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Russia Is Kind of Becoming a 'Colony of China'

Russia's economic struggles in the wake of its invasion of Ukraine are forcing Moscow to become more closely aligned with China, India, North Korea [...] More

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The Economics Driving Security in The Middle East

The Economics Driving Security in The Middle East

The Cipher Brief welcomes former National Intelligence Manager for Iran, ODNI, and Cipher Brief Expert Norm Roule for a virtual briefing on the [...] More

A New US Strategy for the Middle East and the Opportunity for US Businesses

A New US Strategy for the Middle East and the Opportunity for US Businesses

Join us as Cipher Brief national security expert VADM Kevin Donegan offers perspective on opportunities in the Middle East today. Wednesday, February [...] More

An Expert Brief on Economic Security, Investment and Jurisdictional Risk

An Expert Brief on Economic Security, Investment and Jurisdictional Risk

A rarely discussed but high impact trend that seems to have been amplified by the COVID-19 virus is affecting investment in countries that have [...] More

The China Problem

The China Problem

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called out China’s claims in the South China Sea this week, saying they are “completely unlawful.” It was a [...] More

What Follows a 'Sayonara' Foreign Policy

Cipher Brief Expert and former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin is a distinguished practitioner in residence at the Johns Hopkins University [...] More

The Economic Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Bottom Line Up FrontPresident Trump signed a $2 trillion stimulus package into law last week, designed to provide relief for an American economy that [...] More

The New Africa Strategy: Countering Chinese Influence on the Continent

Bottom Line Up FrontOn December 13, 2018, U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton detailed the Trump administration's New Africa Strategy.The [...] More

2019: New Beginnings & Old Challenges

Bottom Line Up FrontAs 2019 begins, the U.S. and its allies will continue to deal with crises that started years ago and have now matured into [...] More

How to Support and Distance Yourself from the President's DoD Budget

OPINION — Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer last week joined the very public chorus of defense experts in questioning whether President Trump’s call [...] More

Uzbekistan’s Shifting Foreign Policy

Bottom Line Up FrontUzbekistan’s renewed domestic and foreign policies have largely been welcomed by the international community.The geopolitical [...] More

Qatar Exits OPEC

Bottom Line Up FrontQatar’s withdrawal from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is strongly correlated to Doha’s ongoing rift [...] More

Trump and Xi Meet at G-20 Amidst Deteriorating China-U.S. Relations

Bottom Line Up FrontOn December 1, President Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Argentina.The meeting comes [...] More