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The Future of Intelligence Oversight in Congress
In the 2012 James Bond film Skyfall, M (Judi Dench) and Gareth Mallory (Ralph Fiennes) debate how to respond to a leak that has led to the...
05/16/18Read it on War on the Rocks
Claude for Clausewitz?
Earlier this month, OpenAI caused an intellectual earthquake by posting a solution to one of the hardest open problems in mathematics, using an internal generative AI model. Stunning as it is controversial, the announcement was not entirely surprising for those watching how newer AI models have been shaping the mathematical scene for the past six months. In the run-up to the latest announcement, several other long-standing mathematical questions had been answered by AI. For some, it was only a matter of time before one of the seven Millennium Prize Problems – long considered the lodestar of mathematical research – fell to the machines.
Claude for Clausewitz?
Foreign policy analysts don't need a chatbot to write – but opportunities lie with stress-testing their arguments.
2w agoRead it on The InterpreterCIA Warned Europe of Russian Drone Attack From Vessels
The CIA has warned European countries of a suspected Russian plot to launch Gerbera-type drones from aboard commercial vessels in the...
3w agoRead it on Defense NewsHigh Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam, TNT's limited series, explores the high-stakes interrogation of the fallen dictator and unpacks the...
09/11/26Read it on Vanity FairHigh Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam
The Hunt for Saddam premieres September 13 on TNT. Inspired by the memoir “Debriefing the President” by CIA Analyst John Nixon, High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam is a political thriller that brings to screen the extraordinary story of Nixon (portrayed by Joel Kinnaman), the first CIA officer to interrogate Saddam Hussein (portrayed by Waleed Zuaiter) following his capture in December 2003.
09/10/26Watch it on Hot Wash PodcastsC.I.A. Chief in Moscow Delivers Bleak Assessment of Russia's War
CIA Director John Ratcliffe Makes Surprise Trip to Moscow
Agency declines to comment on Ratcliffe's first publicly known trip to Russian capital
08/26/26Read it on The Wall Street JournalTradecraft, Tactics, and Dirty Tricks
Russian Intelligence and Putin's Secret War
08/17/26Read it on U.S. Naval InstituteIran Strikes on CIA Sites Prompt Questions About Russian Role
Superspy
Hans Tofte, Intelligence Officer for SOE, OSS, and CIA
07/17/26Read it on Military Review
Iranian Cyber Operations
By Michael Groen • RealClearDefense
Reflecting on an Epic Horse Campaign in the Mountains of Afghanistan
By Brian Glyn Williams • RealClearDefense
The Godfather of American Foreign Policy Realism Speaks to Today’s World
By Francis P. Sempa • RealClearDefense
In Pursuit of Nuclear Abolition
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
Innovation Alone Won’t Prepare the U.S. for the Future Battlefield
By Joshua Segal • RealClearDefense
26th MEU – U.S. Needs Crisis Response MAGTF
By Marine Corps Compass Points
The Influence of History on a Sea Power
By CDR Salamander
Navy Civilianizes Six Former Flag Billets, Reduces Six to Captains
By Mongilio, USNI N.
Raytheon's $8B Contract for Strategic Comms Terminal Modernization
By M+A El
America’s Maritime Moment Will Not Wait
By CDR Salamander