GlobalSecurity.org

Not to be confused with Globalresearch.ca or Global Security Review.

GlobalSecurity.org is an American independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that serves as a think tank, and research and consultancy group. Most active in the late 2000s, the organization’s research has appeared in outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, Foreign Policy, and The Economist.

GlobalSecurity.org

Formation	December 2000; 23 years ago (2000-12)
Founder	John E. Pike
Headquarters	300 N. Washington Street Alexandria, Virginia, US
Official language	English
Director	John E. Pike
Website	www.globalsecurity.org
Remarks	ISSN 2769-8947

Focus

The site is focused on national and international security issues;^[1] military analysis, systems, and strategies;^[2][3] intelligence matters;^[4][5] and space policy.^[6][7]

History

It was founded in December 2000 by John Pike, who had worked since 1983^[8] with the Federation of American Scientists, where he directed the space policy, cyberstrategy, military analysis, nuclear resource, and intelligence resource projects.^[9] GlobalSecurity.org is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in Alexandria, Virginia,^[10][11] and Pike remains as its director.^[12]

The website's target audience includes journalists, policy-makers, scholars, political scientists, military and defense personnel, and the public.^[13][11] It supplies background information and developing news stories,^[14] providing online analysis and articles that analyze what are sometimes little-discussed topics^[11] in categories that include WMDs, military and defense, security and cybersecurity, intelligence, and space technology.^[15][16][17] It also disseminates primary documentation and other original materials,^[11] provides detailed, high-resolution satellite images and video footage from war zones,^[18][19] and provides definitions of widely used terms for the public.^[20] The organization also serves as a defense, military, foreign policy, and national-security watchdog group.^{[19][21][22][23][24][25][excessive citations]}

In part it seeks to find new approaches to international security, and promotes achieving cooperative international security and preventing nuclear proliferation.^[11][16][26] To this end it seeks to improve intelligence-community capabilities to respond to new threats and to prevent the need for military action, while at the same time enhancing the effectiveness of military forces when needed.^[16]

GlobalSecurity.org was listed in the War Intelligence category of Forbes' now-defunct "Best of the Web" directory from 2001 onward; the directory cited its "Depth of military information", and noted its "collection of satellite images and video footage from the war zone".^[18] In his 2004 book Plan of Attack, about the behind-the-scenes decision-making that led the Bush administration to invade Iraq, Bob Woodward called the website "an invaluable resource on military, intelligence and national security matters".^[27]

References

1. Sherman, Amy (July 20, 2016). "Donald Trump wrongly blames Hillary Clinton for creation of ISIS". PolitiFact. from the original on May 15, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
2. Buncombe, Andrew (July 19, 2017). "Trump 'ends programme to arm anti-Assad rebels' in move sought by Russia". The Independent. from the original on September 20, 2017. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
3. Hennigan, W.J.; Vartabedian, Ralph (May 30, 2017). "Upgrading U.S. nuclear missiles, as Russia and China modernize, would cost $85 billion. Is it time to quit the ICBM race?". Los Angeles Times. from the original on April 25, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
4. Gladstone, Rick (May 31, 2017). "Iran Drops Plan to Send Human Into Space, Citing Cost". New York Times. from the original on June 1, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
5. Broder, Jonathan (February 5, 2016). "Will Obama Bonb ISIS In Libya?". Newsweek. from the original on May 7, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
6. "Satellite spotters glimpse secrets, and tell them". CNET. February 12, 2008. from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved May 12, 2018.
7. Sacknoff, Scott (2004). North American Space Directory. Space Publications. p. 258. from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
8. Aftergood, Steven (November–December 2000). "Pike Departs to Found New Organization". Journal of the Federation of American Scientists. 53 (6). from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
9. Yester, Katherine (November 18, 2009). "Expert Sitings: John E. Pike". Foreign Policy. from the original on May 6, 2018. Retrieved April 26, 2018.
10. Wayne, Leslie (February 5, 2006). "A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before". New York Times. from the original on February 4, 2016. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
11. Watson, Cynthia Ann (2002). U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook. ABC-CLIO. p. 231. ISBN 9781576075982. from the original on 2020-05-14. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
12. Sherwell, Philip (June 25, 2011). "US military leaders fear Afghanistan withdrawal will increase soldier deaths". The Telegraph. from the original on December 25, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
13. "Libraries: Political Science: International Politics". University of St. Thomas. from the original on May 15, 2020. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
14. "Research Guides: Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence: News and Information Portals". University of Southern California. from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved April 28, 2018.
15. "Site Map". GlobalSecurity.org. from the original on June 5, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
16. Burden, Paul R. (2010). A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites. Scarecrow Press. p. 749. ISBN 9780810876958.
17. Netzley, Patricia D. (2007). Terrorism. Greenhaven Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780737732351. from the original on 2020-05-13. Retrieved 2018-04-24.
18. . Forbes.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2011.
19. Umansky, Eric (September 22, 2002). "Image Problems; A Place to Find Out for Yourself About the War". New York Times. from the original on December 26, 2019. Retrieved April 27, 2018.
20. Watson, Cynthia Ann (2008). Nation-building and Stability Operations: A Reference Handbook. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 134. ISBN 9780275992187. from the original on 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
21. Gerstein, Josh (October 15, 2001). "Military Secrets Posted on Internet". ABC News. from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
22. Foley, Michael S.; O'Malley, Brendan P. (2008). Home Fronts: A Wartime America Reader. New Press. p. 574. from the original on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
23. Giles, Bob (December 15, 2002). "The Vital Role of the Press in a Time of National Crisis". Nieman Reports. 56 (4). from the original on January 13, 2017. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
24. Chatterjee, Pratap (June 9, 2004). "Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract". CorpWatch. from the original on July 22, 2019. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
25. Scheeres, Julia (October 25, 2001). "Suppression Stifles Some Sites". Wired. from the original on May 14, 2020. Retrieved May 8, 2018.
26. Hunt, Kimberly N., ed. (2004). Encyclopedia of Associations, Volume 1: National Organizations of the U.S. (41st ed.). Thomson Gale. p. 1899. ISBN 9780787668730. from the original on 2020-05-16. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
27. Woodward, Bob (2004). Plan of Attack. Simon and Schuster. p. 446.

External links

• Official website  
• Appearances by John Pike on C-SPAN