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The Strategic Relationship Between Russia and Iran

The Strategic Relationship Between Russia and Iran

The Trump Administration is increasing pressure on Iran since withdrawing from the JCPOA in May. Last month, the U.S. began pressuring other [...] More

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With the Olympic Games Done, Let the Talks with North Korea Begin

The Pyeongchang Winter Olympics closed on Sunday, but the games may have opened the door for dialogue between the United States and North [...] More

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Don’t Talk to Kim if Nukes Are Off the Table

North Korea’s Olympic delegation has left Pyeongchang, and stuck South Korean President Moon Jae-in with a decision: whether to accept an invitation [...] More

AsiaAdverseAmbassador Joseph DeTraniReporting

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Cold War Redux?

Walter Pincus

Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review: Cold War Redux?

In various and sundry NATO countries, the United States has stationed 200-plus B-61 tactical nuclear bombs, current and older versions of which have [...] More

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Pompeo Says Nothing ‘Untoward’ in Meeting Russian Intel Chiefs

Pompeo Says Nothing ‘Untoward’ in Meeting Russian Intel Chiefs

CIA Director Michael Pompeo told Democrats that there is nothing “untoward” about meeting with Russia’s senior spy chiefs, following reports that he [...] More

EuropeAmericasAdverseNorth AmericaReporting
Front-Row Seat to a CIA (Veteran) Briefing on Iran

Front-Row Seat to a CIA (Veteran) Briefing on Iran

Cipher Brief experts General (ret) Michael Hayden and former CIA senior officer Norman Roule have had many conversations on the subject of Iran and [...] More

Middle EastAdverseReporting
Kremlin and U.S. Circle Each Other in Warming Arctic

Kremlin and U.S. Circle Each Other in Warming Arctic

Bottom Line: The potential of economic development in the Arctic for a financially strapped Russia has increased the Kremlin’s attention to the [...] More

AsiaAmericasNorth AmericaAdverseEuropeReporting
Terabit Army: China Squares up on the Battlefield of Information

Terabit Army: China Squares up on the Battlefield of Information

The People’s Republic of China has not fought a war since 1979, but the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has been a very close student of other [...] More

AsiaAdverseReporting

Don't be Fooled by New Casks for Putin's Old Snake Oil

Mark Kelton

Don't be Fooled by New Casks for Putin's Old Snake Oil

In the version of Aesop’s fable, “The Farmer and the Viper,” as recounted by Roman fabulist Gaius Julius Phaedrus, a farmer finds a viper freezing in [...] More

InternationalAdverseExpert View
Surf and Turf: China Ramps Up Navy to Challenge U.S. Dominance

Surf and Turf: China Ramps Up Navy to Challenge U.S. Dominance

Bottom Line: As part of its ambitious strategy to evolve into a leading global power by 2050, China has spent considerable resources upgrading its [...] More

AsiaAdverseReporting

Give Peace, and Sanctions, a Chance

Gordon Chang

Give Peace, and Sanctions, a Chance

“Talk today.” That’s the substance of recent advice Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard has been giving to President Donald Trump about North Korea.Former [...] More

InternationalAdverseExpert View

Russia Aims to 'Demoralize and Confuse Us'

Samantha Vinograd

Russia Aims to 'Demoralize and Confuse Us'

Michael J. Morell

Russia Aims to 'Demoralize and Confuse Us'

Much has been written about Russia’s interference in the 2016 election – the theft and selective leaking of information, the attempt to tamper with [...] More

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Short Half-Life for Peaceful Korean Peninsula after Olympics

Short Half-Life for Peaceful Korean Peninsula after Olympics

Bottom Line: North and South Korean Olympians may be marching together come February after Tuesday’s breakthrough talks – the first between the two [...] More

AsiaAdverseReporting