Aki Peritz guesses that the intelligence behind a number of successful U.S. drone strikes against ISIS in Afghanistan is coming from a surprising source.

Peter Storey asserts that if the West is to succeed in the Ukraine crisis then it must comprehend the system the Kremlin uses to maintain power in Russia and how this relates to the conflict.

Carolyn Schapper on how the creation of an open source intelligence fusion center would benefit the U.S. defense, intelligence, and foreign policy communities as well as non-governmental organizations by sparing costly and time-consuming duplication of effort.

Josh Cohen on why viewing Iran as an irrational actor bent on martyrdom skews intelligence analysts' understanding of Tehran's behavior and motivations.

Chris Miller attempts to unravel the complexities of intelligence failure in order to explain what it is and why it is inevitable.

William Quinn, a former U.S. Army interrogator, on why, in the wake of the Senate report on CIA's Enhanced Interrogation Program, the United States should not use torture despite the arguments some make in its favor.

Colonel (Ret.) Philip Lisagor argues that America's leaders and intelligence community missed the inevitable rise of ISIS because of organizational drift to from a 'gatherer' to a 'hunter' culture and a focus on 'actionable intelligence' to the detriment of analysis.

Chris Miller explores the 'politicization' of intelligence and how and when it may occur in relations between intelligence and policymakers.