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Since the turn of the century, perhaps earlier, there has been a consistent distancing between the U.S. and Latin America. Today it is difficult, perhaps […] More

Across Venezuela, opposition supporters protested Wednesday in reaction to President Nicolas Maduro shutting down the option of a recall referendum against him. On October 20, […] More

With a new administration set to enter the White House early next year, there is hope for a renewal of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.  One […] More

The Cipher Brief sat down with Robert Richer, former Associate Deputy Director for Operations at the CIA, to discuss impending changes atop the Hamas leadership […] More

The upcoming internal Hamas elections, which will be conducted over a number of months in a secretive, phased process, will take place in a radically […] More

In what may be his last foreign trip as President of the United States, Barack Obama will make a stop in Germany in mid-November. This […] More

Germany – a strong U.S. ally – is watching the American presidential race very closely, with a critical eye. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder met […] More

A Donald Trump presidency could spell bad news for transatlantic relations, including the U.S.-German relationship, according to many experts. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder traveled […] More

With a familiar turn of phrase that still finds the world collectively raising its eyebrow, Rodrigo Duterte has added to his list of people and […] More

In the span of six months, the U.S.-Philippines relationship has gone from a 25-year highpoint to a period of worrisome uncertainty. At the center of […] More

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte rattled decades of foreign policy on October 20 with his announcement of a military and economic “separation” from the United States. […] More

As the military prepares for the transition to the next administration, the three service secretaries on Monday detailed their concerns about the challenges posed by […] More

Now that the Obama administration has publicly attributed the hacking of the Democratic National Committee and other political entities to “Russia’s senior-most officials,” the question […] More

After much hand-wringing, the U.S. publicly admitted that the Russian government is interfering with the Presidential election. This was an open secret for weeks, but […] More

Most political leaders understand that governments that fail to respond to public provocations by foreign states do so at their own risk. In recent years, […] More

Since oil prices plummeted in the last quarter of 2014, oil-producing countries have struggled to adapt to the new low-price environment. From reforms to slashed […] More

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) came to a surprise agreement at informal talks this September to reduce global oil production by between 200,000 […] More

OPEC members have finally reached an agreement to curb the global oil supply by cutting their overall production from 33.75 million barrels per day (mb/d) […] More