Intelligence Community

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Global Trade

A WTO reform agenda

Joshua P. Meltzer

Sunday, September 15, 2019

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Order from Chaos

Women and the war on terror: An insider account

Bruce Riedel

Monday, July 22, 2019

2019

May

Past Event

A conversation with the CIA’s privacy and civil liberties officer: Balancing transparency and secrecy in a digital age

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM EDT

Washington, DC

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Saudi Arabia

The CIA’s conclusions on killing of Jamal Khashoggi

Bruce Riedel

Monday, December 3, 2018

Reports

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Intelligence Community

Enigma: The anatomy of Israel’s intelligence failure almost 45 years ago

Bruce Riedel

September 25, 2017

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Cities & Regions

Securing global cities

General Raymond Odierno (Ret.) and Michael E. O’Hanlon

March 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a visit to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia

Report

To preserve an important U.S. intelligence tool, Trump needs to set a different tone

Benjamin Wittes

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Report

Cuidado: The inescapable necessity of better law enforcement in Mexico

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Report

Drones and aerial surveillance: Considerations for legislatures

Gregory McNeal

November 2014

Blog Posts

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Order from Chaos

In new book, James Clapper offers an essential view into decades of intelligence challenges

Bruce Riedel

Thursday, May 31, 2018

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Order from Chaos

Understanding the big downsides—and potential benefits—of the proposed Trump-Kim meeting

Jeffrey A. Bader

Monday, March 12, 2018

Then-Israeli Major General in the Reserves Ariel Sharon (2nd R) confers with comrades during the 1973 Middle East War in the Sinai Peninsula, October 10, 1973 in this handout photo released by the Government Press Office. Sharon, a dominant figure for decades in shaping the Middle East, was fighting for his life on January 5, 2006, after suffering a massive brain haemorrhage. ISRAEL OUT BW ONLY REUTERS/Shlomo Arad/Government Press Office/Handout - RP3DSFDYCZAB

Markaz

The fog of certainty: Learning from the intelligence failures of the 1973 war

Dror Michman and Yael Mizrahi-Arnaud

Monday, October 23, 2017

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Events

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Experts

Bruce Riedel

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy

Director - The Intelligence Project

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Multimedia

FBI Director James Comey is sworn in to testify before a Senate Judiciary Committee

Podcast Episode

On Trump firing FBI Director James Comey

Benjamin Wittes

Wednesday, May 10, 2017

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Podcast Episode

Trump’s national security and defense team

Fred Dews and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Friday, January 6, 2017

Reports

The exile: The stunning inside story of Osama bin Laden and al-Qaida in flight

Yitzhak Rabin: Soldier, Leader, Statesman

CIA’s strategy in the face of emerging challenges

Senior Fellow - Foreign Policy, Center for 21st Century Security and Intelligence, Center for Middle East Policy

Director - The Intelligence Project