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The European Union and the United States have been close allies for decades and “partners of first resort,” to use the words of both former […] More

Twelve days after the Paris attacks, I was waiting for a flight at London’s Heathrow Airport, which seemed to be running with its customary sedate […] More

The safe harbour was a convenient fiction that enabled business-as-usual processes to take place between the EU and the U.S. Many were shocked when the […] More

Anyone expecting new or bold from President Obama’s Sunday night Oval Office speech was surely disappointed.  That was probably inevitable since the speech’s timing seemed […] More

You would probably be surprised to know what a logistical feat it is to manufacture a smart phone. The base materials are mostly silicon, plastic […] More

Joe Jarzombek, a cybersecurity expert at the Department of Homeland Security, recently participated in the 2015 SSCA (Software and Supply Chain Assurance) Winter Working Group […] More

Over the past several decades, quality, health and safety, and environmental issues have topped the list of supply chain concerns. However, increasingly two issues are […] More

Critical infrastructure organizations have large and complex IT networks built on top of an assortment of heterogeneous technologies.  Many large enterprises also extend their in-house […] More

Since his election in 2013, Western audiences have been eager to pin their hopes on Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, viewing him as a moderate who […] More

The story of the Tortoise and the Hare is well-known across cultures. In some countries, the plot is adjusted and the animals change and become, […] More

Having spent some years living in Muslim countries and fighting terrorism, I always cock an eyebrow when I hear someone like Secretary of State John […] More

The upcoming Venezuelan parliamentary elections on December 6 are taking place in a complicated political scenario. Venezuela has been going through a very important social […] More

The Cipher Brief reached out to Jayson Ahern, a principal at the Chertoff Group, to get his thoughts on what it will take to prevent […] More

Less than a month after the deadly terrorist attacks in Paris, leaders from 150 nations have convened in the French capital to discuss ways to […] More

One of the critical adverse effects of climate change is the impact it will have on water in terms of both quantity and quality. Marcus […] More

World political leaders have gathered in Paris this week to negotiate a new universal climate change agreement. There is a need for unified commitment from […] More

In 2014, 19.3 million people were forced to leave their houses and were displaced within their countries due mostly to floods and storms but also […] More

Two assumptions about transnational crime disrupt the design of effective security policies worldwide: Assuming that corruption is mainly an economic issue in which private agents […] More