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The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national and global security.  We break the world down by region and provide you with a recent timeline to help understand the pace at which events are developing and provide expert insight on where they may be headed.   

The overall report features expert insights from Cipher Brief Experts Norman T. Roule, who served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Former Senior CIA Officer Paul Kolbe, Former Senior Member of the British Foreign Office Nick Fishwick and Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, former envoy for Six-Party Talks with North Korea.

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