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A New Counterintelligence Strategy

Counterintelligence

A New Counterintelligence Strategy

The National Counterintelligence and Strategy Center rolled out their roadmap for the next two years and, on paper at least, it looks good.

Exploring Divergent Options with Phil Walter

Exploring Divergent Options with Phil Walter

Divergent Options is a new effort to build a body of concise analysis (1,000 words or less) on national security topics from a global talent pool. The project was launched by Phil Walter and he joins me on Covert Contact to discuss the effort and the important gap that it is seeking to fill.

Cutting Through the Hybrid Warfare Hype

Cutting Through the Hybrid Warfare Hype

The conflict in Ukraine sparked a huge surge in interest in hybrid warfare. Phil Walter joins me in this episode to look at the less helpful aspects of that surge, discuss why the concept still matters, and to propose actions that could put us on better footing to deal with

Are Ungoverned Spaces Inherently Dangerous?

Are Ungoverned Spaces Inherently Dangerous?

In episode 40 of the Covert Contact podcast Phil Walter joins me to discuss some of the concepts laid out in his recent post on Blogs of War [https://blogsofwar.com/ungoverned-spaces-what-threat-do-they-pose/] about ungoverned spaces and how they’re viewed from a national security perspective. Phil challenges some of the

Understanding and Influencing Enemy Behavior

Understanding and Influencing Enemy Behavior

Phil Walter joins me again to discuss behavior. Why do the actors we seek to influence, friend and foe alike, behave the way that they do? What advantage does a deep understanding of the underlying motivations for their behavior give us? It’s easy to be dismissive of an enemy’

Excerpt: Before the First Shots Are Fired by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz

Excerpt: Before the First Shots Are Fired by General Tony Zinni and Tony Koltz

General Tony Zinni (retired) was commander-in-chief of CENTCOM and special envoy to the Middle East before retiring as a four-star general. He has appeared on The Daily Show and Meet the Press, among others. He is the author of The Battle for Peace and Leading the Charge. He lives in

ASPI suggests: Washington, DC edition (with a Blogs of War shout-out)

ASPI suggests: Washington, DC edition (with a Blogs of War shout-out)

Blogs of War got a nice shout-out from Natalie Sambhi at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s blog “The Strategist” today

An Excerpt from Linda Robinson's One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare

An Excerpt from Linda Robinson's One Hundred Victories: Special Ops and the Future of American Warfare

Linda Robinson is a senior international policy analyst at RAND. She has been an adjunct senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and Public Policy Scholar at the Wilson Center. Her book about the U.S. Army Special Forces, Masters of Chaos, was a New York Times bestseller; her

Rethinking Insurgency with Dr. Steven Metz

Rethinking Insurgency with Dr. Steven Metz

Dr. Steven Metz [http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/pubs/people.cfm?authorID=22] is Chairman of the Regional Strategy Department, Co-Director of the Future of American Strategy Project, and research professor at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute [http://www.strategicstudiesinstitute.army.mil/]. Dr. Metz has been