GlobalSecurity.org

The site is focused on national and international security issues;{{cite news|last1=Sherman|first1=Amy|title=Donald Trump wrongly blames Hillary Clinton for creation of ISIS|url=http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jul/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-blames-hillary-clinton-creati/|access-date=May 12, 2018|work=PolitiFact|date=July 20, 2016|archive-date=May 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180515074245/http://www.politifact.com/florida/statements/2016/jul/20/donald-trump/donald-trump-wrongly-blames-hillary-clinton-creati/|url-status=live}} military analysis, systems, and strategies;{{cite news |last1=Buncombe |first1=Andrew |date=July 19, 2017 |title=Trump 'ends programme to arm anti-Assad rebels' in move sought by Russia |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/us-politics/trump-syria-rebel-funding-putin-russia-anti-assad-fighters-a7849971.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 27, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920062138/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world-0/us-politics/trump-syria-rebel-funding-putin-russia-anti-assad-fighters-a7849971.html |archive-date=September 20, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Hennigan|first1=W.J.|last2=Vartabedian|first2=Ralph|title=Upgrading U.S. nuclear missiles, as Russia and China modernize, would cost $85 billion. Is it time to quit the ICBM race?|url=http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-icbm-2017-story.html|access-date=May 12, 2018|work=Los Angeles Times|date=May 30, 2017|archive-date=April 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425181612/http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-new-icbm-2017-story.html|url-status=live}} intelligence matters;{{cite news|last1=Gladstone|first1=Rick|title=Iran Drops Plan to Send Human Into Space, Citing Cost|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/world/middleeast/iran-space.html|access-date=May 12, 2018|work=New York Times|date=May 31, 2017|archive-date=June 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601065046/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/31/world/middleeast/iran-space.html|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Broder|first1=Jonathan|title=Will Obama Bonb ISIS In Libya?|url=http://www.newsweek.com/obama-isis-islamic-state-libya-muammar-gaddafi-iraq-syria-special-operations-423334|access-date=May 12, 2018|work=Newsweek|date=February 5, 2016|archive-date=May 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180507174315/http://www.newsweek.com/obama-isis-islamic-state-libya-muammar-gaddafi-iraq-syria-special-operations-423334|url-status=live}} and space policy.{{cite news|title=Satellite spotters glimpse secrets, and tell them|url=https://www.cnet.com/news/satellite-spotters-glimpse-secrets-and-tell-them/|access-date=May 12, 2018|work=CNET|date=February 12, 2008|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225222116/https://www.cnet.com/news/satellite-spotters-glimpse-secrets-and-tell-them/|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Sacknoff|first1=Scott|title=North American Space Directory|date=2004|publisher=Space Publications|page=258|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22The+group+focuses+on+military%2C+intelligence%2C+space%2C+homeland+security%2C+and+cyberstrategy.%22|access-date=2018-04-28|archive-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207121652/https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22The+group+focuses+on+military%2C+intelligence%2C+space%2C+homeland+security%2C+and+cyberstrategy.%22|url-status=live}}

