Hoover’s Ghost: Kash Patel, the FBI, and the End of Non-Partisanship
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is a pivotal, integral, and important post in the U.S. federal law enforcement community. Second...
The Coming Kakistocracy: The Cabinet Nominations of Trump and Future of U.S. National Security
With the election of Donald Trump to the presidency once more, a term will once again be in wide usage, as it had been...
An Ideology of Power, National Interest, and the State: Realism and Power in International Relations
Realism is nothing more than the ideology of powerful states.
In Dunne and Schmidt’s chapter on realism for the International Relations (IR) textbook The Globalization...
Planning for the Aftermath: The Most Difficult Part of Regime Change Operations
By 2014, the Global War on Terrorism had gone into full swing. The United States had formally entered and intervened in the Syrian Civil...
A Weapon of War: Rapes in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict
Warfare has always involved violent activity. It is the state-sanctioned, societally accepted form of murder determining which nation-state or non-state actor has power over...
Cold War Paranoia and the Increased Powers of the Executive Office of the U.S. President
Cooperation between U.S. presidencies and the Congress is imperative to any successful administration. Without cooperation, bargaining, concessions, and appeasements from both sides, the creation...
Overestimation in Intelligence: The Overestimation of Russia’s Armed Forces
General George S. Patton, one of the most revered military commanders by the U.S. public, once was quoted as saying “You shouldn’t underestimate the...
Personal Freedom: Libertarians, the Russia-Ukraine Crisis, and a Crisis of Ideology
In the past few weeks, with the Russian invasion of Ukraine experiencing daily developments, many have opposed Russia’s tactics, strategy, and overall military adventure...
Combat Support: Western Intelligence and the Support for Ukraine
The Ukraine crisis has galvanized the world, becoming one of the most pressing current events and resulting in daily news updates. The crisis is...
Innovations in Intelligence: The U.S. Intelligence Community Before the Cold War
The Intelligence Community (IC) is among the most important aspects of the national security and defense sectors of the United States. They allow for...