Is the Defense Department Ready for an Age of Disruption?
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Does the United States military have an innovation problem? For all its smart leaders and money and obvious edge in many areas, […] More
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The World According to J.D. Vance
OPINION — “For 40 years, this country has made, largely, I would say, a bipartisan mistake. It has allowed our manufacturing might to get offshored […] More
How 2024 Battleground States Are Preparing for AI Election Threats
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — With the 2024 U.S. election season already the most volatile in recent history, election officials across the country are scrambling to […] More
DEEP DIVE: How Trump and Vance Would Deal With Global Hot Zones
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – Whoever wins the November 5 U.S. presidential election will face an almost unprecedented set of global security challenges: Wars in Europe […] More
Russian Propaganda Blames Biden and Ukrainians For Trump Shooting
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — On a Russian TV program recently, Dmitry Novikov, a Russian lawmaker, said that political chaos and divisions in the U.S. were […] More
After the Trump Attack, Fighting an Erosion of Trust
EXPERT Q&A — The immediate aftermath of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania brought a flood of disinformation. As The Cipher […] More
DEEP DIVE: In Wake Of Trump Attack, How To Stop the Violence?
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Almost from the moment the shots were fired in Butler, Pennsylvania Saturday, terrorism experts and ordinary Americans shared a common fear: that […] More
After Trump Assassination Attempt, a Reckoning for America
EXPERT Q&A — In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, officials and […] More
After Trump Shooting, A Dangerous Flood of Disinformation
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Anyone doubting the power and danger of false narratives in 2024 America need only have spent a few minutes scrolling on […] More
EXPERT ANALYSIS: After the Summit, a NATO Worth Celebrating – or Too Weak For the Moment?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – NATO’s summit in Washington proved much more than a 75th-anniversary celebration; it was chock-full of news, some behind-the-scenes controversy and […] More
DEEP DIVE: Behind the Scenes, Plans to “Trump-Proof” NATO
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Donald Trump may not have been on the NATO summit agenda, but he was clearly on the minds of NATO leaders […] More
EXPERT ANALYSIS: NATO Summit Must Bring Pledges for Ukraine, Warnings For Putin
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — This week’s NATO summit in Washington is both a 75th anniversary celebration and a moment of truth for the alliance […] More
On U.S.-China Worry List: Chips, Ships, and Drones
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Even by the standards of recent Congressional warnings about China, the recent session of the House Committee on the Chinese Communist […] More
A Former CIA Leader on Debates – and What Matters
OPINION — As President Biden and former President Trump prepare to face off in the first of their 2024 presidential debates, The Cipher Brief polled […] More
The Debate: What Cipher Brief Experts Want To Hear from Biden and Trump
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE — As the first 2024 US presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump approaches (a debate that may prove […] More
As Haiti Reels, Delays and Questions Hamper International Police Mission
SUBCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The U.S. military transport jets arrive almost daily, 87 so far, landing at Haiti’s newly reopened Toussaint L’Ouverture Airport and bringing in […] More
The U.S. Military’s Recruitment Problem – and What to Do About It
OPINION — “Fiscal year 2023 was a challenging recruiting year; for the first time in 24 years, we did not meet recruiting goals in the […] More
What are Adversaries Doing in the U.S. Water Supply?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — It’s a serious threat to the nation’s critical infrastructure that not enough people are talking about. That’s the view of […] More