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Hybrid Analyst

Hybrid Analyst: A look at today’s threats, risks, and global affairs. Written by Michael Lortz, 15+ years in US National Security, MA Intl Affairs, MBA. Simple man trying to make his way in the universe.

2017 Thoughts on the Kurdish Independence Referendum

2017 Thoughts on the Kurdish Independence Referendum

(Another blast from the past moved over to here from my soon-to-be closed website. New stuff coming soon. I promise!)
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Michael Lortz
Jun 8
Book Review — Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercises: From Planning to Execution by Robert Lelewski and…

Book Review — Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercises: From Planning to Ex...

For the last six years, I have been involved in cyber training. For most of the last five, in cyber exercises. Most of my experience has…
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Michael Lortz
May 28
2015 thoughts on Chinese strategy in the South China Sea

2015 thoughts on Chinese strategy in the South China Sea

(This is an older post from my website. Moving everything here to save money. The subject is still important, even if the times have…
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Michael Lortz
May 22
What I Read January 2018: Org Innovation, Strategy, Cyber Conflict

What I Read January 2018: Org Innovation, Strategy, Cyber Conflict

(Moving my past articles from my blog to here. Interesting to see what I was reading and writing about seven years ago. Many topics that…
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Michael Lortz
May 12
What I Read — Oct 2016: Weaponized Media, Populism, Cyber

What I Read — Oct 2016: Weaponized Media, Populism, Cyber

(Another post from my old blog that was never posted here. Curious to look at the headlines from nine years ago and see how they impact…
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Michael Lortz
May 5
Grabbing the Bull by the Business — Review of the USF MBA Program

Grabbing the Bull by the Business — Review of the USF MBA Program

(This was written in 2016 after my graduation. I am moving it here as I close down my old website and consolidate costs and efforts. My…
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Michael Lortz
Apr 28
Modifying Maslow to Analyze Nation-State Development

Modifying Maslow to Analyze Nation-State Development

Great models make learning easier by conveying complicated subjects quickly. A great model helps people both in a field and out of a field…
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Michael Lortz
Apr 16
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Interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times on Veterans Looking for Work

Interviewed by the Tampa Bay Times on Veterans Looking for Work

(Article from 2013. Ten years later was I still trying to make my skills fit in the private sector. I am smarter about it now, but it is…
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Michael Lortz
Apr 10
Interesting conflict and threats articles from January 2019

Interesting conflict and threats articles from January 2019

A collection of articles I found interesting in January 2019:
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Michael Lortz
Apr 9

Review of Feb 2019 SOFWERX talk on Weaponized Information

(Another story that was never published on this publication and I don’t know why. Moving it here from my personal website, which I am…
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Michael Lortz
Apr 7
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