The former commander and CIA director says Ukraine's innovative tactics and weaponry surpass what the U.S. is doing.

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The Reviewer — Tim Willasey-Wilsey is a Visiting Professor and King’s College London and a former senior British diplomat. He ...

Former Chief of Innovation and Technology at the CIA Open Source Center During her 20-year CIA career, Kristin Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates – analysis, operations, ...

Glenn Corn is a former Senior Executive in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) who worked for 34 years in the U.S. Intelligence, Defense, and Foreign Affairs communities. He spent over 17 years ...

The recent capture of Sinaloa Cartel leaders is a major symbolic victory. But will it stem the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.

Mike Vigil, former DEA Chief of International Operations, discusses the arrest of Sinaloa Cartel leaders and how to stop the fentanyl crisis.

The coordinated attack targeted members of the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, and bore the hallmarks of an Israeli ...

US says Blinken briefed on Ukraine's plan to push Russia to end the war ...

Ukrainian soldiers and commanders, international bankers, and top U.S. and European officials were among the speakers at the ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — In any discussion of the potential threat Russia poses beyond Ukraine, the three Baltic states are at the top of the list. With [...] More ...

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army (Ret) was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2008-2009. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ...