Phil Waymon served 20 years in the special operations community, retiring in late 2024. His career included numerous ...

One of the things I loved about LEGO as a child was the ability to mix and match an endless amount of parts to create unique builds. Children (and some adults) gather around a bin of parts to create ...

Venezuela presents a long-standing challenge tied to narcotics trafficking and transnational criminal networks. For years, the country has functioned as a major transit hub for illicit drug flows, ...

A Global History of Empire and EspionageBy Alfred W. McCoy/ Haymarket BooksReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer — Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada. The opinions ...

CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT INTERVIEW -- Economic grievances in Iran have sparked demonstrations for a fifth straight day, with ...

Sacrifice and Redemption in the City that Defied HitlerBy Sinclair McKay/Pegasus Books Reviewed by: Susan GorgioskiThe Reviewer: Susan Gorgioski is a writer who lives in Australia. She informs us that ...

On February 14, 2022, with Russia poised to invade Ukraine, I questioned whether Vladimir Putin’s reign to that point had revealed him to be a strategic master or a strategic failure. Nearly four ...

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The recent release of President Trump’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), with its emphasis on “the Trump corollary to the Monroe Doctrine,” and its resultant challenges, such as border security, ...

On January 1, 2026, in his planned first message for the 59th World Day of Peace, Pope Leo XIV will reflect on peace, justice, and global harmony.On December 18, 2025, Pope Leo published his first ...

Keti Korkiya is a research analyst in the Russia Program at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. OPINION — The fate of ...

Out with a “rules-based international order” and in with “U.S. core national interests”, according to the U.S. National Security Strategy (NSS) of 2025. The NSS was not well-received by many of the 32 ...