Trump’s soft rhetoric toward Russia masks assertiveness against Putin

by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / February 22, 2020. President Trump has reversed his predecessor’s weakness toward Russia and developed an impressive track record against the Putin regime’s aggressive behavior. Putin’s ability to project power is small and his economy is small, but the Russian leader has presided over a massive … Read more

Russia poises to grab Ireland to cut NATO, intercept cables

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

Putin continues repressing Christians and recruiting them as spies

by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / February 14, 2020 Russia’s security and intelligence organizations continue both to repress and recruit Christians for subversive work inside the country and abroad. “That this is the case should surprise no one because the threat of repression can be a powerful recruiting tool and the … Read more

Harvard professor’s arrest shows Chinese spying through US universities

by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / January 30, 2020 Espionage against America’s universities surfaced again when the FBI arrested a prominent Harvard professor as an alleged part of a Communist Chinese spy operation. The recent arrests of Harvard Professor Charles Lieber, a Chinese People’s Liberation Army officer, and a second Chinese … Read more

Teaching special ops forces about PSYOP in US history

A study of psychological operations in US history shows 21st century warfighters how decisive the unconventional weapon has been in establishing and keeping our democracy. For more than a decade, Dr Waller has lectured on the subject, as one of a series of PSYOP topics in his curriculum, at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare … Read more

Putin’s prime minister is the right man to build a Xi Jinping-style techno-regime

by J Michael Waller / Center for Security Policy / January 21, 2020 Russia’s new prime minister is the ideal man to replicate China’s high-tech police state to keep Vladimir Putin in power for life. In purging his government, President Vladimir Putin has promoted Mikhail Mishustin as chief of government. Widely portrayed as a hockey … Read more

Waller tells New York Supreme Court: ‘It is safe to say that Guo Wengui is a Communist Chinese spy’

In a motion filed with those of his colleagues, an attorney, two Wall Street Journal reporters, and Dow Jones, Dr Waller explained why the evidence suggests strongly that Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui is a spy for Communist China. Guo, who goes by about 11 other names including Miles Kwok, sued the group for defamation. He … Read more

Guo Wengui: ‘Dissident-hunter, propagandist, and agent in the service of the … Chinese Communist Party’

The Wall Street Journal broke the news that fugitive billionaire Guo Wengui (aka Miles Kwok) is allegedly a spy for the Communist Party of China, and not the dissident he claims to be. The allegation came in a July 19, 2019 counterclaim to a lawsuit that a Guo surrogate brought against a Virginia-based political intelligence … Read more

A modest proposal: How everyone can win while solving the border crisis

by J Michael Waller / The Federalist / April 22, 2019 The country is so polarized that it seemed like a solution to the Mexican border crisis was impossible – until the past 10 days since President Trump tweeted an interim approach that makes everyone a winner. In a few short words on April 12, … Read more

Political warfare lecture at National Intelligence University

The National Intelligence University invited Dr Waller to teach a class on political warfare. The research university arm of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), the NIU is the only accredited, federal degree-granting in the US intelligence community. Waller’s April 17 lecture focused on the strategy of political warfare.