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In the private sector, we analyze competitors to understand where they excel, so we can improve our approach. With this same mindset, I reviewed how 15 adversarial groups utilize media to communicate ...

Just a few weeks ago, Pakistan, the host for fragile ceasefire talks aiming to end the war between the U.S. and Iran, was at ...

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Cash is the Executive Director of The Steady State. He also served as former Senior Advisor the Under Secretary for Intelligence at DHS and as Chief Counsel and Staff Director (Minority) to a ...

Dr. Kenneth Dekleva is a former physician-diplomat with the U.S. State Dept., Professor of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center and the founder and CEO of Blackwood Advisory Solutions LLC. The ...

Scott Forney is the President of the Electromagnetic Systems (EMS) Group of General Atomics. Mr. Forney joined GA in November 2007. Under his guidance, EMS Group continues as a leading Department of ...

Marc Polymeropoulos served 26 years in the CIA before retiring from the Senior Intelligence Service in June 2019. His positions included field and headquarters operational assignments covering the ...

Thomas Karako is the director of the Missile Defense Project and a senior fellow with the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where he arrived ...

Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she is also the author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within.