It was founded in December 2000 by John Pike, who had worked since 1983{{cite journal|last1=Aftergood|first1=Steven|title=Pike Departs to Found New Organization|journal=Journal of the Federation of American Scientists|date=November–December 2000|volume=53|issue=6|url=https://fas.org/faspir/v53n6.htm|access-date=April 26, 2018|archive-date=September 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926083444/https://fas.org/faspir/v53n6.htm|url-status=live}} with the Federation of American Scientists, where he directed the space policy, cyberstrategy, military analysis, nuclear resource, and intelligence resource projects.{{cite news |last1=Yester |first1=Katherine |date=November 18, 2009 |title=Expert Sitings: John E. Pike |work=Foreign Policy |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/11/18/expert-sitings-john-e-pike/ |url-status=live |access-date=April 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180506034214/http://foreignpolicy.com/2009/11/18/expert-sitings-john-e-pike/ |archive-date=May 6, 2018}} GlobalSecurity.org is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area in Alexandria, Virginia,{{cite news|last1=Wayne|first1=Leslie|title=A Bold Plan to Go Where Men Have Gone Before|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/a-bold-plan-to-go-where-men-have-gone-before.html|access-date=April 27, 2018|work=New York Times|date=February 5, 2006|archive-date=February 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160204115805/http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/05/business/yourmoney/05rocket.html|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Cynthia Ann|title=U.S. National Security: A Reference Handbook|date=2002|publisher=ABC-CLIO|page=231|isbn=9781576075982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nj2monE0y4cC&pg=PA231|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=2020-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514181816/https://books.google.com/books?id=Nj2monE0y4cC&pg=PA231|url-status=live}} and Pike remains as its director.{{cite news|last1=Sherwell|first1=Philip|title=US military leaders fear Afghanistan withdrawal will increase soldier deaths|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8598832/US-military-leaders-fear-Afghanistan-withdrawal-will-increase-soldier-deaths.html|access-date=April 27, 2018|work=The Telegraph|date=June 25, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225220614/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8598832/US-military-leaders-fear-Afghanistan-withdrawal-will-increase-soldier-deaths.html|url-status=live}}

The website's target audience includes journalists, policy-makers, scholars, political scientists, military and defense personnel, and the public.{{cite web|title=Libraries: Political Science: International Politics|url=https://libguides.stthomas.edu/c.php?g=88589&p=573600|website=University of St. Thomas|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=May 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200515064644/https://libguides.stthomas.edu/c.php?g=88589&p=573600|url-status=live}} It supplies background information and developing news stories,{{cite web|title=Research Guides: Intelligence and Counter-Intelligence: News and Information Portals|url=http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=234999&p=1559633|website=University of Southern California|access-date=April 28, 2018|archive-date=March 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325120709/http://libguides.usc.edu/c.php?g=234999&p=1559633|url-status=live}} providing online analysis and articles that analyze what are sometimes little-discussed topics in categories that include WMDs, military and defense, security and cybersecurity, intelligence, and space technology.{{cite web|title=Site Map|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/sitemap.htm|website=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=April 27, 2018|archive-date=June 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180605235812/https://www.globalsecurity.org/sitemap.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Netzley|first1=Patricia D.|title=Terrorism|date=2007|publisher=Greenhaven Press|page=347|isbn=9780737732351|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6MEUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22globalsecurity.org%22+%22reliable+source%22|access-date=2018-04-24|archive-date=2020-05-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200513151137/https://books.google.com/books?id=6MEUAQAAIAAJ&q=%22globalsecurity.org%22%2B%22reliable%2Bsource%22&dq=%22globalsecurity.org%22%2B%22reliable%2Bsource%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjHkPnH1dLaAhUNulMKHXuACoQQ6AEILTAB|url-status=live}} It also disseminates primary documentation and other original materials, provides detailed, high-resolution satellite images and video footage from war zones,{{cite news|last1=Umansky|first1=Eric|title=Image Problems; A Place to Find Out for Yourself About the War|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/weekinreview/the-world-image-problems-a-place-to-find-out-for-yourself-about-the-war.html|access-date=April 27, 2018|work=New York Times|date=September 22, 2002|archive-date=December 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226035641/https://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/22/weekinreview/the-world-image-problems-a-place-to-find-out-for-yourself-about-the-war.html|url-status=live}} and provides definitions of widely used terms for the public.{{cite book|last1=Watson|first1=Cynthia Ann|title=Nation-building and Stability Operations: A Reference Handbook|date=2008|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|page=134|isbn=9780275992187|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT3QFmmdUJoC&pg=PA134|access-date=2018-04-26|archive-date=2020-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516144135/https://books.google.com/books?id=ZT3QFmmdUJoC&pg=PA134|url-status=live}} The organization also serves as a defense, military, foreign policy, and national-security watchdog group.{{cite news|last1=Gerstein|first1=Josh|title=Military Secrets Posted on Internet|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=126664|access-date=May 8, 2018|work=ABC News|date=October 15, 2001|archive-date=May 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516094751/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=126664|url-status=live}}{{cite book|last1=Foley|first1=Michael S.|last2=O'Malley|first2=Brendan P.|title=Home Fronts: A Wartime America Reader|date=2008|publisher=New Press|page=574|url=https://www.google.com/search?tbm=bks&q=%22trying+to+tease+out+the+difference+between+facts+and+Pentagon+spin.%22|access-date=2018-04-28|archive-date=2021-02-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207121642/https://www.google.com/search?num=100&newwindow=1&tbm=bks&ei=xP7jWr_6L8vbzwKtr56IAw&q=%22trying+to+tease+out+the+difference+between+facts+and+Pentagon+spin.%22&oq=%22trying+to+tease+out+the+difference+between+facts+and+Pentagon+spin.%22&gs_l=psy-ab.3...141106.141106.0.142876.1.1.0.0.0.0.73.73.1.1.0....0...1c.2.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.pdxKnlejY5c|url-status=live}}{{cite journal|last1=Giles|first1=Bob|title=The Vital Role of the Press in a Time of National Crisis|journal=Nieman Reports|date=December 15, 2002|volume=56|issue=4|url=http://niemanreports.org/articles/the-vital-role-of-the-press-in-a-time-of-national-crisis/|access-date=May 8, 2018|archive-date=January 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170113121814/http://niemanreports.org/articles/the-vital-role-of-the-press-in-a-time-of-national-crisis/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last1=Chatterjee|first1=Pratap|title=Controversial Commando Wins Iraq Contract|url=https://corpwatch.org/article/controversial-commando-wins-iraq-contract|website=CorpWatch|access-date=May 8, 2018|date=June 9, 2004|archive-date=July 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722014234/https://corpwatch.org/article/controversial-commando-wins-iraq-contract|url-status=live}}{{cite magazine|last1=Scheeres|first1=Julia|title=Suppression Stifles Some Sites|url=https://www.wired.com/2001/10/suppression-stifles-some-sites/|access-date=May 8, 2018|magazine=Wired|date=October 25, 2001|archive-date=May 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200514195210/https://www.wired.com/2001/10/suppression-stifles-some-sites/|url-status=live}}{{Excessive citations inline|date=April 2023}}

