The Evolution of Open-Source Intelligence share.gemini.google/VwveCljy…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 26, 2026
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Secrecy and Democracy in Intelligence share.gemini.google/kTarRfZv…
The fundamental paradox of intelligence within a democratic state is that the secrecy required to gain an informational advantage over adversaries simultaneously undermines the foundational democratic principles of accountability, transparency, and constitutional constraint. For those evaluating the structural health of security services, secrecy is not merely a mechanism for protecting sources and methods; it is an institutional environment that generates distinct operational, psychological, and systemic challenges.
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The issue of secrecy within the security and intelligence services of a democratic state represents one of the most enduring paradoxes of modern governance. It pits the existential requirement of national security against the fundamental democratic principles of transparency, public accountability, and the rule of law.— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 26, 2026
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“Putin wouldn’t dare” is not a defense strategy.My new column for Tomorrow’s Affairs looks beyond the debate over whether Russia will attack NATO and asks the question that matters more:
🚨Are we prepared if our assumptions are wrong?
Drones. Electronic warfare. Industrial capacity. Weapons stockpiles. And credible deterrence.Ukraine has changed the battlefield. NATO needs to change just as quickly.
#NATO #Russia #NationalSecurity #Defense #Ukraine— @Wiswesser Sep 26, 2026
Secrecy and Democracy in Intelligence share.gemini.google/kTarRfZv…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 26, 2026
Ukraine bomber drones drop ground robots behind Russian lines to kill or injure 3,000 enemy troops in groundbreaking ‘safari’ mission. trib.al/hWagQf9
— @DailyMail Sep 26, 2026
Кукловод из Азербайджана. Путь Года Нисанова – YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=DYIUqEXR…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 26, 2026
Rats Are Disappearing From New York City — Scientists Shocked by What’s Already Hunting Them – YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=aW8W7SiV…
— Michael Novakhov (@mikenov) Sep 26, 2026
NYT: Sources confirm Haaretz report of UAE president’s Oct. warning to Netanyahu haaretz.com/israel-news/isra…
— @haaretzcom Sep 26, 2026
— @actualiteitjunk Sep 26, 2026
Russian President Vladimir Putin has now made it clear that Moscow’s ambitions are no longer confined to the four Ukrainian oblasts, but extend across what Russia calls Novorossiya, from Kharkiv to Odesa.
If this continues, Ukraine risks losing vast additional territories and being reduced to a landlocked rump state, retaining only a fraction of the territory it internationally controlled before February 2022.
Odesa and Kharkiv are increasingly being treated by the Kremlin as strategic objectives, while every additional year of war risks making Ukraine’s position weaker and the eventual price of ending the conflict higher.At some point, American and European policymakers need to confront the consequences of their strategic choices.
Dismissing Russia’s stated security concerns and pursuing NATO expansion closer to Russia’s borders did not make the security dilemma disappear.
It helped create a confrontation in which Ukraine is paying an enormous price.The brutal question is whether a more realistic approach to European security,one that took Russia’s security concerns seriously rather than simply dismissing them,could have prevented this catastrophe.
History will judge very harshly the decisions that allowed a preventable security crisis to turn into a devastating war…..
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— @ricwe123 Sep 26, 2026