Here is a prediction from inside the compliance trenches: the CMMC Reform Task Force closed its sixty-day review on September 11 and is now finalizing recommendations for the Department of War’s Chief Information Officer, with a public report expected within weeks. When that report lands, read it knowing what itsContinue Reading
In the years following the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, much of the world treated the region as strategically peripheral – unstable, exhausted, and largely disconnected from the future of global security. Policymakers assumed the consequences of state collapse and civil war would remain regionally contained. They did not. The vacuumContinue Reading
Excerpt from Spies: The Epic Intelligence War Between East and West When Spies was first published in 2023, it made front-page news with the chilling revelation that the Russian government had reached an advanced stage in planning an assassination on American soil. Russia’s target was Alexander Poteyev, a former officerContinue Reading
Having spent most of my life working in “advanced nations” that have strategically accentuated financial and professional services growth while outsourcing manufacturing to the lowest cost jurisdiction, the rapid rise of reindustrialization policies has shocked many by its rapid ascension and acceleration of mission investment. Reindustrialisation is core to theContinue Reading
Traitor 47 announced this weekend that the United States had secured majority control over more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuela’s proven oil reserves through a partnership with private business. That is a big number. But it is not the number the oil and gas industry will be focused on.Continue Reading
For the first time in years, large swaths of Yemeni territory are changing hands. The Houthis’ recent losses in the east of the country were quickly followed by a string of victories along the Red Sea coast that brought the group closer to the Bab al-Mandeb strait. Early readings thatContinue Reading
Washington has accomplished an important feat by stealthily moving oil through the Persian Gulf despite Iran’s proclaimed closure. But the means it has relied on can’t become normal maritime behavior. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on August 27 that the United States had facilitated the movement of 130 million barrelsContinue Reading
On August 25, CIA Director John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow. He met Russian officials, warned them against attacking NATO, raised Moscow’s support for Iran, and flew home. Allies and Kyiv were briefed before and after. It was the first trip of its kind since the former CIA Director William BurnsContinue Reading
We are squarely in the target sights of ‘Unintended Consequences.’ What do I mean by this? Think of it as a broad spectrum of possible consequences when missiles and drones are being slung back and forth between Iran and U.S. Navy vessels and bases, and the energy and commercial facilitiesContinue Reading
“It made sense for the United States to transition from this mixed force of conscripts and professionals to an All-Volunteer Force. It has enabled us to develop a truly professionalized force. It’s a professionalized force that’s a lot smaller than what we saw during the draft era. And the implicationsContinue Reading
Eighty years ago, the architects of our first dual-use revolution whispered that they had “become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” Today, a new power commands that same existential awe. It was born in elite laboratories, the product of massive government and corporate investment. It is an immense, power-hungry technology, requiringContinue Reading
If China attacked Taiwan tomorrow, the question might not be which aircraft carrier sails first to the Pacific, but whether a private company will activate satellite coverage over a small island. As Ukraine does today, Taiwan could soon depend on the choices of executives running commercial networks that sustain modernContinue Reading
We may soon face conflict with nation-states in a new model of warfare—one not defined by geography, but instead defined by AIs competing directly with one another. War has always been a ruthless teacher: adaptation, learning, and feedback determine who prevails. In the sixth domain of warfare—AI-driven conflict—that cycle ofContinue Reading