Author Annie Jacobsen methodically researched the CIA's paramilitary arm in her latest book, Surprise, Kill, Vanish. In this episode of Stratfor Talks' Pen and Sword podcast, host Fred Burton speaks with Jacobsen about what she learned about the element of U.S. foreign policy played out in secret.
Trade wars, tech wars, North Korean missile tests, an attempted coup in Venezuela and the growing threat of another Mideast conflict. It's time to take a moment to figure out what's what.
By Reva Goujon
Until now, nuclear arms control deals have been a largely bilateral, U.S.-Russian affair. Could that change as Washington tries to entice Beijing to join a pact?
Faced with tight budgets at home and fewer buyers abroad, the country's arms manufacturers are struggling to escape their downward spiral.
The U.S. has warned that it will make use of a little-used federal law to impose sanctions on Egypt should it buy Russian fighter jets.
Russia's intervention in Syria's war helped prop up Bashar al Assad's government. Is it about to try something similar in Venezuela?
Time is running out to ensure that one of the last and most important arms control agreements between the U.S. and Russia doesn’t suffer the same fate as the INF Treaty.
In preparation for the end of its Cold War-era treaty with Russia, the United States has begun developing ground-launched cruise missiles for the first time in more than 30 years.
We are pleased to be able to share the first chapter of Beirut Rules, courtesy of its publishers, written by Stratfor's Fred Burton and international bestselling author Samuel Katz. The book covers the story of the kidnapping and murder of CIA Station Chief William Buckley at the hands of Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon in the 1980s.
The pact limiting nuclear missile deployment reduced fears on the Continent for three decades. Now that it's collapsing, Europeans are bracing for a return to escalation.
