Disclosure: Iran’s New Diplomatic Weapon
Give the Iranian regime credit for creativity. In the midst of extensive nuclear negotiations with the West, officials in Tehran have apparently hit upon a new way to play for time.
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Is the Classified Information Paradigm Beyond Repair?
The problem. The U.S. government is demonstrably unable to protect the classified information on which much of national security is based. In the Manning and Snowden era when possibly two million classified documents are made public and the press is awarded prizes for publishing much of the stolen material, it is fair to ask whether the government is capable of protecting the information required for effective intelligence, military, and diplomatic results. As internet‐age leakers are outpacing spies as insider threats, it would appear that the paradigm to protect classified information is fundamentally broken, and it is time to consider what it might take to fix it. Or if the paradigm is truly beyond repair, what should replace it?
The Many Paradoxes Of The Ukraine Crisis
The most recent developments in Ukraine as of April 25 betray a mounting series of dangerous paradoxes. First, Russian officials from Putin down have consistently denied reports of Russian troops either in Crimea or now Eastern Ukraine. But Putin in his call-in show on April 17 admitted that they were present in Crimea and even linked that presence to the subsequent referendum though he claimed it was a fully democratic exercise where nobody was intimidated. Meanwhile, despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Putin and his officials deny the presence of Russian forces in Eastern Ukraine.
South Asia Security Monitor: No. 342
New troop minimum for US forces in Afghanistan;
Former Taliban minister freed in effort to spur Afghan talks;
PAK conducts successful HATF III test-fire US-PAK naval contract meets friction in Congress
Russia Reform Monitor: No. 1891
Crimea: Russia’
s newest gambling haven;
All eyes on the Arctic