Alliances Solidify as Islamic State Falters Ahead of Mosul Offensive
Forces on all sides of the sectarian divide are aligning against the Islamic State in Iraq ahead of the much anticipated and well-telegraphed effort to […] More
News & Analysis
China's Ongoing Struggle to Clamp Down on Terrorism
On September 10th in the restive Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) in northwest China, as many as 10 people were killed or injured when police […] More
Much Remains Unknown
Over the last several years, China has learned that its borders and people are not immune to the threat of terrorism. This is particularly true […] More
The Changing Nature of Terrorism in China
On August 14, Director of International Cooperation at China’s Central Military Commission, Rear Admiral Guan Youfei, reached a deal to provide humanitarian aid, military training, […] More
Malicious Cyber-Actors in the Financial Services Industry
Observers around the world were shocked when news broke about a major bank heist in Bangladesh. This was no ordinary robbery though – this time, […] More
Unprecedented Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Cyber threats pose a challenge to banks and firms operating in the financial sector, primarily due to the fact that “vulnerability really exists everywhere,” both […] More
The Biggest Challenge: Insider Threats
The Cipher Brief sat down with Steven Grossman, VP of Strategy and Enablement at Bay Dynamics, to discuss the current cyber threat landscape facing the […] More
Gen. John Allen: Fighting Extremists in 3-D
The United States and its allies need a three-dimensional strategy for beating back the Islamic State and its allies, one that looks beyond the immediate […] More
Yahoo: Who is Responsible for the Hack?
Yahoo has announced hackers, believed to be state-sponsored, stole data on around 500 million users in 2014. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder spoke with Vitali […] More
Europe Bears a Big Burden in the World's Migration Crisis
The world is currently faced with 65 million forcibly displaced people – the most since World War II – of which nearly 41 million are […] More
Migrants from Africa
Europe’s migration crisis is often framed in terms of the influx of refugees coming from Syria, Afghanistan, and other conflict countries in the Middle East. […] More
Security Challenges for the Next Administration
“Our next president will inherit a world that in my judgment has a multitude of national security challenges that collectively are greater than any other […] More
Unease, Uncertainty, and Strife: Global Inequality and Instability
At his final United Nations address on Tuesday, U.S. President Barack Obama focused much of his time on what he called “the paradox that defines […] More
The Evidence Is Not Clear
In 2013, French economist Thomas Piketty released his book, ‘Capitalism in the 21st Century,’ which observed that the rate of capital return in developed countries […] More
Perceiving Inequality
In the study of international conflicts, economic inequality is often identified as one of the key factors contributing towards political instability. Today, as studies identify […] More
Al Shabaab: A Persistent Threat
With al Shabaab orchestrating deadly attacks on a near-weekly basis, the terrorist group continues to pose a significant threat to regional stability in the Horn […] More
Limited Options
The Cipher brief spoke with Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, CEO of Valens Global and a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, about the growing […] More
Flexing Some Muscle
Having carried out several attacks in the last couple of months, al Shabaab remains a “very high” threat to security in Somalia and surrounding countries, […] More