"Steven Chabinsky recently painted a detailed portrait of today’s evolving cybersecurity threat landscape. It’s not pretty." reports Frank Konkel, in "If You Think Cybersecurity is 'Just an IT Problem,' Prepare to Get Owned." "Aside from classified … [Read more...] about Cyber Accidents Can Have a Purpose
U.S. Policy
Cyberspace Time Security
Speaking at the Shangri-La Dialogue security summit, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel again warned the Chinese to stop their cyber spying activities, suggesting they should renew the dialog to reduce "the risk of miscalculation and escalation in … [Read more...] about Cyberspace Time Security
Foreign Policy 101*
In a revolutionary world environment, foreign policy of a great power -- and especially the lone superpower -- is bound to be full of inconsistencies. Interests are far-flung and constantly demanding new priorities. But one does not have to refer to … [Read more...] about Foreign Policy 101*
Weekly Briefing – May 24-30, 2014
Time to Debunk Political Islam - Rachel Ehrenfeld - Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates, has been met with little, if any resistance … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 24-30, 2014
Guerra de espias
GEOPOLÍTICA Al acusar a China de robarle secretos industriales, Estados Unidos se enfrenta con el gigante asiático. En junio de 2013, las imágenes de Barack Obama y de Xi Jinping paseando sin corbata por los jardines en el rancho californiano de … [Read more...] about Guerra de espias
Time to Debunk Political Islam
Islamism has been accepted by the West as simply another political point of view, and its growing efforts and sometimes violent acts to force its dictates has been met with little, if any resistance especially since September 11, 2001. On May 23, … [Read more...] about Time to Debunk Political Islam
Hard Truths, Difficult Choices: Recommendations to the G-7 on Bolstering Energy Security
In advance of next week’s G-7 meeting in Brussels aimed at seeking ways to strengthen Europe’s energy security, Dr. Gal Luft, co-director of the Institute for the Analysis of Global Security (IAGS), and a member of ACD’s Board of Advisors, "calls on … [Read more...] about Hard Truths, Difficult Choices: Recommendations to the G-7 on Bolstering Energy Security
U.S. Unprepared for Biological Threats
In a recent report to Congressional Committees on Biological Defense, the General Accountability Office (GAO) revealed that the Defense Department has not followed its own directive to update its list of biological agents that pose the greatest … [Read more...] about U.S. Unprepared for Biological Threats
U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities
Cisco Systems’ CEO John Chambers’s letter asking President Obama to personally intervene to stop the National Security Agency from intercepting and planting surveillance software in the company’s equipment before it is shipped to customers around the … [Read more...] about U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities
“No Place to Hide”- A Must Read Review
'Glenn Greenwald believes the government’s goal is the ‘elimination of electronic privacy worldwide.’ In a 1964 essay, Richard Hofstadter described what he called "the paranoid style" in American politics, a mode of analysis and rhetoric employed by … [Read more...] about “No Place to Hide”- A Must Read Review