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How Russia’s War Machine Keeps Raking In Money
More than two and a half years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s economy shows surprising resilience.
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A Fight for the Future of US Special Operations Forces
If the numbers are what they are, then we need to man SOF (Special Operations Forces) to the numbers we can man to [...] More ...
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Understanding Xi Jinping’s Ideological Clarity of Purpose
How Xi’s Marxist Nationalism is Shaping China and the World By Kevin Rudd / Oxford University Press Reviewed by: Jean-Thomas Nicole The [...] More ...
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William Heidlage
William Heidlage is a Research Director at BowerGroupAsia, where he analyzes the impact of politics in Northeast Asia on the commercial environment.
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China is Courting Thailand. Here’s Why the U.S. Should Care.
China is courting Thailand. Former Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank weighs in on why the relationship matters.
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The Axis of Authoritarians – and A Dangerous World
Russia, Iran, China and North Korea — the so-called Axis of Authoritarians — are aligning to challenge the West and change the world order.
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Norman T. Roule
Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he was ...
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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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Samantha F. Ravich
Chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the ...
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Suzanne Maloney
Suzanne Maloney is deputy director of the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution and a senior fellow in the Brookings Center for Middle East Policy and Energy Security and Climate ...
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Mickey Nelson
Mickey Nelson is a Senior Advisor at Command Consulting Group and a 28-year veteran of the United States Secret Service (USSS). Most recently, Nelson served as Assistant Director of the Secret Service ...