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Chinese Ghost Machines: The Hidden Risk in Australia's Energy Infrastructure

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The recent revelations from Reuters and other U.S. news outlets, detailing the discovery of "rogue" communication devices [...] More
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Memo To US Startups: China Wants Your IP (and There Are Ways To Stop Them)
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Memo To US Startups: China Wants Your IP (and There Are Ways To Stop Them)

EXPERT INTERVIEW — The race between China and the U.S. for tech supremacy gets fiercer by the day. In the latest salvo, the U.S. this week added five [...] More
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The Undersea Cable War Hits Taiwan

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Undersea cables have been dominating the headlines in recent months - specifically, repeated episodes in which damage has been [...] More
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Welcome to the Gray Zone and the Future of Great Power Competition
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Welcome to the Gray Zone and the Future of Great Power Competition

This is part one of a 3-part series by Cipher Brief Expert and former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts, who also [...] More
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Are We Positioned to Win the Race for AI Supremacy?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — In the high-stakes geostrategic race for artificial intelligence supremacy, the United States faces an unexpected [...] More
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Avoiding Strategic Surprise will be key in the next Administration

EXPERT Q&A – The Cipher Brief tapped Dave Pitts, former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia and range of other experts with deep [...] More
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Advice for Trump 2.0: Cipher Brief Experts Weigh In
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Advice for Trump 2.0: Cipher Brief Experts Weigh In

EXPERT PERSPECTIVES — In the hours after Donald Trump was declared the winner of the 2024 presidential election, we turned to our network of experts [...] More
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Global Challenges for 47th President: Two Major Wars, and Avoiding Conflict With China

EXPERT OPINION — As Americans vote, and an anxious nation awaits the results, we turned to a member of our expert network with extensive global [...] More
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The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm
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The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm

During the 2024 Cipher Brief Threat Conference, Dave Pitts joined Brad Christian, Mike Vickers, and Ralph Goff in a discussion about Gray Zone [...] More
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China is Courting Thailand. Here's Why the U.S. Should Care.

OPINION/EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The strategic landscape of Southeast Asia is rapidly evolving, with China making significant inroads into a region where [...] More
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NSA Director: US Investigating China Telcom Cyberattacks
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NSA Director: US Investigating China Telcom Cyberattacks

EXCLUSIVE — National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Timothy Haugh said the agency was investigating China-linked cyberattacks against three [...] More
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Chinese Cars as Military Threats? It’s Not Science Fiction

OPINION — When President Biden first sounded the alarm in February about importing Chinese vehicles and their software, most attention focused on how [...] More
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China is our only real Existential Threat, says Former Senior CIA Officer

OPINION — The United States faces a direct existential threat today that has not been matched in severity since the war between our own states - the [...] More
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