Not long ago, I was talking to an old friend and China analyst about the need for Intelligence Community (IC) analysts to spend significantly more time looking at themselves and their own agencies, ...

While Washington is focused on Iran’s accelerating uranium-enrichment program and increasingly aggressive regional posture, ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) meets with US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in Riyadh on May ...

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The question before the body is, can the Congress stop a military conflict declared by the Commander-in- Chief because we don’t agree with the decision, and without our [Congress] approval it must end ...

REVENGE OF ODESSABy Frederick Forsyth with Tony Kent / G.P. Putnam’s SonsReviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer — Susan Gorgioski is a writer who lives in Australia. She informs us that she has ...

DEEP DIVE – Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky calls it “our most successful missile.” One expert says it’s "Ukraine’s strongest security guarantee.” And former CIA Director and Cipher Brief ...

DEEP DIVE — Tucked deep into the cragged hills of southern Lebanon, Hezbollah, the once powerful Iranian-backed militia ...