Organization:GlobalSecurity.org

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Short description: American think tank website on security issues

GlobalSecurity.org is an American 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.

Focus

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]

History

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]

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] and provides definitions of widely used terms for the public.[28] The organization also serves as a defense, military, foreign policy, and national-security watchdog group.[27][29][30][31][32][33]

In part it seeks to find new approaches to international security, and promotes achieving cooperative international security and preventing nuclear proliferation.[19][24][34] 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] 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".[35]

References

  1. ↑ O'Rourke, Ciara (November 15, 2010). "Sen. John Cornyn says that Fort Hood is the largest military installation in the world". PolitiFact. http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2010/nov/15/john-cornyn/sen-john-cornyn-says-fort-hood-largest-military-in/. 
  2. ↑ Bender, Bryan (March 3, 2013). "Defense cut damage viewed as overblown". Boston Globe. https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2013/03/03/spending-cuts-trigger-many-say-nation-security-won-suffer-feared/yWzYWIH5psHBpq6S3Nj7sO/story.html. 
  3. ↑ Defence Journal, Volume 8, Issues 8-10. 2005. p. 19. https://books.google.com/books?id=RanfAAAAMAAJ&q=%22John+Pike,+the+director+of+GlobalSecurity.org,+a+U.S.-based+independent+research+organization+that+focuses+on+new+security+challenges%22. Retrieved 2018-04-26. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Yester, Katherine (November 18, 2009). "Expert Sitings: John E. Pike". Foreign Policy. https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/11/18/expert-sitings-john-e-pike/. 
  5. ↑ "Enemy at the gates". The Economist. November 19, 2015. https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21678766-new-technology-improving-military-sharpshooters-range-and-accuracy-enemy. 
  6. ↑ Tsuruoka, Doug (May 18, 2017). "Was Trump's NSC aide sidelined for being too hardline?". Asia Times. https://asiatimes.com/article/trumps-nsc-aide-sidelined-hardline/. 
  7. ↑ "Splashing, and clashing, in murky waters". The Economist. August 20, 2009. https://www.economist.com/node/14259054. 
  8. ↑ Leary, Warren E. (September 20, 2005). "NASA Planning Return to Moon Within 13 Years". New York Times. https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/students/pop/20050921snapwednesday.html. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Buncombe, Andrew (July 19, 2017). "Trump 'ends programme to arm anti-Assad rebels' in move sought by Russia". The Independent. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/us-politics/trump-syria-rebel-funding-putin-russia-anti-assad-fighters-a7849971.html. 
  10. ↑ Cowen, Tyler (November 18, 2007). "What Does Iraq Cost? Even More Than You Think.". Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/16/AR2007111600865.html. 
  11. ↑ Sherman, Amy (July 20, 2016). "Donald Trump wrongly blames Hillary Clinton for creation of ISIS". PolitiFact. http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jul/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-blames-hillary-clinton-creati/. 
  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. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-icbm-2017-story.html. 
  13. ↑ Gladstone, Rick (May 31, 2017). "Iran Drops Plan to Send Human Into Space, Citing Cost". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/world/middleeast/iran-space.html. 
  14. ↑ Broder, Jonathan (February 5, 2016). "Will Obama Bonb ISIS In Libya?". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/obama-isis-islamic-state-libya-muammar-gaddafi-iraq-syria-special-operations-423334. 
  15. ↑ "Satellite spotters glimpse secrets, and tell them". CNET. February 12, 2008. https://www.cnet.com/news/satellite-spotters-glimpse-secrets-and-tell-them/. 
  16. ↑ Sacknoff, Scott (2004). North American Space Directory. Space Publications. p. 258. https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22The+group+focuses+on+military%2C+intelligence%2C+space%2C+homeland+security%2C+and+cyberstrategy.%22. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  17. ↑ Aftergood, Steven (November–December 2000). "Pike Departs to Found New Organization". Journal of the Federation of American Scientists 53 (6). https://fas.org/faspir/v53n6.htm. Retrieved April 26, 2018. 
  18. ↑ Wayne, Leslie (February 5, 2006). "A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/a-bold-plan-to-go-where-men-have-gone-before.html. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 Watson, Cynthia Ann (2002). U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 231. ISBN 9781576075982. https://books.google.com/books?id=Nj2monE0y4cC&pg=PA231. Retrieved 2018-04-24. 
  20. ↑ Sherwell, Philip (June 25, 2011). "US military leaders fear Afghanistan withdrawal will increase soldier deaths". The Telegraph. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8598832/US-military-leaders-fear-Afghanistan-withdrawal-will-increase-soldier-deaths.html. 
  21. ↑ "Libraries: Political Science: International Politics". https://libguides.stthomas.edu/c.php?g=88589&p=573600. 
  22. ↑ "Research Guides: Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence: News and Information Portals". http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=234999&p=1559633. 
  23. ↑ "Site Map". https://www.globalsecurity.org/sitemap.htm. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 Burden, Paul R. (2010). A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites. Scarecrow Press. p. 749. ISBN 9780810876958. https://archive.org/details/subjectguidetoqu0000burd. 
  25. ↑ Netzley, Patricia D. (2007). Terrorism. Greenhaven Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780737732351. https://books.google.com/books?id=6MEUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22globalsecurity.org%22+%22reliable+source%22. Retrieved 2018-04-24. 
  26. ↑ 26.0 26.1 "Best of the Web: Web Site Reviews: GlobalSecurity.org". https://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=6093. 
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Umansky, Eric (September 22, 2002). "Image Problems; A Place to Find Out for Yourself About the War". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/weekinreview/the-world-image-problems-a-place-to-find-out-for-yourself-about-the-war.html. 
  28. ↑ Watson, Cynthia Ann (2008). Nation-building and Stability Operations: A Reference Handbook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 134. ISBN 9780275992187. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT3QFmmdUJoC&pg=PA134. Retrieved 2018-04-26. 
  29. ↑ Gerstein, Josh (October 15, 2001). "Military Secrets Posted on Internet". ABC News. https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=126664. 
  30. ↑ Foley, Michael S.; O'Malley, Brendan P. (2008). Home Fronts: A Wartime America Reader. New Press. p. 574. https://www.google.com/search?newwindow=1&tbm=bks&q=%22trying+to+tease+out+the+difference+between+facts+and+Pentagon+spin.%22. Retrieved 2018-04-28. 
  31. ↑ Giles, Bob (December 15, 2002). "The Vital Role of the Press in a Time of National Crisis". Nieman Reports 56 (4). http://niemanreports.org/articles/the-vital-role-of-the-press-in-a-time-of-national-crisis/. Retrieved May 8, 2018. 
  32. ↑ Chatterjee, Pratap (June 9, 2004). "Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract". https://corpwatch.org/article/controversial-commando-wins-iraq-contract. 
  33. ↑ Scheeres, Julia (October 25, 2001). "Suppression Stifles Some Sites". Wired. https://www.wired.com/2001/10/suppression-stifles-some-sites/. 
  34. ↑ Hunt, Kimberly N., ed (2004). Encyclopedia of Associations, Volume 1: National Organizations of the U.S. (41st ed.). Thomson Gale. p. 1899. ISBN 9780787668730. https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb572H6BbI0C&q=%22reduce+reliance+on+nuclear+weapons+and+the+risk+of+their+use%22. Retrieved 2018-04-27. 
  35. ↑ Woodward, Bob (2004). Plan of Attack. Simon and Schuster. p. 446. https://archive.org/details/planofattackdefi00bobw. 

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