The Role of the Presidency in Combatting Disinformation
The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator program partners with colleges and Universities across the country to bring you the voices of the next generation of national […]
Opinion
China: Charting a Course Between Conflict and Accommodation
Cipher Brief Expert John E. McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) where he teaches […]
The Geopolitical Impact of Clean Energy Transitions
The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator program partners with colleges and Universities across the country to bring you the voices of the next generation of national […]
Trump’s Pre-Election Search for a National Security Win
OPINION — President Trump and his team are trying to come up with at least one last minute foreign policy success before Election Day, just […]
What Does Trump’s Tweet Mean for Afghanistan?
Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey is Visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London and is a former senior member of the British Foreign […]
Why the U.S. – Taliban peace deal has already failed
The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator program partners with colleges and Universities across the country to highlight the next generation of national security leaders. Ameen Karim […]
Declassification of Unverified Information becomes Election Talking Point
OPINION — Last Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe promised, or maybe threatened, “Additional declassification and public disclosure of related intelligence remains under consideration.” […]
Nagorno and Karabakh on the Map
Cipher Brief Expert Nick Fishwick CMG retired in 2012 after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His work included postings in Lagos, Istanbul […]
The Danger of Political Spin
OPINION — Last week, President Trump attempted to use the mistaken discarding of nine military ballots two weeks ago by a just-hired contractor at Pennsylvania’s […]
UnderCover with Spymasters Author Chris Whipple
[Editors Note: Cipher Brief Senior Book Editor Bill Harlow recently had a conversation with author Chris Whipple about his new book: The Spymasters. A review […]
Lesson for DOD: Profits Drive Innovation
Cipher Brief Expert Robert Eatinger has 35 years of experience practicing law in the fields of national security, intelligence, and international law. He is a solo […]
How to Build a Next Generation US Nuclear Submarine
OPINION — The Navy is scheduled to begin construction next month on SSBN-826, to be named the USS Columbia, the first of 12 planned new, […]
How China Masters the Art of Propaganda
How COVID-19 Revealed the Menace of China’s United Work Front Department William O’Hara is the senior China planner in the J5 Directorate at U.S. Special […]
What Follows Bahrain’s Normalization of Relations with Israel?
Cipher Brief Expert Emile Nakhleh is a retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer and founding director of the CIA’s Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program Office. […]
Responding to the Belarus Uprising: Not Crimea 2.0
The Cipher Brief’s Academic Incubator program partners with colleges and Universities across the country to highlight the next generation of national security leaders. Alexander Naumov […]
Vladimir Putin’s Tragic Isolation
Dr. Kenneth Dekleva served as a Regional Medical Officer/Psychiatrist (including 5 years at the U.S. Embassy Moscow, Russian Federation) with the U.S. Dept. of State […]
How will China Respond to India’s Himalayan Defiance?
Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. He is now Visiting Professor of War Studies […]
The Spin on Chinese Nuclear Weapons
OPINION — The Trump administration is using the Pentagon’s 2020 Annual Report to Congress on China’s military and security developments to spin its current campaign […]