All Eyes on Me: The Emergence of a Russian Surveillance State
Before analyzing the activities and assessing the ethics of any intelligence organization, it is first necessary to remember that intelligence organizations are secretive by...
Brothers-in-Unethical-Arms: The American and Russian Intelligence Services
Two of the largest foreign intelligence agencies in the world, the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Russian Federation’s Foreign Intelligence Service...
The Industrial Spy Game: FSB as Russian Economic Developer
Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the Russian Federation (RF) has sought to reclaim its former glory and regain recognition as a great...
A Caspian Quasi-Khanate: DAESH, Wahhabism, and the Geopolitics of Distraction
In this article I will briefly outline how the history of this region, with its dominant religion of Islam, as well as its poverty...
Snake Eyes: Rolling the Dice with Iran
In light of the recent nuclear accord with Iran it is worthwhile to consider how some have always argued there is no real inherent...
Sins of Generations Past: Why the Iran Accord Makes Sense
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is a step in the right direction. The agreement takes place between Iran and six other nations,...
A Legal & Cyber Minefield: An Overview of the Caspian Region
Control of the Caspian Sea has been highly sought after due to its abundance of natural resources. Nearly 3 billion gallons of crude oil...
KHORASAN: Where DAESH, Caspian Energy, and Great Power Politics Meet
The word on the street in Afghanistan is that the United States created DAESH to be a problem for Russia, China, and Iran. While...
Forced to see things no child should see – exploitation and usage of child soldiers
Between 250.000 and 300.000 is estimated number of child soldiers in the past year based on United Nations (UN) report from June this year....
“Human Experimentation” and the CIA
Thirty years after the Convention against Torture has been introduced, the world has been exposed to a damning report on CIA interrogation revealing US...