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Russian Grand Strategy

Dangerous Assumptions

Afghanistan in Focus.

SpyChess Interview (Part 2): Author Andrei Soldatov on the Russian security services, Putin's present, and Russia's future.

SpyChess Interview (Part 1): Author Andrei Soldatov on the Russian security services, Putin's present, and Russia's future.

SpyChess Interview (Part 1): Author Andrei Soldatov on the Russian security services, Putin's present, and Russia's future.

SpyChess interview: Dr. Birol Başkan on Islamism, the Muslim Brotherhood, and his new book – The Politics of Islam: The Muslim Brothers and the State in the Gulf.

TV interview with journalist Feyza Gumusluoglu and Turkish News Channel EKOTÜRK

The Afghanistan Mirage - Strategic failure explains operational failure.

The Afghanistan Mirage - Strategic failure explains operational failure.

No silver bullets but plenty of potential misfires.

SpyChess Watercooler - Haiti

"I will be happy tomorrow in Kabul."

Spring 2021 SpyChess forecast matched by new U.S. intel report warning of Afghan government collapse.

Intelligence Primer: American precision is masking inaccuracy

Russian strategic deception and the hijacking of Ryanair

Takeaways from the Israel-Hamas conflict, a new report on artificial intelligence, and a note on Nord Stream 2.

A strategic dead end for Israel, stability is a mirage, and a reminder for American strategists.

Sub-Saharan Africa: Reshaping U.S. policy - Part 2

Sub-Saharan Africa: Reshaping U.S. policy - Part 1

Why Biden should hold a summit with Putin.

Modern Policing in America: Rooted in concepts designed to counter threats, fundamental change is required. What needs to change and why.

The problem of militarization in policing is the tip of the iceberg. The root issue is something else.

China, Taiwan, and U.S. strategy

Afghanistan: Reframing the debate over withdrawal

Pivot points on Russia and Afghanistan

Can Biden avoid Russia's Nord Stream Trap?

What lies beneath: Russian human intelligence operations

SpyChess: The Nord Stream Trap–Germany and Russian Strategic Deception

Afghanistan–chronicle of a loss foretold, a new lens for Africa, and how we teach "intelligence" matters.

Spy games, Syria, and the Great Game

SpyChess Primer: Strategic Choices

U.S. national security interests at a crossroads - Patience Required

SpyChess Primer: Disinformation Laundering

Assessing Disinformation Laundering and a note on USG cyber responses to intrusions.

SpyChess interview: Former ATF Deputy Director Edgar Domenech on domestic extremists - Part 2

The week ahead - 3/8/2021

SpyChess interview: Former ATF Deputy Director Edgar Domenech on domestic extremists - Part 1

The week ahead - 3/1/2021

Intelligence is not actually about truth.

The week ahead - 2/22/2021

What is SpyChess?

MBS and Saudi Arabia in flux

Update: DHS confirms Neo-Nazi leader of "The Base" worked for the agency

The week ahead - 2/15/2021

Biden buying time on China

The week ahead - Feb. 8th, 2021

Russian intelligence operations inside the U.S.

Russia and Gray Zone activity

The Threat: Right-wing extremism

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