In part it seeks to find new approaches to international security, and promotes achieving cooperative international security and preventing nuclear proliferation.{{cite book|last1=Burden|first1=Paul R.|title=A Subject Guide to Quality Web Sites|date=2010|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/subjectguidetoqu0000burd/page/749 749]|isbn=9780810876958|url=https://archive.org/details/subjectguidetoqu0000burd|url-access=registration}}{{cite book|editor1-last=Hunt|editor1-first=Kimberly N.|title=Encyclopedia of Associations, Volume 1: National Organizations of the U.S.|date=2004|publisher=Thomson Gale|page=1899|isbn=9780787668730|edition=41st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb572H6BbI0C&q=%22reduce+reliance+on+nuclear+weapons+and+the+risk+of+their+use%22|access-date=2018-04-27|archive-date=2020-05-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516154648/https://books.google.com/books?id=Eb572H6BbI0C&q=%22reduce+reliance+on+nuclear+weapons+and+the+risk+of+their+use%22&dq=%22reduce+reliance+on+nuclear+weapons+and+the+risk+of+their+use%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiRuvL3q9raAhUKWN8KHT_5DAkQ6AEINDAC|url-status=live}} 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.

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".{{cite web|title=Best of the Web: Web Site Reviews: GlobalSecurity.org|url=https://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=6093|website=Forbes.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110902040552/https://www.forbes.com/bow/b2c/review.jhtml?id=6093|archive-date=September 2, 2011}} 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".{{cite book|last1=Woodward|first1=Bob|author-link1=Bob Woodward|title=Plan of Attack|date=2004|publisher=Simon and Schuster|url=https://archive.org/details/planofattackdefi00bobw|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/planofattackdefi00bobw/page/446 446]}}

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