United States

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

OPINION — The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the [...] More

OPINION — The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in line with the [...] More

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

OPINION — The global terrorism landscape in 2026 — the 25th anniversary year of the 9/11 terrorism attacks — is more uncertain, hybridized, and [...] More

OPINION — The global terrorism landscape in 2026 — the 25th anniversary year of the 9/11 terrorism attacks — is more uncertain, hybridized, and [...] More

The Long Arc Of American Power

OPINION — “We [the U.S.] began as a sliver of a country and next thing you know we're a continental power, and we did not do that primarily through [...] More

The Latest

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

OPINION — “There's no doubt that America's adversaries are trafficking fentanyl into the United States in part because they want to kill Americans. [...] More

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

EXPERT OPINION — Reports came out last week that claim the Chairman of Joint Staff, General Dan Caine, is preparing a new unified command plan (UCP) [...] More

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President:I am hoping you remember me. I spent about 90 minutes with you and much of your cabinet in the Oval Office in the spring of 2017, [...] More

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

OPINION — Describing the conditions that set the stage for history’s largest, most costly war, Winston Churchill wrote in The Gathering Storm, “The [...] More

United States

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

The Long Arc Of American Power

The Long Arc Of American Power

Popular

The 2026 National Defense Strategy: No Surprises but Plenty of Mandate

America’s Intelligence Satellites are Proliferating: Their Protection is Not, With Exceptions

Loosening the Gordian Knot of Global Terrorism: Why Legitimacy Must Anchor a Counterterrorism Strategy

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

The Latest

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

Trump’s Power Doctrine: A $1.5 Trillion Military, Greenland Ambitions, and a World Ruled by Force

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

What It Means Now that Fentanyl is Designated a “WMD”

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

We Need More Than Just a Command Shakeup in the U.S. Military

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

Dear Mr. President: A Former CIA Officer’s Unvarnished Brief on Putin

OPINION: Assessing the State of our National Security

Abrupt Changes at the top of the National Security Agency Risk Destabilization

A Personal Message of Thanks from The Cipher Brief

The U.S. is in the Midst of a Perfect 'Cognitive Warfare' Storm

America's National Security Wake-Up Call

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

How U.S. Adversaries are Eyeing Our Presidential Election

National Security Lessons from Crowdstrike's Global Disaster

Outgoing NCTC Director Lays Out Today's Very Real Terrorist Threat

Latest Stories

United States

Popular

The Latest