D. Hartby D. HartFor over seven decades, the United States saw Turkey as its key ally in countering Russian influence in the Middle East and the Balkans. From its vantage point bordering Bulgaria and …
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You may have read as of late that the U.S. is pulling out of the 1987 INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) Treaty due to constant Russian cheating. This is a subject …
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During the Cold War, U.S. aircraft designers produced some absolutely incredible warplanes. Looking back from an era of stealth technology and fifth-generation jets, some of these aircraft may seem primitive …
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First Strike, Counter-Strike, and Striking Out: Notes on Trump Withdrawing from the INF Treaty
by Morgan Deaneby Morgan DeaneA few months ago, Kay Bailey Hutchison, the U.S. representative to NATO, suggested that Russia is violating the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and suggested the U.S. and NATO …
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FeaturedThis Day in Military History
24 January: This Day in Military History
by Chris Carterby Chris CarterToday’s post is in honor of the crew of FROSH 10, a B-52C that crashed into a mountain in Maine during a training mission on this day in 1963. The …