Twenty years after the Berlin Wall, STRATFOR founder George Friedman and former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev talk on its meaning then and now. [more]
STRATFOR security expert Fred Burton discusses the possibility that Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the suspected gunman in a massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, became the target of a classified FBI investigation months before the shootings occurred. [more]
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Nov. 7 he has suggested that Iran transfer its low-enriched uranium to Turkey, as an alternative to the West's proposal that the uranium be enriched in Russia, Ynet News reported. ElBaradei said he has not presented the idea to the government of Turkey for consideration, but he believes the Turkish government would agree to store Iran's uranium under IAEA's supervision.
Unearthing Obama's strategy at the present moment is difficult, but this does not mean it is not there, as strategy is less a matter of choice than of geopolitical reality. [more]
A recent call by a high-level al Qaeda official for jihadists to conduct simple attacks against a variety of targets highlights the need for counterterrorism programs to adopt an approach that focuses on "the how" of militant attacks instead of just "the who." [more]
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