EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Michael Vickers had an unusual and almost unparalleled career in the U.S. intelligence community, having been deeply involved in both the efforts against the Soviets in ...

Early on the morning of October 7, 2023, thousands of Hamas fighters broke through Israel’s southern border in a violent raid ...

Andrew Makridis, former COO of the CIA, offers new policy ideas on emerging technologies and national security for the U.S.

Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he was ...

One year after the Hamas massacre, there are lessons for intelligence agencies in how Israel's government missed (or ignored) the warnings.

Larry Hanauer is the Deputy Director of the Global Dynamics and Intelligence Division at the Institute for Defense Analyses ...

As Hezbollah is weakened, a CIA veteran with extensive Mideast experience sees an opportunity for Lebanon's government to play a constructive role.

Max Lesser is the senior analyst on emerging threats at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation, where his research focuses on countering foreign malign influence operations. Max previously ...

Ari Ben Am is an adjunct fellow at FDD’s Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation. His research focuses on emerging threats, influence and information operations, cyber operations, and hybrid warfare ...