Education
Doctoral Program: Political Science, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, A.B.D. (1987)
Master of Science in Political Science, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming (1984)
Bachelor of Science in History, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon (1982)
Teaching and Research Interests / Recent Publications or Scholarly Output
Publications:
Assad’s Legions: The Syrian Intelligence Services International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 4, Number 1, 1990.
The Abu Nidal Organization Terrorism: An International Journal Vol. 13, Number 6 (also Included in Bell and Howell’s UMI University Microfilm Series and Annual Editions: Violence and Terrorism, Dushkin Publishing Group, 1992)
The Hizballah Organization Studies in Conflict and Terrorism Vol.17, Number 2, 1994.
The Syrian Socialist Party: An Intelligence Asset? International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. 7 (November 1994): 339 – 351.
Arab Intelligence Services Electronic Format, Intelligence Watch Quarterly, a subsidiary of Jane’s Information Group, Fall 1996.
Abu Nidal Revisited: Black June Besieged Electronic Format, Terrorism Watch Quarterly, a subsidiary of Jane’s Information Group, Winter 1997.
Iranian Intelligence Organizations International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. 10 (Winter 1997 – 1998): 287 – 298.
Iran’s Terrorist Asset: A History of Imad Mugniyah Terrorism Monitor Volume 4, issue 17 (September 8, 2006) Jamestown Foundation
The Hizballah Security Apparatus Perspectives on Terrorism Volume 2, Issue 7 (Spring 2008)
Hizballah’s Bekka Organization Perspectives on Terrorism Volume 4, Issue 3 (July 2010)
Hizballah North Korean Nexus Small Wars Journal January 2011
Hizballah Syrian Intelligence Affairs: A Marriage of Convenience Journal of Strategic Security, Fall 2011, v. 4, no. 3
Hizballah and Hamas TRAC Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium Summer 2012
Hizballah in Africa Perspectives on Terrorism Volume 6, Issue 3 (August 2012) Re-published at Institute for Strategic, Political, Security and Economic Consultancy (ISPSW), Berlin
Hizballah’s Counterintelligence Apparatus International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 25: 771 – 785, 2012
Syria After Assad TRAC Terrorism Research & Analysis Consortium February 2013
Iranian Intelligence Organizations in Intelligence Elsewhere, Philip H. Davies and Kristian C. Gustafson eds., Georgetown University Press 2013, ISBN: 9781589019560
Syria’s Loyalist Archipelago in Fair Observer May 2013
The End of a Unified Syria in Fair Observer September 2013
Hezbollah After Syria in Fair Observer July 2013
Hizballah’s Communications System: A Most Important Weapon International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence 27: 240-252, 2014
Creating An Islamic State In Iraq And Syria in Fair Observer July 2014
Iran’s Intelligence Establishment Association of Former Intelligence Officers Guide to the
Study of Intelligence A project of AFIO’s Academic Exchange Program (AEP) October 2014
Iran And Assad Are Not Winning Fair Observer April 2015
Urban and Rural Militia Organizations in Syria’s Less Governed Spaces Journal of Terrorism Research Centre for the Study of Terrorism and Political Violence, University of St. Andrews, Volume 6 Issue 3 – September 2015.
Anticipatory Intelligence and the Post-Syrian War Hezbollah Intelligence Apparatus International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 29, Number 2, January 2016.
Hizballah North Korean Nexus re-published in Iranian and Hezbollah Hybrid Warfare Activities: A Small Wars Journal Anthology, D Dilegge A Keshavarz and R Bunker Eds., IUniverse, 2016, ISBN: 978-1532008665
Iran’s Intelligence Establishment re-published in Association of Former Intelligence Officers Guide to the Study of Intelligence Peter C. Oleson Ed. Foreword by Dr. Robert M. Gates, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, 2016 ISBN: 978-0997527308
Syrian Statelets and Intelligence Games: Al-Sham’s New Mukhabarat Modern Diplomacy 3 October 2017
The Changing Islamic State Intelligence Apparatus International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 31, Number 2, April 2018.
Iranian Counterintelligence International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 32, Number 2, April 2019.
Iran, in: Intelligence Communities and Cultures in Asia and the Middle East: A Comprehensive Reference, Bob de Graaff (ed.):Lynne Rienner Publishers, May 2020, ISBN
9781626378896
Counterintelligence Vetting Techniques Compared across Multiple Domains (with Blake W. Mobley) International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Vol. 34, Number 1, February 2021.
Evading Secret Police: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities in Authoritarian States (with Blake W. Mobley) International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. Full article: Evading Secret Police: Counterintelligence Vulnerabilities in Authoritarian States (tandfonline.com)
Defeating Hezbollah: Surface Area Vulnerabilities of Hard Targets (with Blake W. Mobley) International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence published 22 August 2025 Defeating Hezbollah: Surface Area Vulnerabilities of Hard Targets: International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence: Vol 0, No 0 – Get Access
Books:
The Fragile Dictator: Counterintelligence Pathologies in Authoritarian States Carl A. Wege and Blake W. Mobley, Lexington Books 2023.
Numerous published book reviews