INTELBRIEFS
July 10, 2020
IntelBrief: Politicizing Intelligence is Harmful to the United States
During the lead up to the United States’ catastrophic 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Bush administration tried, with some success, to ‘cherry pick’ intelligence that supported......
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IntelBrief: Rewarding Bad Behavior? Saudi Arabia and the G-20 Summit in Riyadh
Earlier this week, UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab announced that nearly fifty different individuals and organizations tied to human rights abuses would be sanctioned in the U......
READ MOREJuly 08, 2020
IntelBrief: Can Diplomacy Solve Escalating Tensions over Ethiopia’s Dam Project?
Scholars who study conflict predict that in the future, wars will be fought over access to scarce resources, an issue certain to be exacerbated by climate change and shifting mi......
READ MOREJuly 07, 2020
IntelBrief: De-Platforming Terrorists, Violent Extremists, and other Online Threats
On June 30, 2020, Facebook announced a major strategic network disruption over multiple platforms related to the social media presence of the anti-government movement known as t......
READ MOREJuly 06, 2020
IntelBrief: Iraq Fails to Rein in Iran-Backed Militias
Since his inauguration in May, Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi has had an uneasy relationship with the several Shia militias that are formally part of the government’s ‘Po......
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