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AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, A GERMAN SERIAL KILLER, AND PARIS ON THE EVE OF WWIIBy Mark Braude / Grand Central PublishingReviewed by: Heidi VierowThe Reviewer: Heidi Vierow, PhD, a retired CIA Clandestine ...

It is one of the most lauded defense developments in recent decades, providing preeminent capability to U.S. military ...

U.S. defense planning rests on the assumption that wars are fought abroad, by expeditionary forces, against defined adversaries. For decades, those assumptions held. But today, many of the most ...

Truman and the Secret Struggle for Control of the Atomic AgeBy Alex Wellerstein / William MorrowReviewed by: John A. LauderThe Reviewer: John A. Lauder is a Senior Fellow at the Wisconsin Project on ...

At the center of that effort is Shawn Chenoweth, the country’s first Director of Cognitive Advantage - a role designed to ...

Rule by proxy just isn’t as simple as the Trump Administration wants to make it sound. While the long-term goals of the ...

The White House this past November issued a Presidential action statement designating certain Muslim Brotherhood “chapters” ...

I would never wish death upon anyone, but I have read some obituaries with great satisfaction.” - Winston ChurchillOPINION -- I associate myself with at least the latter part of that quote from ...

Federal prosecutors in Texas, in December, unsealed charges and related details exposing a sprawling scheme that quietly ...

China was very critical of the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro last week. The spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the U.S. action was “blatant interference” in ...