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

Glenn Corn

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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The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research 

Ambassador Patrick Duddy

The National Security Rationale for U.S.-Funded Academic Research 

OPINION — Since World War II, the federal government and American universities have developed a deep, symbiotic relationship. That relationship is [...] More

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Can the CIA and U.S. military stop the Mexican cartels? 

Can the CIA and U.S. military stop the Mexican cartels? 

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On January 20, the first day of his second term, President Donald Trump formally labeled Mexico’s crime cartels as [...] More

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20 Years Later, Assessing the Value of the ODNI

20 Years Later, Assessing the Value of the ODNI

EXPERT INTERVIEWS — The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) marks an anniversary today — 20 years since its creation as the top [...] More

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Expert Q&A: Winning the Recruiting and Retention Battle in the U.S. Military

Beth Asch

Expert Q&A: Winning the Recruiting and Retention Battle in the U.S. Military

EXPERT Q&A — Discussions about the future of war and whether the U.S. is ready for the next conflict often center on the adoption of advanced [...] More

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Conservatives of America: Putin Is Not Your Ally

Gregory Sims

Conservatives of America: Putin Is Not Your Ally

OPINION — American conservatives be advised: Vladimir Putin does not share your values and is not your friend. You may be tempted to regard the [...] More

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Trump Administration Says Narco-Trafficking is #1 Threat - and Tries All-Hands Approach to Stop It
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Trump Administration Says Narco-Trafficking is #1 Threat - and Tries All-Hands Approach to Stop It

DEEP DIVE — When the U.S. intelligence community (IC) declared last week that the greatest danger to American national security is old-fashioned [...] More

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If It’s Trump v. Greenland’s Leaders, I’m Betting on Greenland

Walter Pincus

If It’s Trump v. Greenland’s Leaders, I’m Betting on Greenland

OPINION — “We respect that the United States needs a greater military presence in Greenland, as Vice President Vance mentioned this evening [last [...] More

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Expert Q&A: Trump is Hurting Canada - and Hurting the U.S. in the Process

Richard Fadden

Expert Q&A: Trump is Hurting Canada - and Hurting the U.S. in the Process

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Canada is a longtime U.S. ally, its U.S.’s second-largest trading partner and a fellow NATO member, but relations between the two [...] More

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For Trump Administration, Policy Often Involves a Hunt for Minerals
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For Trump Administration, Policy Often Involves a Hunt for Minerals

DEEP DIVE — Over the past week, the Trump administration took two steps involving the pursuit of critical and rare earth minerals: it issued an [...] More

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How Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Could Set Back U.S. Cybersecurity
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How Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze Could Set Back U.S. Cybersecurity

DEEP DIVE — President Donald Trump’s foreign aid freeze will kneecap U.S. efforts to build alliances around cybersecurity issues and help Russia and [...] More

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Reimagining the Way the U.S. Prepares for Future Wars

Reimagining the Way the U.S. Prepares for Future Wars

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – In an age of rapidly changing technology and profound implications for the wars of the future, is the United States adapting [...] More

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Expert Q&A: Could Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ Fill U.S. Missile Defense Gaps?

Thomas Karako

Expert Q&A: Could Trump’s ‘Iron Dome for America’ Fill U.S. Missile Defense Gaps?

EXPERT Q&A — President Donald Trump has called for the establishment of a new missile defense shield for the U.S., which he has dubbed an “Iron Dome [...] More

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