{{Distinguish|Globalresearch.ca|Global Security Review}} {{Short description|American defense think tank and website}}{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox nonprofit | name = GlobalSecurity.org | formation = {{start date and age|2000|12}} | logo = GlobalSecurity.org logo.png | logo_size = | founder = John E. Pike | type = | headquarters = 300 [[Washington Street (Alexandria)|N. Washington Street]]<br>[[Alexandria, Virginia]], US | coordinates = | language = English | leader_title = Director | leader_name = John E. Pike | website = {{Official URL}} | remarks = {{ISSN|2769-8947}} }} '''GlobalSecurity.org''' is an American independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that serves as a [[think tank]], and research and consultancy group.
==Focus== The site is focused on national and international security issues;<ref>{{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}}</ref> military analysis, systems, and strategies;<ref name="anti-Assad">{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> [[espionage|intelligence]] matters;<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> and [[space policy]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>
==History== It was founded in December 2000 by John Pike, who had worked since 1983<ref name="FAS Journal">{{cite journal|last1=Aftergood|first1=Steven|title=Pike Departs to Found New Organization|journal=[[Federation of American Scientists|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}}</ref> with the [[Federation of American Scientists]], where he directed the space policy, cyberstrategy, military analysis, nuclear resource, and intelligence resource projects.<ref name="foreignpolicy.com">{{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}}</ref> GlobalSecurity.org is headquartered in the [[Washington, D.C. metropolitan area]] in [[Alexandria, Virginia]],<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=handbook>{{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}}</ref> and Pike remains as its director.<ref>{{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 Daily Telegraph|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}}</ref>
The website's target audience includes journalists, policy-makers, scholars, political scientists, military and defense personnel, and the public.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libraries: Political Science: International Politics|url=https://libguides.stthomas.edu/c.php?g=88589&p=573600|website=[[University of St. Thomas (Minnesota)|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}}</ref><ref name=handbook/> It supplies background information and developing news stories,<ref>{{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}}</ref> providing online analysis and articles that analyze what are sometimes little-discussed topics<ref name=handbook/> in categories that include [[weapon of mass destruction|WMD]]s, military and defense, [[national security|security]] and [[cybersecurity]], [[espionage|intelligence]], and [[outline of space technology|space technology]].<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref name=guide/><ref>{{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}}</ref> It also disseminates primary documentation and other original materials,<ref name=handbook/> provides detailed, high-resolution satellite images and video footage from war zones,<ref name=Forbes2011/><ref name="Image Problems">{{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}}</ref> and provides definitions of widely used terms for the public.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The organization also serves as a defense, military, [[foreign policy]], and national-security [[watchdog journalism|watchdog]] group.<ref name="Image Problems"/><ref>{{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 (United States)|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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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 (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}}</ref>{{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.<ref name=handbook/><ref name=guide>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> 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.<ref name=guide/>
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".<ref name=Forbes2011>{{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|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}}</ref> 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".<ref>{{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]}}</ref>
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== External links == * {{Official website}} * [https://www.c-span.org/person/?johnpike Appearances by John Pike] on C-SPAN. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304232612/https://www.c-span.org/person/?johnpike |date=2021-03-04 }}.
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