A primer that teaches the principles, strategy, and tradecraft of counter-intelligence (CI). It presents the nuts and bolts of the business of counter-intelligence and the characteristics that make a good CI officer. It offers detailed descriptions of tradecraft that reveal the real world of intelligence and espionage.
An introduction to Putin’s formidable intelligence and security organization
Since its founding in 1995, the FSB, Russia’s Federal Security Service, has regained the majority of the domestic security functions of the Soviet-era KGB. Under Vladimir Putin, who served as FSB director just before becoming president, ......
The Island Campaigns and the Founding of China's Navy
Toshi Yoshihara shows, in Mao's Army Goes to Sea, how the People's Liberation Army (PLA) made crucial decisions to establish a navy and secure China's periphery. This narrative will help US policymakers and scholars place China's recent maritime achievements in proper historical context and provide insight into how its navy may act in the future.
Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly felt than in the Indo-Pacific region, where freedom of navigation is challenged by regional states continuous investments in naval power, and the renewed political will to use it to ......
The Landmark Court Battle over Argentina's $100 Billion Debt Restructuring
The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt law Argentina's 2001 default on $100 billion in bonds and the messy litigation that followed has had an outsized impact on sovereign debt markets, sovereign debt law, and the International Monetary Fund's policies. This is the sovereign debt case study that ......
Building an Organizational Culture of Inquiry for Lasting Transformation
A roadmap for business leaders to unlock the full potential of data, machine learning, and artificial intelligence
Ninety-nine percent of businesses surveyed say that data and AI are a top priority—but two-thirds admit to feeling stuck. What most leaders miss is that to succeed at becoming a data-driven business requires developing a ......
The untold story of how America's brightest academic minds revolutionized intelligence analysis at the CIA In the early days of the Cold War, the United States faced a crisis in intelligence analysis. A series of intelligence failures in 1949 and 1950, including the failure to warn about the North Korean invasion of South Korea, made it clear ......
A reevaluation of conflict thresholds in the context of complex cyber, conventional, and nuclear war The return of great power competition has renewed concerns about managing escalation, lest a minor crisis inadvertently spiral into nuclear war. This has become apparent during the war between Russia and Ukraine, as Western aid for Ukraine has ......
The first book about Iran's shadowy Ministry of Intelligence Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of ......
