World Threats

Ryan Mauro
Founder, Chief Editor
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Ryan Mauro is an intelligence analyst with the Asymmetric Warfare and Intelligence Center (www.awic.us) and the National Security Advisor of the Christian Action Network. He is frequently published at Pajamas Media, FrontPage Magazine, and NewsRealBlog, among other publications and has been on dozens of radio and T.V. shows from both the left and the right.

He is also a frequent guest speaker at colleges, churches, and the Intelligence Summit, billed as the most prestigious conference of its kind in the country.

In 2002, he was originally hired as a geopolitical analyst at age 16 for Tactical Defense Concepts, a maritime-related security group, believed to be the youngest hired geopolitical analyst in the country at that time. Mauro’s reports and his reports were often forwarded to members of the law enforcement and intelligence communities with great response.

In June 2003, Mauro founded WorldThreats.com to promote news and analysis he wrote and ones he felt needed more exposure. He has also done volunteer work for the Reform Party of Syria, a group dedicated to bringing democracy to that country.

In 2005, Mauro published his first book, Death to America: The Unreported Battle of Iraq about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (and their possible movement to other countries), involvement with terrorism, corruption at the UN, and how Iran and Syria were engineering the insurgency in Iraq.

Mauro is also an associate editor for American Foreign Policy and the Middle East at GlobalPolitician.com and a U.S. editor at the World Security Network. He also co-founded the International Analyst Network, a Facebook-like website for readers to follow their favorite analysts and writers.

Mauro currently has a Bachelor’s Degree in Intelligence Studies and a Master’s Degree in Political Science from American Military University.

Joseph Shahda,
Contributor, Translator

Joseph Shahda is fluent in Arabic and has translated many of Saddam regime captured documents that were released under the DOCEX project. He published translations of the most important translations related to Saddam regime WMD programs and Saddam regime relations to terrorism. Joseph Shahda also monitors radical Islamic websites and forums.

Nicholas M. Guariglia
Contributor
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Nicholas M. Guariglia is a research assistant at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, and writes on the issues of national defense and counterterrorism, specifically regarding Middle East geopolitics. He is a graduate of the John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where he studied U.S. foreign policy. Mr. Guariglia also contributes to PajamasMedia.com, FamilySecurityMatters.org, and GlobalPolitician.com.

Matthew Avitabile
Contributor
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Matthew Avitabile is an educator from Upstate New York. He received his MA in European History from SUNY Albany in May 2010. He graduated from SUNY Oneonta in May 2008 with a B.S. in History. He was also head of the SUNY Cobleskill Model UN from 2005-2006.

He is very interested in history, particularly European and Middle Eastern. He also reads much about Political Science. In 2007, he served as a Legislative Assistant to NYS Assemblyman Pete Lopez (127th District). He currently serves as a Trustee on the Middleburgh Village Board after winning a 2007 special election and reelection in March 2010. He is also Commissioner of Village Parks and Cemetery.

Matt has been visiting WorldThreats since high school. He also is the editor of the political site Jumping in Pools. He is currently studying Farsi and took Arabic in 2008 (but learned almost nothing).

Richard Radcliffe

Contributor

Richard Radcliffe is a retired Air Force officer living in Apple Valley California. Richard graduated from the University of Southern California in 1968 with a Bachelor of Arts in History. The following year he obtained his teaching credential and taught U. S. History and Music Appreciation at the high school level. Commissioned through Office Training School in October 1970, he is a graduate of Undergraduate Navigator Training and Navigator Bombardier Training. After B-52 Combat Crew Training. Richard was assigned to the 69th Bomb Squadron at Loring AFB, Maine. While there he became an Instructor Navigator in the B-52G and flew 20 combat missions in Southeast Asia.

After two and one-half years in Maine, Richard accepted an assignment to Kunsan Air Base, Korea flying the F-4D as a Weapons Systems Officer. While there he was the  squadron plans officer.  He then  elected to  take a consecutive overseas tour to  Ramstein Air Base. There he flew the F-4E and was the 526th Tactical Fighter Squadron Plans and Intelligence Officer. He became an instructor in the F-4E. He also earned his Master’s Degree in Systems Management also from the University of Southern California.

His next assignment was as an Instructor Weapons Systems Officer at the Fighter Lead-In Program. There he flew the AT-38B. He also completed his studies and was assigned the tertiary Air Force Specialty Code for Air Operations Intelligence Officer. Richard was the only Instructor Weapons Systems Officer the be certified to teach intelligence courses.

Richard returned to Ramstein in December, 1982. While there he was the Instructional Systems Development Officer for the 86th Tactical Fighter Group. He was also the Air Show Coordinator and in 1986 the Project Officer for the Ramstein Air Base Open House: Flugtag. The Ramstein Flugtag was the largest one day air show in Europe with an average attendance for the four years of 345,000. Richard was also a Wing Mission Director.

Due to his father’s illness, Richard left Ramstein and was assigned to George AFB, California. There he was also a Wing Mission director for the 37th Tactical fighter Wing (Wild Weasels) and worked in the Command Post. He retired August 1, 1990.

Since then Richard has kept busy with his own small computer business. He has maintained his interest in foreign affairs and occasionally posts on the Asia Times on Line blog: The Edge.