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For thirty years, American wars have contained a quiet assumption: that the skies were uncontested. From Grenada and Panama, through Desert Storm, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Libya - the US could reliably ...

From dead drops and surveillance routes to covert digital communications, Russian espionage tradecraft remains disciplined, ...

Nuclear facilities on both [the Iranian and Israeli] sides have been targeted. That’s where we are in this war, and that’s how far it’s escalated. If a nuclear reactor like [Iran’s] Bushehr [nuclear ...

Executive SummarySince President Xi Jinping's 2013 directive to "tell the story of China well" (讲好中国古事), the People's ...

Chris Stangle is a Director for Cognitive Warfare at Peraton with over 20 years of experience conducting geo-political ...

Rather than shutting the Strait of Hormuz outright, Iran is selectively allowing favored vessels through - turning one of the world’s most vital energy chokepoints into a tool of geopolitical leverage ...

Maduro Venezuela is forcing a high-risk partnership with indicted power brokers - raising urgent questions about whether ...

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Years of constant drone warfare have turned Ukraine into an unexpected hub for defense innovation, with companies now seeking ...

The White House is making a significant effort toward putting the nation’s cyber house in order. A newly released National Cyber Strategy represents a big step in the right direction for U.S. national ...