Category: Analytics

Ensuring the Country’s Security in the Postmodern World

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Peculiarities of the New National Intelligence Strategy of the United States   Victor Hvozd US leadership continues to thoroughly update a set of basic documents relevant to the country’s national security and defense. In general, this is, so to speak, a usual practice of every American administration. However, as we have noted in previous publications, during the  presidency of D. Trump, the content of such documents is fundamentally different if compared with those adopted by the previous US administration in 2013–2014. This first of all concerns the revision of the adversaries and a clearer definition of the threats to the United States, as well as the USA’s efforts to demonstrate…

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US Missile Defense Plans

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Problems and Consequences for the World   Victor Hvozd In mid-January 2019 President of the United States D. Trump unveiled the Missile Defense Review. The document defines the main threats to the United States’ security in the missile and nuclear sphere, as well as the plans for further development of US and NATO missile defense systems. The Review is fully in line with Washington’s vision of the need to strengthen the defense of the United States and its allies in the conditions of the proliferation of nuclear missile technologies in the world and their reaching a qualitatively new level. This was the reason for the USA’s withdrawal…

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Let Us Celebrate Original Ukrainian Dates!

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The 100th Anniversary of the Creation of the Special and Intelligence Services of the State   Victor Hvozd President of the “Borysfen Intel” Centre, Lieutenant General of the Reserve, Chief of the Military Intelligence (2008–2010) and Foreign Intelligence (2014–2016) of Ukraine, Ph.D. in Military Science   Publication of the material “The 100th Anniversary of the Creation of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine” on March 10 had a positive response among researchers of the history of the special services of Ukraine and veterans of the Intelligence. Let me remind that on the basis of the…

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Donald Trump’s “Equator”

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The Beginning of the US Election Campaign and Its Consequences   Victor Hvozd January 2019 marks exactly two years since D. Trump’s official becoming US President. In fact, this is the “equator” of his presidential term, which is usually the peak of the activities of the Master of the White House and the start of preparations for the new election (scheduled for 2020). However, unlike most other US Presidents, D. Trump’s “equator” coincided with a significant complication of the political situation in the United States, which is turning into a rigid confrontation between the two branches of power in the country. An example of this was the so-called “shutdown” — D. Trump’s next…

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Victor Hvozd’s book “Ukraine’s Military Intelligence at the Turn of the Third Millennium”

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The book “Ukraine’s Military Intelligence at the Turn of the Third Millennium” is no memoirs, it is sooner a retrospective study of the processes of the creation, formation, coming into being, development and functioning of the Military Intelligence for the first 26 years of Ukraine’s independence. It is an attempt to show the Military Intelligence’s place and role in building a modern Ukrainian state against the background of the geopolitical challenges at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century. — I did not set myself the task to tell about…

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Victor Hvozd’s book “Ukraine’s Military Intelligence at the Turn of the Third Millennium”

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The book is available in printed form. The price of the book is 350 hryvnyas (including delivery). The book can be delivered by the “Nova Poshta” express delivery service. To pay for the book — use cashless payment form on our site (see below). To get the book you need to let us know (borysfenintel@gmail.com or by phone +38 /067/ 243-2807) the surname, first name and patronymic and the contact phone number of the recipient, the city and the “Nova Poshta”’s nearest office. As soon as we receive the bank…

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“BINTEL” Geopolitical Analytics Journal, Issue 4, 2018

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The end-of-year issue of the “BINTEL” journal has been published Traditionally, the latest issue of the “BINTEL” journal, published on the eve of the new, 2019 year, contains articles on geopolitical topics. Since the passing year was full of various geopolitical events that concerned Ukraine, the authors of the articles, in one way or another, not just state, but also explain the reasons for those events, warn against premature conclusions or non-motivated remarks. The issue is opened by the article “Peculiarities of the Development of the Situation in the World in 2018 in the Context of Ukraine’s National Interests”. Its…

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Moscow Is Playing the Taliban

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Vadym Volokhov November 9, 2018, Moscow hosted negotiations and consultations with the participation of the Taliban on “peaceful settlement in Afghanistan”. The talks were attended by representatives of Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, China, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The United States was also invited, but its representative was not there. Here one should understand that Russia is not a direct participant in the negotiations, but acted as an intermediary and provided a place for the meeting. And here again the question arises: “Why did Russia go for legitimization of the Taliban movement, which in itself is…

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The 100th Anniversary of the Creation of the Military Intelligence of Ukraine

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March 10, 1918 can be considered the Day of Creation of the Military Intelligence of Independent Ukraine   Victor Hvozd President of the “Borysfen Intel” Centre, Lieutenant General of the Reserve, Chief of the Military Intelligence (2008–2010) and Foreign Intelligence (2014–2016) of Ukraine, Ph.D. in Military Science   According to the usual practice, the official holiday of a unit, formation, branch of service is the date of the order (directive, decree, etc.) on the creation of the appropriate administrative body. When Ukraine gained independence in 1991, hundreds of intelligence officers (who had been serving…

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