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BOOKSHELF 

IACSP Homeland Security Bookshelf

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 454 Views

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This column capsule reviews 10 books on homeland security-related subjects, including terrorism- and counterterrorism. In Introduction

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Ric Prado Teaching CONTRAS Antitank Weapon
INTERVIEWS 

IACSP Q&A With Former CIA Counterterrorism Official Ric Prado

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 584 Views

Enrique “Ric” Prado is a paramilitary, counterterrorism, and special/clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Think Like a Spy: Utilizing the CIA’s CARVER Methodology to Assess Strangers

June 27, 2022 admin 615 Views

By Luke Bencie and Kara Mathis In the 2001 espionage thriller, Spy Game, there is a classic scene where a

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LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Success: Delaware Tactical Unit, a Unified SWAT-Force

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 734 Views

By Jim Weiss and Mickey Davis Formed in 1994, by 2004 the Delaware Tactical Unit (DTU) was a SWAT-trained, multi-agency

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GLOBAL 

Russia’s Gray Zone Threat to Bulgaria

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 367 Views

Lt. Col. Nikolay Y. Naydenov, Bulgaria Bulgaria is a target of Russia’s gray zone aggression, wherein the Kremlin’s desired goal

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GLOBAL 

Russian Information Warfare Against Ukraine

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 517 Views

By Kyrylo Sakhniuk Colonel, Ukraine National Guard Russian irregular warfare against Ukraine is not new. However, since 2014, the Kremlin

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Mao greets U.S. President Richard Nixon during his visit to China in 1972. White House Photo Office (1969 – 1974) - Mao Zedong, Zhang Yufeng and Richard NixonPublic Domain
GLOBAL 

“IW in GPC” Global Counterinsurgency Redux

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 356 Views

By Dr. Thomas A. Marks As the U.S. security community continues its pivot to great power competition, two decades of

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SHUTTERSTOCK
REGIONAL AFRICA 

China’s Strategic Play in Africa

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 378 Views

By Luke Bencie and Emily Gmeiner Travelers to Africa over the past decade may have spotted a disconcerting trend. The

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Osama bin Laden being interviewed by Hamid Mir, circa March 1997 – May 1998. Hamid Mir - http://www.canadafreepress.com/ CC BY-SA 3.0
CYBER-SECURITY TERROR GROUPS 

Get Ready for the Terrorist Avatars

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 490 Views

By George Michael After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S. government has shown no compunction about eliminating key terrorists. For example,

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INTERVIEWS 

IACSP Interview with Paul Townsend

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 602 Views

CISSP, Product Manager, Digital Identity at Acuant In a new interview we speak with digital identity expert Paul Townsend, CISSP

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SHUTTERSTOCK
CYBER-SECURITY 

Why East/West Russian Relations Are Unlikely To Ever Return To “Normal”

June 27, 2022October 7, 2022 admin 484 Views

By David Gewirtz Here’s the problem with writing about unfolding events for a quarterly magazine: delay time. By the time

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SITREP 

SITREP 2nd Qtr 2022

June 27, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 359 Views

Our monthly conflict tracker warns of four conflict risks and one conflict resolution opportunity this summer. As North Korea continued

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Bing West Front Row Third From the Right With ODA Team Afghanistan
INTERVIEWS 

IACSP Q&A With Bing West

February 17, 2022 admin 798 Views

A graduate of Georgetown and Princeton Universities, Francis J. “Bing” West fought as a Marine infantry officer in the Vietnam

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SECURITY DRIVER 

Security Driver: What Habits Do You Want To Change?

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 550 Views

By Anthony Ricci, President ADSI Several years back I wrote an article on complacency and drivers becoming creatures of habit.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Ambush and Surprise Attacks of Officers on Foot

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 658 Views

By Jim Weiss, Mickey Davis and Bob O’Brien Policing is a profession where a degree of danger and risk are

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A woman and her children stand outside their tent at a refugee camp for people displaced by fightings between the Syrian Democratic Forces and Islamic State militants in Ain Issa, Syria October 3, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
TERROR GROUPS Uncategorized 

Weaponized Migration

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 710 Views

Dr. Rameez Abbas Recent headlines imply a particular story of migrants used as weapons: “E.U. Says Belarus ‘Weaponized’ Middle Eastern

