The strange wartime odyssey of Louis C. Beck By Raymond J. Batvinis Publication Date: Monday, September 1, 2008
The intelligence and counterintelligence dimensions of the Second World War are replete with fascinating tales of courage, treachery, and intrigue. IWP adjunct professor Raymond Batvinis brings to light one such story in his essay on the wartime exploits of FBI (and later CIA) officer Louis C. Beck.
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Putin thumbs his nose at Bush By Walter Jajko Publication Date: Monday, August 11, 2008
Georgia is only a pesky midget blocking the way to Ukraine. Russia’s ultimate and more important target is Ukraine, not Georgia. This is why the Russian war against Georgia is of the utmost strategic significance.
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Advice for the nuclear abolitionists By Henry D. Sokolski, Gary J. Schmitt Publication Date: 12 May 2008
Most nations, and unfortunately our own State Department, mistakenly interpret the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as recognizing and protecting a country's right to acquire all the technology and materials related to a nuclear energy program so long as it is declared to be for civilian use only and is open to monitoring by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
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Poland's latest counterintelligence crisis in context By Marek Jan Chodakiewicz Publication Date: April 7, 2008
IWP Academic Dean and Professor of History Dr. Marek Jan Chodakiewicz discusses candidly some pertinent and forthright details of Poland's latest counterintelligence crisis: the allegations that six undercover Polish military intelligence officers posted their pictures from a secret mission to Afghanistan on Poland's equivalent of Facebook.com. Dr. Chodakiewicz brings to the debate surrounding this latest crisis a description of the palimpsest of Poland's intelligence services, the personalities that staff and control them, and the controversy surrounding their decommunization.
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