Left: Bernard-Henri Levy in Kyiv An international “intellectual marathon” of political thinkers of divergent persuasions took place in Kyiv, on May 15-19, 2014, to discuss Ukraine’s future. “Ukraine: Thinking Together” was the brainchild of the New … [Read more...] about Misreading Ukraine
Contributor: Rachel Ehrenfeld
Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
From ACD: U.S. CyberSpace Vulnerabilities - Rachel Ehrenfeld - 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 … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 18 – 23, 2014
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
Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
Left: Khaled Meshal and Mahmoud Abbas Once again, a lifeline has been thrown to the Muslim Brotherhood's Palestinian branch, Hamas. That lifeline was reportedly initiated by the head of Qatar’s intelligence service Ghanem al-Kubeissi with Hamas … [Read more...] about Ins and Outs of the Hamas-PA Negotiations & J. D. Halevi
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
Jihadis Returning/Redeploying from Syria
Several years and many thousands of jihad fighters from at least 70 countries joining the Syrian blood-bath has finally raised the alarm that Syria has replaced Afghanistan as the new training ground for al Qaeda and its like. Western law … [Read more...] about Jihadis Returning/Redeploying from Syria
Putin’s Regime and the Russians
The original foreign policy neocons were right to argue that the character of a country’s political regime could tell one a good many things about the motivations behind its foreign policy. How the U.S. could have ended up with a 21st-century … [Read more...] about Putin’s Regime and the Russians
Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
U.S. National Security's Achilles Heel - The Electromagnetic Spectrum - - Rachel Ehrenfeld - On December 23, 2013, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued a solicitation “to … conduct satellite system performance modeling, satellite system … [Read more...] about Weekly Briefing – May 3 – 10, 2014
U.S. National Security’s Achilles Heel – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Over the past four years bills on cybersecurity, Electromagnetic Pulse threats, and other forms of "purposeful interference" with U.S. cyberspace have been introduced only to go nowhere. By now it has been well established that EMP, whether in the … [Read more...] about U.S. National Security’s Achilles Heel – The Electromagnetic Spectrum
Washington’s Cyber Worries
Washington's political gridlock is behind Congress' three failed attempts to pass legislation to increase the nation's cybersecurity. The executive branch's frequent lip service either disguises a lack of understanding that an attack on U.S. … [Read more...] about Washington’s Cyber Worries