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Mission CIA: Mapping Beijing's Path to War
Taiwan has launched its largest annual military exercise ever - amid growing concern that China is on the cusp of launching a military invasion. Many national security experts see a Chinese invasion …
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
A Practitioner's Guide to Cocktail Tradecraft
Writing a book was something former senior CIA Officer Rob Dannenberg never thought he'd do, but as he started reflecting on the ways he and his former colleagues would celebrate the successful recru…
Published on 5 months ago
Hitting the Panic Button on Rare Earth Minerals
Rare Earth minerals might not be at the top of your panic list today but when it comes to U.S. national security, it's an issue that has the potential to have the greatest impact on both our way of l…
Published on 5 months ago
Ground Truth on Ukraine's Tech War
Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainians have used every resource available to fight back. From aid packages and weapons systems acquired from western allies to mobi…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Why China's Data Centers Should Concern You
Beijing has long said that it aims to be the world's technology leader but the rate at which it is building data centers – and how it's using them - is raising alarms in national security circles. St…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Inside CIA's Mission to Maximize Technology
CIA veteran Sheetal Patel helped stand up and then lead the spy agency's Transnational and Technology Mission Center in 2022, at a time when there was no longer any denying that more outreach to the …
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago
How AI & Images are Impacting U.S. Intelligence
Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth sits at the helm of the Intelligence Agency that is helping war fighters and Intelligence analysts better understand the world and what's beyond it. The National Geospat…
Published on 7 months, 1 week ago
Why We're Still at War with Russia
Despite efforts by U.S. President Donald Trump to warm U.S. relations with Moscow amid negotiations for Russia to end its war in Ukraine, Russian sabotage operations, active measures and Gray Zone ac…
Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago
National Security Hollywood Style
When Walter Parkes co-wrote the movie War Games in 1983, he had no idea what he had launched. The movie about a teen hacker played by Matthew Broderick examined what might happen if someone breached…
Published on 8 months ago
China Keeps Breaking Barriers on Artificial Intelligence
In this conversation, former Senior CIA Execuvite Chip Usher discusses the recent advancements made by the Chinese AI lab DeepSeq, particularly its new AI models that rival those of American companie…
Published on 8 months, 1 week ago