Wars are not Won by Evacuations
Mark Kelton, Former Deputy Director, CIA’s Counterintelligence, National Clandestine Service Cipher Brief Expert Mark Kelton is a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency executive with 34 […] More
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The Risk of Terrorism at Home and Abroad
As information emerges about Islamic State of Khorasan, or ISIS-K – the terrorist group that claimed responsibility for last week’s suicide attack that killed 13 […] More
Afghanistan: How Six Good Reasons Can Still Lead to a Bad Decision
Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office where his focus was on South Asia and […] More
Re-Budgeting for a Right-Sized International Counterterrorism Posture
Dr. Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for Near East Policy Dr. Matthew Levitt is the Fromer-Wexler fellow and director of the Reinhard program on counterterrorism […] More
How Can Blinken’s Bold Plan for Afghanistan Succeed?
Tim Willasey-Wilsey, Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey is a Cipher Brief Expert on Afghanistan and a visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London […] More
A New Approach to Domestic Terrorism
Javed Ali, Policymaker in Residence, University of Michigan Javed Ali is a Towsley Policymaker in Residence at the University of Michigan’s Gerald R. Ford School […] More
A Look at the U.S. Army’s Future Mission
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US National Security Challenges: A Conversation Among Experts
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The Next American Terrorist
The Growing Irrelevance of Organizational Structure for U.S. Domestic Terrorism Bruce Hoffman, Terrorism Expert, Professor, Georgetown University Bruce Hoffman is a professor at Georgetown University […] More
Iran and Hezbollah’s Pre-Operational Modus Operandi in the West – Part Two
In part one of Iran and Hezbollah’s Pre-Operational Modus Operandi in the West, authors Mitch Silber and Ioan Pop pulled from court documents and open […] More
Afghanistan’s Hard Lessons. A British Perspective.
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The Coronavirus is worse than the System Blinking Red
Norman T. Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. He served as the […] More
The US Deal with the Taliban
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Soleimani and the True Measure of Deterrence
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Avenging the Death of Qassem Soleimani
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The Killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
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Dr. Shakil Afridi: How a Valuable U.S. Intelligence Asset Became a Liability
EDITORIAL/COMMENTARY — The house had been watched for quite some time. The home in Abbottabad was just about a mile from the Pakistani Military Academy […] More
The Future of the Dark Web
The dark web has long been a place where stolen personal data is bought and sold in staggering numbers, criminals run lucrative drug and pornographic […] More
The Threat Posed by Hezbollah
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How to Kill Off A Withering Terrorist Organization
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The Next Terrorist Threat
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EXCLUSIVE: On Nobility and the CIA’s War in Afghanistan
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Britain’s Top Security Threats in 2019
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Terrorists Stalk Dark Web for Deadlier Weaponry
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