More: Intelligence
THE FSB and SIGINT: Absolute Power at Home and Abroad
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) should easily be considered one of the most influential and powerful intelligence organizations in the world today. Its...
China and Russia: Cyber Cousins but not Cyber Brothers
There seems to be a strong divergence in perception behind China's desire to command cyberspace offensively. On the one hand, there is the assumption...
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...
Muslim Australia and the search for a solution to the “War on Terror”
There are almost 500,000 Muslims in Australia, with 400 mosques serving them. According to the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (ASIO) 2012-103 Annual Report to...
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...
Iran Deal – judgments based on the language of the public JCPOA
The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the title of the nuclear agreement between Iran and six powers, among which the United States...
ISIS Expansion hits a Dead-end
It's been a year since ISIS declared its caliphate, which is a form of an Islamic government headed by a political and religious successor...
“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...