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Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement - And Everywhere Else

Chinese Spies in US Law Enforcement - And Everywhere Else

The regular counterintelligence chat with William Tucker is a day late but full of new Chinese espionage activity in the NYPD, the EU, and beyond. We also touch on intelligence history and why literature from the Middle Ages or beyond is not only fascinating but still relevant.

Harvey Floods Houston: Reflecting on Katrina

Harvey Floods Houston: Reflecting on Katrina

The tragedy unfolding in Houston brought back memories of Katrina and Houston's response to the plight of evacuees from Louisiana. It was a massive effort that consumed the city for weeks. The scale of it all would change Houston forever.

Dereliction of Duty

Dereliction of Duty

Considering Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster's recent appointment to the position of National Security Advisor, it is prudent to revisit his book Dereliction of Duty.

Marie von Clausewitz: A Biography of a Wider Experience

Marie von Clausewitz: A Biography of a Wider Experience

Jill S. Russell is a military historian whose interests lie in contemporary security affairs. She has recently submitted her doctoral dissertation on logistics, subsistence and American strategic culture. She has worked as a defence consultant and in the American professional military education system. You can find her writing at Strife

Julia Tatiana Bailey: Visual Artists and the Politics of Surveillance in Post-Privacy America

Julia Tatiana Bailey: Visual Artists and the Politics of Surveillance in Post-Privacy America

Julia Tatiana Bailey is an art historian specialising in visual politics in the Cold War and art as propaganda, diplomacy and resistance. She recently completed a PhD focusing on official and unofficial Soviet-American cultural exchange and works as Assistant Curator of International Art at Tate Modern in London. Julia blogs

William M. Nolte: Counterintelligence after Snowden

Counterintelligence

William M. Nolte: Counterintelligence after Snowden

On February 7, 2014, William M. Nolte, Former Director of Education and Training at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, discussed "Counterintelligence after Snowden" at The Institute of World Politics.

Art as Espionage in Cold War America

Art as Espionage in Cold War America

Julia Tatiana Bailey is an art historian researching art as propaganda and diplomacy in Cold War America. She is currently completing her PhD as a Predoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C. She blogs twice-weekly on Cold War art at ESPIONART [http://espionart.wordpress.com/

A Historical Look at the Genealogy of the WMD Category & Threat

A Historical Look at the Genealogy of the WMD Category & Threat

Tara Maller [https://blogsofwar.com/tag/tara-maller/] is a research fellow in the National Security Studies Program at the New America Foundation. Her current areas of focus include sanctions, diplomacy, intelligence, cybersecurity, terrorism and women in security. Previously, she worked at BrightWire Inc., a NY-based startup, where she served as