About Dr Waller & his work
J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / September 17, 2021. Left-wing extremism is on the rise in Germany, with one in four groups prone to violence to overthrow the democratic constitutional government, according to the latest official Report on the Protection of the Constitution. “There are no signs that left-wing extremists will end … Read more
I wrote this as a tribute to one of my best friends who just died. In another age and place, Paul Behrends would have been straight out of Rudyard Kipling. The extraordinary life of the retired US Marine Corps reserve lieutenant colonel and longtime congressional staffer ended December 12 when Paul died from injuries near … Read more
Our new Antifa monograph ranks #1 on Amazon for new titles about terrorism. Unmasking Antifa: Five Perspectives on a Growing Threat, hit the #1 mark within 24 hours of going on sale. It’s an important milestone also because Amazon, the world’s largest bookseller, now recognizes the study of Antifa as a study in terrorism. Center … Read more
by J Michael Waller / American Greatness / November 1, 2020 Far from being “spontaneous” or “mythical,” today’s militant political violence is not only organized, it even has user manuals. In destroying statues and other symbols of American history, the new violent extremist movement cultivates its own history:Indoctrinate people without them realizing it, gradually and … Read more
J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / September 15, 2020 – To understand Antifa and its broader movement free from the lenses of American politics, the German government is very helpful. German domestic intelligence has a warning: Antifa and its allies are going to get more destructive and more violent. “There is a … Read more
by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / July 31, 2010 – Antifa is an organized “left-wing violent extremist” network with ideological goals “to eliminate the existing state and social order and thus the free democratic basic order,” according to new German internal security report. The report comes out as the United States … Read more
By J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / June 3, 2020 – The only real difference between Antifa and the old Baader-Meinhof Gang of West Germany is that Antifa has no prominent leader and its members hide their identities, says German historian Bettina Röhl. Of all people, she should know. Röhl’s mother was … Read more
by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / February 20, 2020 The Putin regime has mapped out a plan to invade Ireland, a vital telecommunications and logistics hub linking North America and Europe. Agents of Russia’s GRU military intelligence have been observed for years across Ireland charting its rugged coastline, deep harbors, and … Read more
Laying out an innovative strategy to counter and deter Kremlin subversion, the Center for Security Policy provided NATO countries with a new way to provide common defense against Moscow’s “hybrid threats.” Center Vice President J Michael Waller told the thousand or so participants at the Riga Conference that NATO should “map out and exploit the vulnerabilities” … Read more
My three-year term as a founding editorial board member of NATO’s Defence Strategic Communications journal is over. Published by NATO’s Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence in Riga, Latvia, the journal is part of Latvia’s small but outsized contribution to the Atlantic alliance. Like the Centre itself, the journal began as a Latvian initiative. The Centre … Read more