Global Security and Intelligence Studies: Volume 7, Number 1, Summer 2022

Welcome to the first issue of our Seventh edition! Global Security and Intelligence Studies is a double-blind peer-reviewed academic journal that aims to bridge the two-way gap between academia and practitioners. We serve as common ground to a diverse and growing audience ranging from policymakers to academics to operators on the front lines. GSIS strives to provide work pertaining to the most current and relevant topics in an ever-evolving and rapidly expanding threat-scape. The summer issue is packed with informative and instructive research that spans the psychological, cyber, political, and strategic domains. Contents: Editorial Welcome>Graduate LecternMikhail Gorbachev: A Transformational Leader>Research Articles & Critical AnalysisComing Together: Strengthening the Intelligence Community Through Cognitive Diversity>Physician, then Political Dictator: Bashar al-Assad, President of the Syrian Arab Republic>The Soft Path to U.S. Hegemony in the 21st Century: An American Brain Drain Policy Against Strategic Competitors>Politics With Other Means: Aligning U.S. Military and Diplomatic Efforts in the Indo-Pacific Command Region>The Ideology of "Strategic Conservatism" from Russia's Imperial Perspective>Notes from the FieldBLOCKCHAIN: A Cyber Defense Force Multiplier>Intelligence Communities and the Media-The Case of the Danish Spymaster Lars FindsenArdavan M. Khoshnood