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June 11, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Mapping Mogadishu and the Problem of Warlord Politicians

This is a guest post by Jim Sanders, a career, now retired, West Africa watcher for various federal agencies. The views expressed below are his personal views and do not reflect those of his former e…

DATE IMPORTED:June 26, 2012People stand in front of a building destroyed during a fight between al Shabaab militants against African Union and Somali Government forces in Mogadishu June 26, 2012.

November 3, 2011

China
Chinese Economic Espionage

(Courtesy Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive) The Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive released a report on foreign economic and industrial espionage today.  The to…

Chinese Economic Espionage

April 5, 2017

Intelligence
Getting Intelligence Agencies to Adapt to Life Out of the Shadows

Intelligence agencies love working in the shadows. However, in a post-Snowden world, they will have to get used to working in the spotlight.

Robert Hannigan

December 5, 2014

You Might Have Missed: Drones, Blowback, and Intelligence Briefings

Department of Defense Press Briefing by Rear Adm. Kirby in the Pentagon Briefing Room, U.S. Department of Defense, December 2, 2014. Q: Will the 9,800 remaining troops have a combat role or not? RE…

March 24, 2016

Cybersecurity
After a Chinese National Pleads Guilty to Hacking, What’s Next for the U.S.-China Relationship?

Late Wednesday, the Department of Justice announced that Su Bin, a Chinese national living in Canada, had plead guilty to "participating in a years-long conspiracy to hack into the computer networks …

Mark Jette, lawyer for Su Bin, speaks to the media after Su was denied bail during a hearing in Vancouver July 23, 2014.  (Ben Nelms/Reuters)