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In the wake of North Korea’s January nuclear test, White House spokesman Josh Earnest described U.S. goals for the Korean peninsula. “We want the North […] More

The recent North Korean nuclear test and the subsequent disguised long-range missile test have seriously cornered China. The world community, especially the United States and […] More

In the wake of a series of high-profile mass shootings, President Barack Obama initiated an executive action directing the Department of Defense, the Department of […] More

Gun technology itself hasn’t changed for the last 100 years, but now we are starting to see a new period of innovation through the integration […] More

The trend of making conventional objects “smart” is continuing unabated, and now even firearms are beginning to have computers integrated into them. The Cipher Brief […] More

The current dispute between Apple and the FBI amplifies the ongoing debate between U.S. tech firms and law enforcement agencies about encryption.  At issue in […] More

Apple should not be coerced into hacking into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, and we must get to a point as a society where law […] More

The current conflict between Apple and the FBI over developing a means to circumvent security features on the iPhone has reignited the tense debate about […] More

A disillusioned former member of the Islamic State has given Sky News a memory stick containing tens of thousands of documents from ISIS’ internal security […] More

ISIS is a terrorist group attempting to become a state. It inherited al Qaeda’s strengths, including international networks, battle tested military doctrine and strategy, and […] More