William Burns

Jan 30, 2024 | almendron.com | William Burns

For as long as countries have kept secrets from one another, they have tried to steal them from one another. Espionage has been and will remain an integral part of statecraft, even as its techniques continually evolve. America’s first spies spent the Revolutionary War using ciphers, clandestine courier networks, and invisible ink to correspond with each other and their foreign allies. In World War II, the emerging field of signals intelligence helped uncover Japanese war plans.

Jul 18, 2023 | russiamatters.org | Mikael Pir-Budagyan |William Burns |Simon Saradzhyan |Ho-Chun Herbert Chang

Report Card*Change in control of Ukrainian territorySince Feb. 24, 2022: Russia: +25,000 square miles. 11% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Connecticut combined. Ukraine: 0. Ukraine has not taken any territory controlled by Russia before the 2022 invasion. Since Aug. 29, 2022 Ukrainian counteroffensive: Ukraine +6,760 square miles. 3% of Ukraine. Area equivalent to Connecticut and Rhode Island combined. Russia: +420. Ukraine: +7,180.

Feb 22, 2023 | dispatchist.com | William Burns

An advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told POLITICO on Tuesday that Kyiv is worried that some members of the Biden administration might use Congress as an excuse to start winding down military aid and push for Ukraine to pursue more realistic war goals.Two Ukrainian officials also confirmed to POLITICO a report that said CIA Director William Burns told Zelensky during a visit to Kyiv in January that the next few months on the battlefield will be pivotal as military aid might be...

Feb 18, 2023 | dispatchist.com | William Burns

" This comes amid heightened western and Israeli concerns over the deepening two-way military cooperation between Iran and Russia Iran appears assured of soon receiving a shipment of one of Russia's most advanced fighter jets, which would mark the most significant upgrade in decades to the Islamic Republic's aging fleet, the New York Times reported on Saturday.This comes amid heightened western and Israeli concerns over the deepening two-way military cooperation between Iran and Russia, and...

Feb 17, 2023 | dispatchist.com | William Burns

Meanwhile, the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a DC-based think tank, summed up recent statements given by US government officials to the US mainstream press, both publicly and privately, and came to the conclusion that the Biden administration may be laying the groundwork for Russo-Ukrainian peace talks." Analysis Ukrainian Whistleblower Telizhenko: US Intentionally Made Ukraine Powerless In Order to Rule It Yesterday, 17:03 GMT Furthermore, there were reports alleging that CIA...