The Counteroffensive Media Group

Editor-at-Large. Matthew Kaminski spent a decade helping build POLITICO into a transatlantic media powerhouse, co-founding POLITICO Europe in 2014. Four years later, he led the publication in Washington through multiple election cycles and a billion-dollar sale. A veteran foreign correspondent and editor, he started his career in Kyiv with the Financial Times and moved on to Brussels, Paris and New York for the Wall Street Journal, where he produced award-winning coverage of the EU and the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Ryan Willumson is the co-founder of Industry Dive, a business journalism company serving industry leaders across multiple sectors. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Sales at FierceMarkets, where he drove major revenue growth. He brings expertise in scaling niche media organizations to The Arsenal.

Wendy R. Anderson is a national security and technology executive and former Palantir senior vice president who helped lead mission-scale adoption of advanced software and AI across the U.S. government and allied partners. That work included spearheading Palantir’s Ukraine work with the U.S. government. This followed her senior leadership roles in the U.S. Departments of Defense and Commerce and the U.S. Senate.

Ralph Goff is a former senior CIA intelligence executive with 35 years of service, including six tours as Chief of Station across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Since retiring in 2023, Ralph now brings deep security and intelligence expertise to our team of advisors.

Molly Fluet has more than 15 years of experience across digital journalism, advertising, and strategic partnerships. She currently serves as a global strategic media and business development leader at YouGov, a research and data analytics group.

Susan E. Walton is the former head of business intelligence at UnHerd, a British news and opinion website that has grown into a major platform for political discourse. She spent more than 20 years leading global investment research at top investment banks in London, New York and Hong Kong.

Gen. Ben Hodges (Ret.) is the former Commanding General of U.S. Army Europe and a leading expert on NATO and European security. He also served as the senior advisor to Human Rights First, a U.S.-based non-profit, and co-authored Future War and the Defence of Europe, which was published by Oxford University Press.

Max Villman is a Swedish defence analyst and former Gripen fighter pilot. He is the founder of Gungnir Capital, an early-stage VC fund focused on defence, security, and resilience technologies. Villman also runs Sweden’s largest defence-focused YouTube channel, covering military capability, strategy, and European security.

Henry Blodget is an analyst, journalist, author, and entrepreneur. He founded and led Business Insider and has written for The New York Times, The Atlantic, New York, Slate, and other publications. He was a Wall Street tech analyst at Merrill Lynch and Oppenheimer & Co.