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Figure 3. ISGS attack on Inates garrison in Niger 10 December 2021 (in Al Naba)
REGIONAL MIDDLE EAST TERROR GROUPS 

Islamic State in the Greater Sahara

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 906 Views

By Hassane Ousseini Amidst the turn to great power competition, Africa has been identified as an area where the focus

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Pedro Benjamin Rivas Zelaya, one of the top leaders of the Mara Salvatrucha, is presented to members of the media after his arrest in Guatemala in San Salvador, El Salvador, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
NARCO REGIONAL CENTRAL AND SOUTH AMERICA 

El Salvador: MS-13 Still a Threat

February 17, 2022June 27, 2022 admin 1080 Views

By Col. Fernando Menjivar Mora Since 1992, El Salvador (see Figure 1) (1) has battled a growing threat from organized

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LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Workplace Violence Case Study: Assessing the Active Shooter Attacks at Advanced Granite Solutions, Maryland, and Car Dealership, Delaware, October 18, 2017

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 472 Views

By Dr. Joshua Sinai To understand how to anticipate and prevent potential active shooter attacks at a workplace by psychologically-disordered

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A Ukrainian service member holds a next generation light anti-tank weapon (NLAW), supplied by Britain, during drills at Ukraine’s International Peacekeeping Security Centre near Yavoriv, in the Lviv region, Ukraine, January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
SECURITY Uncategorized 

Five Random 2022 Global Security Predictions

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 673 Views

By Luke Bencie and Kacy Cartmell If 2020 was the year of the global pandemic, then 2021 could be considered

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LAW ENFORCEMENT 

Convergence as a Strategic Security Philosophy

February 17, 2022 admin 441 Views

By Luke Bencie and Raquel Ruiz In 2018, President Donald Trump signed the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act into

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CYBER-SECURITY 

The Iranian Cyber Threat: Iranians Indicted for Cyber Operations to Influence the 2020 Presidential Election

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 634 Views

By Paul Davis While most of the attention has been on Russian interference in the 2020 election, a federal indictment

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CYBER-SECURITY 

Vulnerability Alert: To Date, Log4j May Be the Most Prevalent Vulnerability in History

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 491 Views

By David Gewirtz As of the time of this writing, a cybersecurity flaw known as Log4j is among the worst

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SITREP 

SITREP 2022 1ST QTR

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 587 Views

Our monthly conflict tracker warns of two immediate conflict risks. Amid heightened U.S.-Russia tensions, Moscow continued its military build-up along

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BOOKSHELF 

IACSP Homeland Security Bookshelf

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin 466 Views

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This review column capsule reviews ten books on subjects ranging from counterterrorism, homeland security, to military

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Hijacked United Airlines Flight 175 (L) flies toward the World Trade Center shortly before slamming into the south tower as the north tower burns following an earlier attack by a hijacked airliner in New York, September 11, 2001. REUTERS/Sean Adair
Uncategorized 

Remembering 9/11

October 26, 2021February 17, 2022 admin 787 Views

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BOOKSHELF 

IACSP Homeland Security Bookshelf

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 admin 712 Views 0 Comments

By Dr. Joshua Sinai This review column consists of capsule reviews of 13 books. The tables of contents are provided

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Navy SEALs In Vietnam US Navy Photo
INTERVIEWS 

IACSP Q&A With Former Navy SEAL Benjamin H. Milligan, Author of “By Water Beneath the Walls: The Rise of the Navy SEALs

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 admin 709 Views 0 Comments

Benjamin H. Milligan became a US Navy SEAL in 2001 and served until 2009. He is the author of “By

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SECURITY DRIVER 

Security Driver Mindset – Choose Your Mood Wisely

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 admin 617 Views 0 Comments

By Anthony Ricci In this article I’ll be taking a more psychological approach to self-control. We usually concentrate on the

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Uncategorized 

Strategy In A Post-Pandemic World

October 26, 2021October 26, 2021 admin 662 Views 0 Comments

By Luke Bencie, Aidan Clark, and Elizabeth Kemker As non-revenue generating entities within most corporate organizations, Security Departments have often

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