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Kurdistan is a transnational patchwork quilt of territories spread across Turkey, Iran, Syria, and Iraq. Though only six million out of a total of 32 […] More

There may be water on Mars, but there’s definitely liquor in orbit. Over the last couple of years, there have been a number of people […] More

Got a secret? Welcome to the The Dead Drop.  Each week we pass along news and gossip from the world of national security and intelligence.  […] More

Pablo Escobar’s childhood dream was to be a millionaire by the time he was 22.  It is unclear if he met that specific goal, but […] More

There has been no shortage of speculation about the motives behind Russia’s recent military deployment to Syria following the September 28 meeting between Russian President […] More

The recent infusion of Russian weapons and other military materiel into Syria has gotten the chattering class in Washington in a tizzy. “Inside-the-Beltway” policy experts, […] More

Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) relationship with China has passed through many stages in the last few decades. It is only after the 1990s […] More

China’s rise has exerted a well-documented economic impact in Latin America. South American economists worry about the loss of value-adding industries as raw materials like […] More

In an interview with The Cipher Brief, Boston University Professor Kevin Gallagher sees Chinese and American interests in Latin America as complementary. The Cipher Brief: […] More

The Cipher Brief spoke to R. Evan Ellis, a professor at the U.S. Army War College, who said that while China does not directly challenge […] More

The global oil industry is going through a lesson in Economics 101:  When supply increases, prices go down.  Crude oil prices are currently hovering around […] More

In the seven months since arriving on the throne, new Saudi King Salman has brought fundamental changes to the Saudi power line-up and to succession […] More

Global oil markets are in flux.  Significant price swings—from triple digits to double digits, back and forth, over the past decade—are an indication of a […] More

The business and geopolitical history of the 20th century was written in oil…black gold…Texas tea. Indeed, the need to secure abundant energy supplies has been […] More

Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More

The ability of a business to respond with speed and agility after the discovery of a significant cyberattack is critical to its overall recovery and […] More

Josh Lefkowitz is the CEO of Flashpoint, a cyber threat intelligence firm that specializes in providing insights from the Deep and Dark Webs. Josh spoke […] More

Heroes in war movies rally the troops by pronouncing: failure is not an option. Heroes at the forefront of cybersecurity know better: failure is practically […] More