Putting Guard Rails Around the Nuclear Option
OPINION — “I am told that there are responsible officials in Russia that, were he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] to push a nuclear button, they […] More
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Why The Intelligence Community Needs a Climate Change Task Force
Kristin Wood, Sr. Climate Editor, The Cipher Brief Kristin Wood is the Senior Climate Editor for The Cipher Brief, a Cipher Brief expert, a non-resident […] More
Biden’s National Security Test
Cipher Brief Expert John McLaughlin is former Acting Director of the CIA, former Deputy CIA Director and is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the […] More
A Bill, the President and China
Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics from […] More
Washington’s Cyber Reckoning
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The Times that Try Men’s Souls
OPINION – The military has become the U.S. institution in which the public has the most confidence, as measured by the latest Gallup Poll, which […] More
How Will a Biden Administration Engage the Middle East?
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Trump’s Pre-Election Search for a National Security Win
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The Reckoning: Donald Trump and Xi Jinping
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […] More
A Cyber Leader for Today
The Cipher Brief spoke with former Special Assistant to President Obama and Cyber Security Coordinator on the National Security Council, Michael Daniel about the need […] More
A Look Inside the Justice Department’s National Security Priorities
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Hovakimian’s Quest for Approval
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What Follows a ‘Sayonara’ Foreign Policy
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The Future of Hong Kong
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How to Compete with China without Going to War
Well before COVID-19 there was a “hardening of expert and public opinion in America on the seriousness of the Chinese threat,” according to Cipher Brief […] More
The Real Impact of COVID on Mexico’s Drug Cartels
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The Strange Case of Michael Flynn
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OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas
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Is a New Strategy Emerging for Targeted Killings?
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Sorting Facts from Propaganda
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An Insider’s Account of Hunting the Caliphate
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American Foreign Policy on Trial
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How Foreign Leaders Play President Trump
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Tom Bossert’s Plan to Hijack the Hack
Tom Bossert spends a lot of time thinking about hacking. The former Homeland Security Advisor to President Trump who also served as the country’s Chief […] More