Admitting Georgia to the NATO club wouldn't have prevented the recent crisis in the region, and could have even made it worse.
Over the centuries, the causes and justifications for war have evolved. But we remain caught in a Westphalian mindset, even though the nature of today’s substate threats demands an altogether-different mentality and a new breed of soldier—or at le
In a new blog post, TNI Publisher Dimitri K. Simes examines the ongoing crisis between Russia and Georgia—and the damage it could do to U.S.-Russian relations.
Without quick mediation, the politicization of religion could lead to conflict.
American religiosity and European secularity spring from the same source.
Congress has made a start. But the priority of the new Director of National Intelligence must be better HUMINT.
The Abkhaz seem to have built themselves a state. Now all they need is someone to recognize it.
If you want to improve America's intelligence, don't read the 9/11 report. Read Buchan's Greenmantle or Kipling's Kim. We need agents of daring and skill, not better bureaucrats.
If gardeners and housemaids can cross our porous borders, so can Al-Qaeda operatives.
The intelligence community did not fail to predict the Soviet collapse.