Below is Col. "Coyote" Smith's presentation from the American Center for Democracy's symposium on "Energy, Space and Cyber Security-Current and Future Threats," on September 30, 2013. Col. Smith's enlightening and sobering presentation highlights the … [Read more...] about Welcome to the Age of Space and Cyber Warfare
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The Sources of Iranian Negotiating Behavior
This important study by Harold Rhode was first published in Agusut 2010. Rhode, former Defense Department official and Middle East scholar put together a prescient analysis of Iranian negotiating strategies. Iran's new president Hassan Rohani, who … [Read more...] about The Sources of Iranian Negotiating Behavior
Next-Generation Space & Cyber War
On September 30, the American Center for Democracy staged a roundtablediscussion on "Energy, Space & Cyber Insecurity - Current and Future Threats." We bring you several thought-provoking "What If ...? Scenarios by William B. Scott, a … [Read more...] about Next-Generation Space & Cyber War
Egypt’s Muslim Sisterhood
The perdurability of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood (Ikhwan al-Muslimun) is explained by more than a half-century's effort to penetrate and control the professions (doctors, lawyers, pharmacists, etc.); the influence of Muslim clerics and their control … [Read more...] about Egypt’s Muslim Sisterhood
The Al-Nusra Front
The Al-Nusra Front (Jabhat al-Nusra) is an Al-Qaeda Salafist-jihadi network, prominent in the rebel organizations in Syria. From the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center Overview Al-Qaeda Entrenchment in Syria 1. During the … [Read more...] about The Al-Nusra Front
Obama’s Progressive Middle East Myopia
Who won the best performance at the 68th General Assembly of the Theatre of the Absurd (aka the UN)? Was it U.S. president Barack Hussein Obama, or Hassan Rouhani, Iran's president? Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, would be right to choose … [Read more...] about Obama’s Progressive Middle East Myopia
No Executive Order Gun Control . . . Please!
Secretary of State John Kerry signed the United Nations Arms Trade Treaty against the clear wishes of the U.S. Senate-there were 51 votes against it last March. Now it will be important for the Senate to refuse to ratify this ill-advised treaty which … [Read more...] about No Executive Order Gun Control . . . Please!
Hassan Rouhani’s Offensive Charm
Like all delusional disorders, the U.S. administration's and the media's delusions regarding Iranian Hassan Rouhani's "reformist" agenda seem cureless. His snubbing of Obama at the U.N. General Assembly was excused as "too complicated" for Iran. His … [Read more...] about Hassan Rouhani’s Offensive Charm
The Shiite-Sunni Violent Rift Feared to Spill Over to US and Canada
The Islamic revolutions in the Arab world, known as the Arab Spring (or Islamic Winter), deepened furthermore the split between Shia and Sunnis, the two major and rival denominations of Islam. In Syria, the prolonged bloody conflict between the … [Read more...] about The Shiite-Sunni Violent Rift Feared to Spill Over to US and Canada
Don’t Believe Your Eyes!
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani openly bragged of shepherding a major expansion of Iran's uranium enrichment programs a decade ago, when he led Iran's negotiations with the West that were seeking to limit those programs. He still serves the … [Read more...] about Don’t Believe Your Eyes!