Europe Intel Sharing Will Take Trust
A spike in terrorist attacks in Europe over the past couple of years has reignited the debate over how to improve European intelligence collection and […] More
Macron, Le Pen Offer France Stark Security, Defense Choices
The two remaining candidates in the French presidential race, independent centrist Emmanuel Macron and far-right nationalist Marine Le Pen, offer voters stark, opposing choices for […] More
Executive Governance Needed to Counter Threats to Nuclear Plants
As governments and industries try to understand the ever-evolving landscape of cyber threats to civilian nuclear power plants, it is becoming clear that property and […] More
Famine, Houthis, and Peace Talks Confront Yemen
The Yemen peace process has been on life support since late December, even though the nation is on the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe. G-7 […] More
Cyber Warfare Beyond Domains
In 2010, then-Deputy Secretary of Defense William J. Lynn III made a pivotal decision for the future of cyberspace and the U.S. military: He saw […] More
The Case for Synthesizing Electronic Warfare and Cyber
The two separate worlds of electronic warfare and cybersecurity are beginning to overlap, if not collide. In the U.S. military, electronic warfare and cyber capabilities […] More
The Problem of Siloed Cyber Warriors
The isolation of cyber as an entirely independent domain of warfare is both inaccurate and dangerous. Today, the Pentagon faces an essential task, to integrate […] More
“Anything Could Happen” in the French Election
French citizens head to the voting stations Sunday to narrow the field of candidates for the nation’s next president. The top two winners in the […] More
Attack “of a Terrorist Nature” Rattles Paris Amid Election Fervor
Thursday’s deadly attack on Paris police jolted the first round of France’s upcoming Presidential election, with several of the leading candidates canceling campaign events and […] More
A Revolutionary Race in France
Round one of the French presidential elections, on April 23, looks as if it’s going to set up a battle of non-traditional parties. Polls predict […] More
EU, Washington, Moscow Closely Watching French Election
As the French presidential election gets underway, the candidates positions toward the EU, Washington, and Moscow vary significantly. Depending on who comes out on top, […] More
Instability Casts a Shadow Over French Presidential Election
France’s upcoming presidential election is perhaps the most important in the nearly 60-year history of the Fifth Republic. The election’s first round on Sunday comes […] More
India and Israel Look to Expand Cooperation
A quarter of a century after the normalization of relations between India and Israel, the strength of Indo-Israeli ties can be measured by the continuing […] More
Shifting to the Cloud: A Security Benefit for the Department of Defense
The modern data center is evolving like few ever thought possible, and this progression is in play across the public and private sector for good […] More
The Link Between White Supremacists and Islamic Terrorism
The process of radicalization, by which disaffected members of society are convinced to embrace violent means to pursue the goals of a terrorist ideology, has […] More
No Single Path Towards Radicalization
The Cipher Brief’s Bennett Seftel sat down with Charlie Allen, former Under Secretary for Security and Analysis at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, to […] More
Mastering the Art of Illusion and Disguise
How far-fetched are James Bond’s gadgets or shows like Mission Impossible, where under-cover agents switch into different disguises? Not as far-fetched as you think. The […] More
Smart Materials: From Hypercolor to the Warfighter
Some may remember the Hypercolor t-shirt of the 1990s. Made of a thermochromic material, the shirts represent an early example of a “smart material.” As […] More