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National Security

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Commons Brief · Adaptive PreparednessWhen the Plan Stops FittingSarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Adaptive Preparedness

When the Plan Stops Fitting

A brief on avoiding assumption lock, training with imperfect information, and building adaptation into preparedness.

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Commons Brief · Event SafetyKeep Your Options OpenSarah Adams Library

Commons Brief · Event Safety

Keep Your Options Open

Practical guidance for moving safely through crowded events, transportation systems, transition points, and rapidly changing conditions.

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Alex Joske

Spies and Lies

Alex Joske examines Chinese intelligence and influence networks through open-source research into the Ministry of State Security and its global fronts.

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Eva Dou

House of Huawei

Eva Dou traces how technology, industrial strategy, state power, intelligence collection, and one company became intertwined in geopolitical competition.

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Modern War Institute

No Place to Hide: Warfare in the Age of Persistent Observation

What Ukraine is revealing about observation, concealment, adaptation, and the assumptions shaping the next war.

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The Diplomat

Inside the Taliban’s New Military Formation on the Durand Line

A closer look at the Taliban’s evolving military posture, regional pressure, and the networks shaping the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.

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Know Thy Enemy

Hamza bin Laden: Know Thy Enemy

An investigation into Hamza bin Laden’s survival, leadership role, family network, and place inside Al-Qaeda’s evolving structure.

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SOFREPSleeper Cells Aren’t New—What’s New Is How These Groups Are Coming TogetherSarah Adams Library

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Sleeper Cells Aren’t New—What’s New Is How These Groups Are Coming Together

An examination of how terrorist networks converge, coordinate, and adapt across organizational lines.

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SOFREPAl-Qaeda: 23 Years After 9/11 and Still a Global ThreatSarah Adams Library

SOFREP

Al-Qaeda: 23 Years After 9/11 and Still a Global Threat

A look at Al-Qaeda’s endurance, adaptation, and expanded global reach more than two decades after September 11.

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In Print · ClearanceJobs

Know Thy Enemy: Former CIA Members Seeking Justice for Benghazi

An interview with Sarah Adams and Dave Benton about the investigation behind Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy and the continuing search for accountability.

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Book · Sarah Adams & Dave BentonBenghazi: Know Thy EnemySarah Adams Library

Book · Sarah Adams & Dave Benton

Benghazi: Know Thy Enemy

Sarah Adams and Dave “Boon” Benton reconstruct the Benghazi attacks, the network behind them, and the lessons that remain unfinished.

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David Priess

The President’s Book of Secrets

David Priess traces the history of the President’s Daily Brief and the people who have prepared and received it.

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