Most Americans attribute the contrasting foreign policy and national security strategies between former Presidents Trump and Obama and the current Continue Reading
National Security
The U.S. Needs a National Security Strategy, Not Whack-A-Mole
by an anonymous former Special Forces officer However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results -Sir Winston Continue Reading
Why You Can Count Me Among The Enemies of Democracy
by Durham Ellis Words have consequences, and along with our deceased founders, I will never call our republic a democracy. I support our (dying) Continue Reading
Why We Need a Director of National Economy, Right Now
by an anonymous Special Forces officer There can be economy only where there is efficiency. -Benjamin Disraeli __________ In 2009, Dennis Continue Reading
The Little Boy Who Cried Wolf
Once upon a time, there was a General in the Pentagon who was in charge of all the F-16s in the Air Force and he found out about a very dangerous Continue Reading
The Top Secret Files: Something Smells Fishy in Massachusetts
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub Public Domain By now most of America has heard about the young, enlisted U.S. Air National Guard member Continue Reading
One Red Balloon
by Lt Col (ret), US Army, Darin Gaub Ninety-nine red balloonsFloating in the summer skyPanic bells, it's red alert!There's something here from Continue Reading
Narco-Terrorism and the Criminal Insurgency: Mexican Drug Cartels
The arrests of Ovidio Guzmán López, eldest son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán Loera, in 2019 and again in January 2023 bring the topic of designating Continue Reading
What Makes a Terrorist?
Radicalization into violent extremist ideologies typically results from real or perceived injustices, exclusion, limitations, restrictions, or Continue Reading
U.S. National Security and MS-13: Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear
Freedom from want and freedom from fear are the two primary motivators for migration tied directly to the foundational principles of human security Continue Reading
Understanding National Security Using Emotional Intelligence Principles
In the private security sector, emotional intelligence is vital on several fronts. We often have to deal with agitated or irrational people. A firm Continue Reading
The Human Security Paradigm
Introduction Human security is the evolving hypothesis that identifies and addresses the pervasive and intersectional challenges to the survival, Continue Reading