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Understanding Russian Subversion: Patterns, Threats, and Responses, 2020
This report is part of the RAND Corporation perspective series. RAND perspectives present informed perspective on a timely topic that address the challenges facing the public and private sectors. All…
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Iran and the Strait of Hormuz : Varying Levels of OF Interdiction, 1997
Here is Thesis by James M. Esquivel from Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, California. This thesis undertakes an accurate assessment of Iran's military capability adjacent to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's…
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Iran Military Power, 2019
This report by U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency is Part of unclassified Defense Intelligence overviews of the major foreign military challenges facing the United States. This volume provides details on Iran’s…
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Overt Affairs
The lansinginstitute.org recommends a new report from The Sentry, shows that in an effort to evade the international sanctions designed to disrupt its nuclear weapons program, North Korea exploited vulnerabilities…
Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem
lansinginstitute.org would like to recommend GEC & Department of State Special Report “Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem” published in August 2020. Russia’s disinformation and propaganda ecosystem is the…
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Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament. Russia, 2020
The report on the threat to U.K. national security from Russia, which was compiled in early 2019 by parliament’s intelligence and security committee (ISC). MPs' report accuses Russia of trying…
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The Pushtuns of the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands, 1979
We recommend reading the CIA research paper “The Pushtuns of the Afghan-Pakistani borderlands”, which provides an insight into the inter-tribal relations in the Pakistan-Afghan border region. It describes the evolution…
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Libya: Tribalism in the Qadhafi Regime, 1987
This is must-read sanitized intelligence analysis by CIA that was written in November, 1987 about tribalism in the Qadhafi regime. We think that this paper is very important to understand…
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A New Typology for State-sponsored International Terrorism,2011
lansinginstitute.org wants to draw your attention to the interesting paper: "A New Typology for State-sponsored International Terrorism", by Jeremy R. Reeves from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, published in December,…