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OPINION — Describing the conditions that set the stage for history’s largest, most costly war, Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm, “The malice of […] More
OPINION — Describing the conditions that set the stage for history’s largest, most costly war, Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm, “The malice of […] More
OPINION — “Who ya gonna believe, me or your own eyes?” asked Chico Marx in the 1933 Mar Brothers film, Duck Soup, (though the quote […] More
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
OPINION — As part of The Cipher Brief’s coverage of this week’s 75th-anniversary NATO Summit in Washington, international correspondent Ia Meurmishvili spoke with Toomas Hendrik […] More
OPINION — In a significant and troubling shift for the country of Georgia, there was a glaring absence in this week’s NATO Summit declaration: the […] More
EXPERT Q&A – World leaders are promising much-needed additional aid to Ukraine at this week’s NATO Summit in Washington DC with the U.S., Germany, Romania, […] More
OPINION — As the NATO Summit gets underway in Washington, experts agree on this much: Ukraine and Russia dominate the agenda, even for an alliance […] More
OPINION — As the leaders of NATO gather in Washington for a three-day celebration of the alliance’s 75th anniversary, they also face short- and longer-term […] More
OPINION — As the fighting in Ukraine grinds on, Western policymakers and military officials are thinking ahead to the next war. Given how fast Russia […] More
OPINION – The Cipher Brief tapped expert Dave Pitts for his reaction to Thursday night’s debate from a national security perspective. “To the original national […] More
OPINION — The mutual defense pact that Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean Chairman Kim Jong Un signed on June 19, was a victory […] More
OPINION — As Russian President Vladimir Putin visits North Korea, it’s important to keep in mind the weapons including artillery shells and ballistic missiles, that […] More
OPINION — “Since the start of the [Ukraine] war, the liquid portion of the [Russian] national wealth fund has fallen by nearly half. Defense outlays […] More
OPINION – Sir, We are at a pivotal point in history. You have the ability to influence the course of history with the advice you […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE – It may be President Biden’s most consequential decision about the Ukraine war since Russia’s February 2022 invasion: allowing Ukraine to strike Russian […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s one of the stranger economic realities of the war in Ukraine: Ukraine is still earning $800 million a year shipping […] More
OPINION — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s two-day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, their 43rd meeting since Xi took over in 2013, was an opportunity […] More
OPINION — November 2024 will be an important month for Ukraine. It not only heralds the start of winter when fighting becomes much harder but […] More
OPINION — As the tragic Ukraine war grinds into its third year – with no end in sight, and with Russia advancing militarily in the […] More
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