BIO
Pierre Robes is the pseudonym for the author, who has served as an Intelligence Analyst with the U.S. intelligence community for more than a decade; holds graduate degrees from the Elliott School of International Affairs at George Washington University and the National Intelligence University; and has written extensively on security and intelligence topics. He can be reached at pierrerobes1979@gmail.com. The views expressed in this essay are entirely the author’s and should not be construed to represent the views of any U.S. government entity.