‘’The Battle Between Democracy and Authoritarianism Is Raging Across Africa’’: The Mali Case
U.S. AFRICOM Commander Gen. Stephen Townsend, testified in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee on…
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The war in Ukraine is a clear reminder of how deadly dealing with nuclear armed authoritarian…
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On February 27, 2022, the German chancellor announced a turnabout in German defense in response to…
Read More »Australia’s Perilous Over-Dependence on Imported Fuel
When it comes to fuel, Australia does not have an forward-thinking national security and resilience strategy.…
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Central and Eastern Europe has lived in Russia’s shadow for years – even in the 1990s,…
Read More »Recovering the U.S. Military’s Russian Expertise
When I went to Columbia University for my PhD starting in 1969, one of the nation’s…
Read More »Germany’s U-Turn on Defense and Security
During my 2018 trip to Germany to focus on how Germany was addressing the new…
Read More »The Internet, Intelligence and Warfare: The Ukrainian Case
If you are facing off against a global power with the kind of digital warfare and…
Read More »Ed Timperlake Discusses the Ukrainian Crisis: February 25, 2022
On February 25, 2022, our colleague Ed Timperlake was a guest on the Lars Larson Show…
Read More »Europe, the United States and Changing Intelligence Dynamics
One aspect of the run up to Ukraine crisis 2022 has been virtually ignored. Unlike earlier…
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