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Terrorists Stalk Dark Web for Deadlier Weaponry

by The Cipher Brief

Bottom line: Terrorists are turning to the dark web’s crypto-bazaars, social media channels and e-commerce sites to buy more coveted military equipment than the usual rocket launchers and AK-47s in...

Beijing's Drive Towards Global Technological Supremacy

by Cipher Brief Analysis

This brief is part of The Cipher Brief’s 2018 Annual Threat Report.   Bottom Line: There are three prominent technological security concerns for the United States with a growing Chinese strategic...

China’s Fourth Industrial Revolution: Artificial Intelligence

by The Cipher Brief

China’s state news agency Xinhua, has shown the world just how far China has come in the artificial intelligence race with the introduction of a digital news anchor. The digital anchor not only...

Cipher Brief Analysis: The Pakistan Problem

by The Cipher Brief

Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan recently returned from China without the concrete funding assurances that he was seeking in order to keep his country from having to request a second bailout...

NATO's Show of Strength on Russia's Doorstep

by General Philip M. Breedlove

As tensions heat up between Russia and the West, cold-war skills are back in play.   Norway and Iceland are hosting more than 50 thousand troops from 29 NATO countries involved in an intense...

U.S. Interests in Yemen Come with Tough Choices

by The Cipher Brief

The recent distrust between the United States and Saudi Arabia has raised questions about the crisis in Yemen.  The U.S. supports Saudi forces by providing intelligence and logistics support, among...

Iran: Maximum Pressure and Perfect Storms

by Steven Ward

Last spring, two weeks after the Trump Administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) – the international arms control deal that curbed Tehran’s nuclear...

Analysis: The U.S.-Russia Disagreement over the INF Treaty - Do Svedanya

by Rob Dannenberg

U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Tuesday to discuss the U.S. decision to withdraw from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty...

State Secrets Podcast: General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) on Leadership and Running for Office

Cipher Brief CEO & Publisher Suzanne Kelly sat down with General Stanley McChrystal (Ret.) just as his new book, Leaders: Myth and Reality is released.   McChrystal talks about leadership in...

The Evolution of Russian Subversion in Cyber: A Conversation with former GCHQ Chief David Omand

by Sir David Omand GCB

Twitter is releasing a trove of known accounts and posts that it says were used to meddle in U.S. elections dating back to 2016.  According to the company, the data includes more than 4,600 accounts...