Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

NatSecEDGE

Welcome! Log in to stay connected and make the most of your experience.

Input clean

Russia

As Negotiations Over Ukraine Drag On, What Can Putin Stand to Lose?

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE - “How Many Divisions has the Pope Got?” Josef Stalin’s sarcastic, contemptuous dismissal of an appeal by Pope Pius XI to a higher [...] More
RussiaCipher Brief Expert ViewUkraine
NatSecEDGE

The Latest

Resetting Ukraine Negotiations Could Prevent a Shift in Great Power Competition

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The change in U.S. posture toward Ukraine, the expanding fracture between the U.S. and NATO, and what appears, at least for now, [...] More
ChinaRussiaCipher Brief Expert ViewUkraineDave Pitts

The World According to Trump and Putin

OPINION — “Concerning U.S. President's proposal to declare a 30-day ceasefire, the Russian side [President Vladimir Putin] outlined a number of [...] More
RussiaWalter PincusUkraine
The Ukraine War Just Got Uglier and Even More Personal

The Ukraine War Just Got Uglier and Even More Personal

EXPERT INTERVIEW — After one of the most emotional, anger-filled days ever captured on public record in the Oval Office, Ukrainian President [...] More
RussiaEuropeUkraine

Trump is Handing Europe its Turn to Lead

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE (LONDON) – U.S. President Donald Trump has only been back in the White House for 6 weeks, but the reaction in Europe to [...] More
EuropeRussiaCipher Brief Expert ViewUkraineNick Fishwick

The Art of Negotiating with Vladimir Putin

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – As talks move forward between the U.S. and Russia with the intention of an agreement to end Moscow's war in Ukraine - [...] More
RussiaCipher Brief Expert ViewUkraine

A Tale of Competing Agendas on Ukraine: Will history judge Trump as a Churchill or a Chamberlain?

OPINION / EXPERT PERPSECTIVE — In coming weeks, President Trump will meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and after that meeting, with [...] More
RussiaUkraine
NatSecEDGE

The world can't afford another 'Mafia Don' war when it comes to Russia

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION – The upcoming peaceful inauguration of the next U.S. president should serve as a reminder to the world of the virtues [...] More
RussiaCipher Brief Expert View

The Undersea Cable War Hits Taiwan

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Undersea cables have been dominating the headlines in recent months - specifically, repeated episodes in which damage has been [...] More
ChinaRussiaTech/Cyber
Welcome to the Gray Zone and the Future of Great Power Competition
Badge
special series

Welcome to the Gray Zone and the Future of Great Power Competition

This is part one of a 3-part series by Cipher Brief Expert and former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts, who also [...] More
ChinaRussiaNorth KoreaUkraineIntelligenceDave PittsDoDEuropeAsia

A Ukrainian Archbishop Offers Thanks to America - Along With a Warning

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — After 1,000 days, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused untold suffering for the Ukrainian people; Russian attacks have [...] More
Alternative PerspectivesRussiaUkraineEuropeMetropolitan Borys Gudziak

NATO Must Respond to Russian Shadow War on European Soil 

OPINION — The year 2024 has seen a spate of terrorist attacks strike Europe, and surprisingly, hardly anyone seems to care. Unlike previous waves of [...] More
Alternative PerspectivesPhilip WasielewskiRussiaEurope

Avoiding Strategic Surprise will be key in the next Administration

EXPERT Q&A – The Cipher Brief tapped Dave Pitts, former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia and range of other experts with deep [...] More
RussiaCipher Brief Expert ViewChinaAfghanistanDave Pittsnational security