GlobalSecurity.org

GlobalSecurity.org is a nonpartisan,[1] independent,[2][3] nonprofit organization[4] that serves as a think tank,[5][6] research and consultancy group,[7][8][9][10] and website. It is focused on national and international security issues;[11] military analysis, systems, and strategies;[9][12] intelligence matters;[13][14] and space policy analysis.[15][16] It was founded in December 2000 by John Pike, who had previously worked since 1983[17] with the Federation of American Scientists, where he directed the space policy, cyberstrategy, military analysis, nuclear resource, and intelligence resource projects.[4] GlobalSecurity.org is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in Alexandria, Virginia,[18][19] and John Pike is its director.[20]

"Global Security" redirects here. For the American website GlobalSecurityReview.com, see Global Security Review.
Not to be confused with Globalresearch.ca.

The website's target audience includes journalists, policy-makers, scholars, political scientists, military and defense personnel, and the public.[21][19] It supplies background information and developing news stories,[22] providing online analysis and articles that analyze what are sometimes little-discussed topics[19] in categories that include WMDs, military and defense, security and cybersecurity, intelligence, and space technology.[23][24][25] It also disseminates primary documentation and other original materials,[19] provides detailed, high-resolution satellite images and video footage from war zones,[26][27][28] and provides definitions of widely used terms for the public.[29] The organization also serves as a defense, military, foreign policy, and national-security watchdog group.[28][30][31][32][33][34]

In part it seeks to find new approaches to international security, and promotes achieving cooperative international security and preventing nuclear proliferation.[19][24][35] To this end it seeks to improve intelligence-community capabilities to respond to new threats and to prevent the need for military action, while at the same time enhancing the effectiveness of military forces when needed.[24]

GlobalSecurity.org was listed in the War Intelligence category of Forbes' now-defunct "Best of the Web" directory from 2001 onward; the directory cited its "Depth of military information", and noted its "collection of satellite images and video footage from the war zone".[26][27] In his 2004 book Plan of Attack, about the behind-the-scenes decision-making that led the Bush administration to invade Iraq, Bob Woodward called the website "an invaluable resource on military, intelligence and national security matters".[36]

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  2. Bender, Bryan (March 3, 2013). "Defense cut damage viewed as overblown". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  3. Defence Journal, Volume 8, Issues 8-10. 2005. p. 19.
  4. Yester, Katherine (November 18, 2009). "Expert Sitings: John E. Pike". Foreign Policy. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  5. "Enemy at the gates". The Economist. November 19, 2015. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  6. Tsuruoka, Doug (May 18, 2017). "Was Trump's NSC aide sidelined for being too hardline?". Asia Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  7. "Splashing, and clashing, in murky waters". The Economist. August 20, 2009. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  8. Leary, Warren E. (September 20, 2005). "NASA Planning Return to Moon Within 13 Years". New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  9. Buncombe, Andrew (July 19, 2017). "Trump 'ends programme to arm anti-Assad rebels' in move sought by Russia". The Independent. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  10. Cowen, Tyler (November 18, 2007). "What Does Iraq Cost? Even More Than You Think". Washington Post. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  11. Sherman, Amy (July 20, 2016). "Donald Trump wrongly blames Hillary Clinton for creation of ISIS". PolitiFact. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  12. Hennigan, W.J.; Vartabedian, Ralph (May 30, 2017). "Upgrading U.S. nuclear missiles, as Russia and China modernize, would cost $85 billion. Is it time to quit the ICBM race?". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  13. Gladstone, Rick (May 31, 2017). "Iran Drops Plan to Send Human Into Space, Citing Cost". New York Times. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  14. Broder, Jonathan (February 5, 2016). "Will Obama Bonb ISIS In Libya?". Newsweek. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  15. "Satellite spotters glimpse secrets, and tell them". CNET. February 12, 2008. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
  16. Sacknoff, Scott (2004). North American Space Directory. Space Publications. p. 258.
  17. Aftergood, Steven (November–December 2000). "Pike Departs to Found New Organization". Journal of the Federation of American Scientists. 53 (6). Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  18. Wayne, Leslie (February 5, 2006). "A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before". New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  19. Watson, Cynthia Ann (2002). U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 231.
  20. Sherwell, Philip (June 25, 2011). "US military leaders fear Afghanistan withdrawal will increase soldier deaths". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  21. "Libraries: Political Science: International Politics". University of St. Thomas. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  22. "Research Guides: Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence: News and Information Portals". University of Southern California. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
  23. "Site Map". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  24. Burden, Paul R. (2010). A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites. Scarecrow Press. p. 749.
  25. Netzley, Patricia D. (2007). Terrorism. Greenhaven Press. p. 347.
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  28. Umansky, Eric (September 22, 2002). "Image Problems; A Place to Find Out for Yourself About the War". New York Times. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
  29. Watson, Cynthia Ann (2008). Nation-building and Stability Operations: A Reference Handbook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 134.
  30. Gerstein, Josh (October 15, 2001). "Military Secrets Posted on Internet". ABC News. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  31. Foley, Michael S.; O'Malley, Brendan P. (2008). Home Fronts: A Wartime America Reader. New Press. p. 574.
  32. Giles, Bob (December 15, 2002). "The Vital Role of the Press in a Time of National Crisis". Nieman Reports. 56 (4). Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  33. Chatterjee, Pratap (June 9, 2004). "Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract". CorpWatch. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  34. Scheeres, Julia (October 25, 2001). "Suppression Stifles Some Sites". Wired. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
  35. Hunt, Kimberly N., ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Associations, Volume 1: National Organizations of the U.S. (41st ed.). Thomson Gale. p. 1899.
  36. Woodward, Bob (2004). Plan of Attack. Simon and Schuster. p. 446.
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