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

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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

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Up Front

Are the kids alright? Saving and wealth accumulation among the millennial generation

William G. Gale

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

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Up Front

College sports joins the marketplace, with limits

Robert E. Litan

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

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