Michael Weiss

Michael Weiss is the co-author of the New York Times bestseller ISIS: Inside the Army of Terror. He is currently the Executive Consulting Editor of Coda Story and writes regularly about Russian espionage and disinformation campaigns. He lives in Los Angeles. (August 2018)

Russia’s Murder, Inc.

The GRU, a Russian military intelligence unit responsible for interfering in the 2016 US presidential election, is now believed to have been liquidating the enemies of President Vladimir Putin throughout Europe, including in NATO countries.

December 18, 2019

ISIS: Resilient, Adaptable, Decentralized

ISIS has shown a remarkable resilience, adaptability, and capacity for metastasis across multiple time zones. Rather than categorical defeat, long-term management of this terrorist threat is best-case outcome.

May 16, 2019

What Russia Understands about Trump

The truest kompromat on Trump is his own personality. His amour propre, as it turns out, is Putin’s greatest alibi.

August 2, 2018

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