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Why the China - Russia Relationship Should Worry You - Part Two

by Mark Kelton

When the PRC decides to move on Taiwan, it is unlikely to move in a manner that makes a US decision on intervention clear cut.  Should China decide, initially at least, against a full-scale invasion...

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Why the China - Russia Relationship Should Worry You - Part One

by Mark Kelton

In 1937, Winston Churchill contrasted the “two rival religions” of Nazism and Communism then afflicting the world.  Those fascist and communist “infernal twins”, he wrote, “imagine...

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Mapping China by the Numbers: The Role of International Cooperation

by Jamie Burnham

As part of a week-long series focused on Mapping China’s Ambitions, The Cipher Brief is partnering with Harvard Research Fellow and former British diplomat Jamie Burnham to explore China’s...

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Mapping China by the Numbers: Toward a Government Data Ecosystem

by Jamie Burnham

As part of a week-long series focused on Mapping China’s Ambitions, The Cipher Brief is partnering with Harvard Research Fellow and former British diplomat Jamie Burnham to explore China’s...

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Mapping China by the Numbers: Organizing to Win

by Jamie Burnham

As part of a week-long series focused on Mapping China’s Ambitions, The Cipher Brief is partnering with Harvard Research Fellow and former British diplomat Jamie Burnham to explore China’s...

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Afghanistan: Losers Can't Be Choosers

by Tim Willasey-Wilsey

Bottom Line Up Front: There are indications that the Taliban have no intention of reaching a compromise and believe they can take over Afghanistan shortly after the US withdrawal. Comparisons with...

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Mapping China by the Numbers: Ambitions and Threat Vectors

by Jamie Burnham

On 25 September 2017, the board of UK-based Imagination Technologies, founded in 1985 (and listed on the LSE in 1994), agreed to a take-over by a Palo Alto-based, Cayman Island-registered private...

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What a Future Russia House Must Look Like

by Daniel Hoffman and Paul Kolbe

Next month’s planned meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to include conversations on Ukraine, COVID-19 and the recent diversion of a flight by...

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How the Middle East Conflict Leads Back to US National Security

by Norman T. Roule

In the Biden Administration’s highest-level face-to-face visit, Secretary of State Antony Blinken is traveling to the Middle East to seize momentum created by last week’s Gaza ceasefire in what...

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Intelligence Sharing in a Complicated World: The Future of Five Eyes

by The Cipher Brief

In the midst of World War II, facing multiple threats in a complicated series of engagements around the world, the US and the UK entered into a highly-secret, trusted agreement to share signals...