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Are the U.S. and China Still Destined for War?

A lot has happened since China expert and Harvard Professor Graham Allison’s best-selling book on China, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides Trap was published in...

Asia

Cyber

China

Cyber

Intelligence

The Coming Chinese Storm

by Mark Kelton

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats briefed the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence last week about the comprehensive threat that China poses to U.S. national security. While there were a...

Asia

Cyber

United States

China

Cyber

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Tech/Cyber

The Urgency of Resetting Relations With China

by Joseph DeTrani

Bottom Line Up Front:  The Trump Administration is confronting China on issues that have been developing for years and have percolated to the top of a list of concerns that are affecting bilateral...

Asia

North Korea

United States

Homeland Security

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International

North Korea

Nuclear

Avoiding 'Fire and Fury' with North Korea

by Joseph DeTrani

Six months after the historic June 11, 2018 Summit between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jung Un, the American public is losing patience with a North Korea that continues to make nuclear...

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Iran

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Russia

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Cyber

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Tech/Cyber

Cyber: "The System is Blinking Red Once Again"

by The Cipher Brief

At a recent private D.C. dinner, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen gathered with academics and cyber experts from the private sector to talk candidly about urgent cyber threats and actions...

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China

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China on Track for Peer Military Status with U.S. by 2050

by The Cipher Brief

According to a recent report by the National Defense Strategy Commission (NDS), the U.S. Department of Defense and the White House “have not yet articulated clear operational concepts for...

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Cyber

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China

Cyber

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International

Tech/Cyber

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...

Asia

North Korea

North Korea

North Korea Brief II: Critical Allied Relationships

by Joseph DeTrani

In part two of The Cipher Brief’s Expert Briefing on North Korea, Ambassador Joseph DeTrani focuses on the critical relationships with allies and partners and how sometimes competing agendas...

Asia

North Korea

North Korea

Nuclear

North Korea Brief I: Path to Progress on Negotiations

by Joseph DeTrani

Experts cited the lack of intercontinental ballistic missiles in North Korea’s 70th anniversary parade celebrations over the weekend as a sign that the nuclear nation remains committed to...

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Al-Qaeda

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Where Al Qaeda and Affiliates Stand Today: A Conversation with David Shedd

by David Shedd

While not in the headlines every day, al Qaeda operatives are still the targets of somewhat regular military operations in places like Yemen.  The U.S. carried out a series of air strikes against al...