Douglas London

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Douglas London (@douglaslondon5) is the author of “The Recruiter: Spying and the Lost Art of American Intelligence.” He teaches intelligence studies at Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service and is a nonresident scholar at the Middle East Institute. London served in the CIA’s Clandestine Service for more than 34 years, mostly in the Middle East, South and Central Asia and Africa, including three assignments as a Chief of Station and as the CIA’s Counterterrorism Chief for South and Southwest Asia. He is also on LinkedIn.

Douglas London

Guest Author

Articles by this author:

The Value and Costs of Intelligence Diplomacy: CIA Director Burns in the Spotlight

Beating Putin’s Game of Nuclear Chicken

How Does Putin’s Response to Prigozhin’s Mutiny Change the Threat from Russia?

Rep. Jordan’s Dangerous New Panel is Nothing Like the Church Committee

Addressing Putin’s Nuclear Threat: Thinking Like the Cold War KGB Officer That He Was

Terrorism Might Be the Least of Our Problems a Year After America’s Withdrawal from Afghanistan

US Democracy’s Survival Requires a More Powerful Response to January 6th

Defectors Provide Immediate Gratification, But Spies Change History

The Overhyping of Over the Horizon

CIA’s Former Counterterrorism Chief for the Region: Afghanistan, Not An Intelligence Failure — Something Much Worse

What We Can Expect in Afghanistan from US Intelligence Once US Troops Are Gone

9/11’s Long Shadow: What’s at Stake in Afghanistan

The CIA’s Long and Winding Road to Diversity

The Intelligence Community, Transparency, and Today’s Threats To American Security

Peace in Afghanistan: Showmanship over Substance

The CIA in the Age of Trump

The President, His Relationship with Intelligence, and the Soleimani Strike

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