by Aseem Gupta | Mar 29, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 24 MinutesOn a cold February morning in 1962, two men approached each other from opposite ends of the Glienicke Bridge, a crossing between West Berlin and East German territory. One was Francis Gary Powers, an American pilot whose CIA reconnaissance...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 26, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 16 MinutesThe Central Intelligence Agency has a reputation for secrecy, deception, and operations that unfold far beyond the public’s view. Popular entertainment has helped create an image of CIA training in which recruits master weapons, survive...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 25, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 23 MinutesIn April 1985, a senior CIA officer walked into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., and offered to betray his country. Aldrich Ames had access to some of America’s most sensitive intelligence about the Soviet Union, and he was...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 23, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 32 MinutesThe Central Intelligence Agency is best known for gathering secrets. Its officers recruit foreign informants, penetrate hostile intelligence networks, and collect information that American policymakers cannot obtain through ordinary diplomatic...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 19, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 15 MinutesWhen Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Ukrainian resistance depended on more than conventional military forces. Behind the front lines, specialized intelligence officers and commandos were gathering...
by Aseem Gupta | Mar 12, 2016 | Geopolitics, States & Global Power
Reading Time: 62 MinutesFor nearly half a century, the world’s two most powerful countries prepared for a war that neither could afford to fight. The United States and the Soviet Union built enormous armies, surrounded themselves with military alliances,...
