China’s Tech Sector Shouldn’t Grow at Expense of U.S. Companies
OPINION — DeepSeek’s recent surge into the AI space has consumed tech, finance, and political news. Last week, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) AI company […] More
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Expert Q&A: Inside China’s DeepSeek AI Miracle
EXPERT Q&A — The sudden and rapid success of China’s DeepSeek, and its new artificial intelligence (AI) assistant, has caused a storm in the U.S. tech […] More
Which Tulsi Gabbard Would Lead the ODNI?
OPINION — “For too long, faulty, inadequate, or weaponized intelligence have led to costly failures and the undermining of our national security and God-given freedoms enshrined in […] More
Expert Q&A: What the M23 Rebels Want in the Congo Conflict
EXPERT Q&A — The Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, who stunned the world with their seizure of the major city of Goma in the east of the Democratic […] More
Biden Started a Process to Protect US National Security from China. Trump Should Finish It.
OPINION — For years, warning lights have been flashing around the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) drive to assert global dominance and reshape international governance in the […] More
Expert Q&A: The AI Challenge for the U.S. Military
EXPERT Q&A — Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shook the U.S. tech and business communities this week, with its launch of a free AI chatbot that it […] More
The Case for Peace Through Strength – and Diplomacy
OPINION — In his inaugural address, President Donald Trump said: “Our success will be measured not only by the battles we win, but also by the […] More
A Top US Commander is Fired – and What May Come Next
OPINION — “She is a leader of character and integrity who I relied on for counsel and support as the Commandant of the Coast Guard and […] More
A Cold War Spy Dossier Revealed – With Lessons for Today
OPINION — Earlier this month, a tranche of British Security Service (MI5) records was declassified on the most notorious traitors in modern British history: the […] More
Expert Q&A: Should Trump Meet Putin?
EXPERT INTERVIEW — Four days into what the Trump administration has said will be a 100-day push for peace in Ukraine, the president has made several […] More
Expert Q&A: North Korea and Russia – ‘Fighting and Dying’ Together
EXPERT Q&A — Western officials report that of the estimated 11,000 North Korean troops sent to fight in Russia’s western Kursk region, 4,000 have already been […] More
Expert Q&A: Understanding the New Russia-Iran “Strategic Partnership”
EXPERT INTERVIEW — Russian President Vladimir Putin received his Iranian counterpart, Masoud Pezeshkian, in Moscow on Friday to sign a “comprehensive strategic partnership treaty.” Russian […] More
Pete Hegseth’s Answers to Questions That Weren’t Raised in Public
OPINION — “My priority will be to deliver on the President’s [Candidate Trump’s] promise to the American people to protect the homeland with an Iron Dome […] More
Another Inauguration – in Lebanon – Offers Hope for the Middle East
OPINION — If 2024 ended with “cautious optimism” about Syria, in the wake of that country’s ouster of the Assad regime, 2025 may be beginning with a […] More
Will the new Administration bring new opportunity on Afghanistan?
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION — In April of 2024, I offered some thoughts in The Cipher Brief on a possible way forward in Afghanistan. That […] More
Expert Q&A: The Gaza Deal — and the ‘Trump Effect’
EXPERT INTERVIEW — On the day the Israeli cabinet voted to approve the long-awaited ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, The Cipher Brief spoke with a former advisor […] More
The North Korean Card in Ukraine
OPINION — The Budapest Memorandum of December 1994 provided security assurances to Ukraine in exchange for that country giving up its nuclear weapons. The Memorandum prohibited Russia, […] More
Correcting the Record on the IDF and Lethal Targeting
OPINION — Just because they could, they did. That is the gist of a recent New York Times article suggesting the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) made […] More