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February 17, 2021February 22, 2021

A New World of Global Security: A Briefing with Sir John Sawers

by Sir John Sawers

The new COVID-19 national security world is one shaped by a host of national and global security issues that were impacted – both good and bad – by the global pandemic. That, in turn, has...

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

Middle East

North America

Russia

Energy

International

national security

OPEC

Russia

Saudi Arabia

October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

An Energy Market Check In

by Norman T. Roule

“The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for former intelligence officers; no media outlet is even a close second to The Cipher Brief in terms of the number of articles published by...

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020

Iran

Middle East

North America

Hezbollah

Iran

Middle East

national security

Terrorism

Uncategorized

May 28, 2020May 27, 2020

Iran and Hezbollah's Pre-Operational Modus Operandi in the West - Part Two

by Ioan Pop

In part one of Iran and Hezbollah’s Pre-Operational Modus Operandi in the West, authors Mitch Silber and Ioan Pop pulled from court documents and open source reporting to shed light on ways that...

May 4, 2020May 13, 2020

Europe

North America

Russia

United States

national security

NATO

Russia

May 4, 2020May 13, 2020

NATO's Future After the Threat it Didn't see Coming

by General Philip M. Breedlove

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April 27, 2020April 26, 2020

OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas

by The Cipher Brief

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April 20, 2020April 19, 2020

China

North America

China

CIA

Coronavirus

Intelligence

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020

Thinking in the Time of Coronavirus - Part 1

by Carmen Medina

Cipher Brief Expert Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence and a 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community. Medina is also author of the book, Rebels at Work: A Handbook...

April 9, 2020

Africa

Asia

China

Europe

India

Iran

Latin America

Middle East

North Africa

North America

North Korea

Pakistan

Russia

Southeast Asia

UK

United States

Coronavirus

April 9, 2020

What we're learning about National Security from COVID-19

by The Cipher Brief

As of this writing, Johns Hopkins, is reporting more than 432,438 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US, and nearly 1.5m confirmed cases worldwide. While the battle to save lives is expected to...

March 6, 2020March 6, 2020

The Coronavirus is worse than the System Blinking Red

by Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran...

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