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America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

OPINION — “We just concluded a very good meeting with the largest U.S. Defense Manufacturing Companies where we discussed Production and Production [...] More

The Transparency Challenge: Europe’s Defense Supply Chain Blind Spot—and Why the Pentagon Went to War Footing

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In this issue we will discuss how the security of the defense industrial base (DIB) has moved from a logistics concern to a [...] More

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In this issue we will discuss how the security of the defense industrial base (DIB) has moved from a logistics concern to a [...] More

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

OPINION — In 1895, Secretary of State Richard Olney sent a diplomatic note to Britain that contained one of the most remarkable sentences in American [...] More

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The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

OPINION — The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the [...] More

The Long Arc Of American Power

The Long Arc Of American Power

OPINION — “We [the U.S.] began as a sliver of a country and next thing you know we're a continental power, and we did not do that primarily through [...] More

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

OPINION — “There's no doubt that America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States in part because they want to kill Americans. [...] More

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

EXPERT OPINION — Reports came out last week that claim the Chairman of Joint Staff, General Dan Caine, is preparing a new unified command plan (UCP) [...] More

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More

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America Is Digitally Fragile — and Our Adversaries Know It

America Is Digitally Fragile — and Our Adversaries Know It

America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

America’s “Exquisite Class” Weapons Shortage

The Transparency Challenge: Europe’s Defense Supply Chain Blind Spot—and Why the Pentagon Went to War Footing

The Transparency Challenge: Europe’s Defense Supply Chain Blind Spot—and Why the Pentagon Went to War Footing

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.

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America Is Digitally Fragile — and Our Adversaries Know It

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America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

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The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

The Long Arc Of American Power

The Long Arc Of American Power

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

OPINION: Assessing the State of our National Security

Abrupt Changes at the top of the National Security Agency Risk Destabilization

A Personal Message of Thanks from The Cipher Brief

The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm

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