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U.S. Counterintelligence in the 21st Century: Confronting the Russia–China Threat Nexus

OPINION — Geopolitical rivalry with China and Russia is growing, and this is making counterintelligence even more critical to U.S. national security. [...] More

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The ODNI, 20 Years After Its Creation: Reflections From the First Director

The ODNI, 20 Years After Its Creation: Reflections From the First Director

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence – the ODNI - was born twenty years ago this month, in response to [...] More

Allies Weigh In On The Future Under Trump 2.0

Allies Weigh In On The Future Under Trump 2.0

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – Over the past two and a half months, as President Donald Trump's administration has upended long-standing policies and [...] More

The Signal ‘Disaster,’ and Ensuring It Doesn’t Happen Again

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — When the heads of the intelligence community (IC) came to Capitol Hill Tuesday to present the Annual Threat Assessment, they [...] More

Intel Chiefs Detail Top Threats – and Get a Grilling Over Signal Leak

Intel Chiefs Detail Top Threats – and Get a Grilling Over Signal Leak

SPECIAL REPORT – The U.S. Intelligence Community’s (IC) annual assessment of threats facing the U.S. puts narcotics trafficking at the top of the [...] More

A Roadmap to Rebuild America’s Intelligence Community

OPINION — America’s national intelligence services were forged in wartime and have traditionally transformed after crises— after 9/11, the Berlin [...] More

Trump and Europe’s Intelligence-Sharing Problem

OPINION — President Trump’s recent decision to halt intelligence sharing with Ukraine has presented Europe with an urgent problem. Not only did the [...] More

America’s Research Labs Are Wide Open to Espionage. AI Can Help Fix That.

OPINION — The United States is losing its most valuable intellectual property at an alarming rate. While policymakers debate how to balance security [...] More

After China’s DeepSeek Breakthrough, Time to ‘Rethink the Equation’ in AI

EXPERT INTERVIEW — World leaders and tech executives are gathered in Paris for the latest global summit on artificial intelligence. The French AI [...] More

Understanding an ‘Unprecedented Moment’ for the FBI

EXPERT INTERVIEWS – As part of the Trump Administration’s aim to reduce government payrolls, it has taken several actions involving the FBI. More [...] 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 [...] More

Amid Calls for ‘Overhaul,’ Challenges Facing the Intelligence Community

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — President Donald Trump vowed throughout his 2024 campaign that if elected, he would initiate a revamp of the intelligence [...] More

How Can the U.S. better manage the Gray Zone?

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