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U.S.-Pakistan ties: Shift the focus, not the urgency, Whitney Kassel; Foreign Policy Af-Pak Channel, June 4, 2012
U.S.-Pakistan ties: Shift the focus, not the urgency By Whitney Kassel Monday, June 4, 2012 NATO’s plan to transition Afghanistan to Afghan security control by the end of 2014 offers an unexpected but potentially golden opportunity for the United States and its allies to rectify, or at least improve, their strategy towards Pakistan. In the...
Latin America's New Billionaires, Jack Devine & Amanda Mattingly; Latin America Advisor, April 2012
TAG’s President Jack Devine and Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly answered questions about the new Latin American billionaires in a recent issue of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor. Mr. Devine and Ms. Mattingly responded that the rise of Latin America’s new billionaires is directly related to the rise of Latin America in general as...
The Leviathan Gas Basin and Geopolitics
In November, TAG President Jack Devine spoke at the Marfin Popular Bank’s 4th International Conference in Cyprus. The topic was Commodities, Environment, and Climate Change, and the discussion focused on the discovery and exploration of the Leviathan natural gas basin in the Eastern Mediterranean. This development is likely to be of increasing interest as global...
Business Climate in Brazil, Jack Devine & Amanda Mattingly; Latin America Advisor, June 2011
TAG’s President Jack Devine and Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly answered questions about Brazil’s business climate in a recent issue of the Inter-American Dialogue’s Latin America Advisor. Mr. Devine and Ms. Mattingly responded that despite continued positive growth rates and significant FDI, Brazil has some work to do in improving its overall business climate. You...
Jack Devine Discusses Death of Osama bin Laden with NBC-NY’s Chuck Scarborough, May 2, 2011
On May 2, 2011, President of The Arkin Group, Jack Devine, discussed the successful U.S. military operation that resulted in the demise of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Asked for his first reaction to the news of bin Laden’s death, Mr. Devine said, “What a great day … what a wonderful moment...
Deepening Ties with Latin America, Amanda Mattingly; Atlanta Journal-Constitution, March 18, 2011
In advance of President Barack Obama’s trip to Latin America, TAG’s Latin America expert Amanda Mattingly wrote an op-ed in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. In this article, Ms. Mattingly argues that the President’s trip to Brazil, Chile, and El Salvador is an opportunity to deepen hemispheric partnerships and tackle today’s global issues, including increasing trade and...
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The Oracle of Langley Returns: Jack Devine on Iran, Ukraine and the AI Arms Race
Former CIA acting director Jack Devine is back on Risk & Return, six months after he called the Iran conflict almost move for move. This week he tells Bob Sloan and Charlie Gasparino why there is still no deal on the table, why Tehran thinks it has the upper hand heading into the midterms, and...
‘The rules have changed’: has Russia begun to order assassinations on US soil?
Why would the Russians cross this red line? Jack Devine, a former associate director of operations at the CIA, said that the Kremlin had perhaps become blase about the potential repercussions – but that it could prove to be a misstep.
...Jack Devine: The Spymaster Who Goes to Mass
Speaking about life after the Central Intelligence Agency, Jack Devine became nostalgic. “I’m having a lot of fun,” he said, “but I’m not allowed to overthrow governments.” Mr. Devine, 73, who chronicles his 32 years at the C.I.A. in the memoir “Good Hunting: An American Spymaster’s Story,” had a role in the Iran-contra affair, the...
Trump deploying US military against drug cartels will drag us into a forever war | Opinion
Eliminating the narcotics threat to our nation is a rightful priority for the Trump administration, but using U.S. troops to prosecute the drug war is the wrong tact and with far-reaching consequences. This war will not end in a ceasefire. There will be no summits or working-level negotiations. It’s an insurgency, and the U.S. military must...
I was in the CIA. Here’s how helping Myanmar can pay off for US against China. | Opinion
The 7.7 earthquake that has killed thousands in Myanmar and Thailand has exacerbated vulnerabilities and resulted in a complex humanitarian crisis and an urgent need for international aid to provide emergency relief services. This natural disaster has also evoked debate on the value of international assistance, soft power, as a tool of foreign policy. The U.S.-led Marshall Plan in post-World War...
