‘Intelligence’ = ‘Understanding’ + ‘Influence’. // Rationale: There is plenty of ‘chatter’ relating to contemporary developments. Drawing on 'Intelligence Engineering' (IE) - www.intstrategist.com/intelligence-engineering-book - this Substack 'post' provides a distilled and curated series of quickly scrollable headlines that especially relate to 'intelligence' topics and further offer: (i) informed insight as to where we are presently; and (ii), at least beginning, foresight into future directions that are opening up. Feedback, discussion & debate is welcomed. //
Source headlines listed as follows:
Tulsi Gabbard fires top officials citing intelligence politicization | The Hill
Intelligence on Earth Evolved Independently at Least Twice | WIRED
North Korea’s 1st daughter makes debut at diplomatic event with Kim Jong Un – Radio Free Asia
What is artificial general intelligence? - GZERO Media
Strategic Folly? Why India and Pakistan Should Not Go to War | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Editors' pick: Australia’s security architecture must evolve, not regress | The Strategist
Dominating Conflict’s Leading Edge: Five Principles for an Assertive Irregular Warfare Doctrine | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Russia’s War in Ukraine: Ukraine’s Strategy And Western Military Assistance - ICDS
It's Time for Trump and Xi to Meet | TIME
Pope Leo XIV makes the challenge of AI an early focus - The Washington Post
Russia and Ukraine Agree to Largest Prisoner Swap of the War | TIME
CIA to name veteran Middle East case officer as head of covert operations | Financial Times
France/United States: French security clearance, CIA and ODNI watchdogs, French cognac tariffs, MI6 | Intelligence Online
Niger urged to release journalists detained for reporting on country's military ties with Russia - JURIST
Why We’re Unlikely to Get Artificial General Intelligence Anytime Soon - The New York Times
Breaking News: U.S. President Trump Signs $2B Deal with Qatar to Become First MQ-9B Drone Operator in Middle East | Army Recognition
Three Iranians charged with suspected espionage in UK - AL-Monitor
Gabbard fires two senior intelligence officials focused on assessing threats to US | CNN Politics
Amid lawmaker concerns, CYBERCOM head says SOCOM-like model is best way forward - Breaking Defense
White House orders spy agencies to prioritize intelligence collection on Greenland | intelNews.org
Putin's Bulgarian spy ring jailed for total of 50 years - LBC
5/16/25 National Security and Korean News and Commentary | Small Wars Journal by Arizona State University
Trump Appointee Pressed Analyst to Redo Intelligence on Venezuelan Gang - The New York Times
North Korea could have 50 long-range missiles by 2035: US intel – Radio Free Asia
The Law Already Supports AI in Government — RAG Shows the Way | Just Security
Iranian asylum seekers charged with spying, targeting U.K. journalists - UPI.com
From Grief to Action: Demands for Democratic Renewal in the Balkans | Inter Press Service
Russia/Ukraine: Ukrainian intelligence's remarkable seizure of Russia's new anti-drone system | Intelligence Online
Canada now has a minister of artificial intelligence. What will he do? | CBC News
Three Iranians Accused of Targeting People in the U.K. - The New York Times
Gabbard fires 2 top intelligence officials and will shift office that preps Trump's daily brief - ABC News
US spy chief fires heads of intelligence body that disputed Trump’s Venezuela gang claims - Nextgov/FCW
Functional divergence between the two cerebral hemispheres contributes to human fluid intelligence | Communications Biology | Nature
Russia's Eliminationist Rhetoric Against Ukraine: A Collection | Just Security
Reparatory justice in the age of Artificial Intelligence | OHCHR
Resilience by design: A new EU Foreign Economic Policy to counter global disorder | European Union Institute for Security Studies
Artificial intelligence | AP News