Like it or Not, Singapore Summit was a Success
The historic June 12th summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and Chairman Kim Jung Un has moved us closer to a peaceful resolution of […] More
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The National Security Winners and Losers from Singapore Summit
China, North Korea and the U.S.-South Korea security alliance are the big winners from the short, joint declaration out of Singapore this week. The […] More
The President’s Summit Adventure Through an Intelligence Lens
OPINION: The eyes of an intelligence officer are trained to look for what a person’s behavior uncovers about his or her motivations and aspirations, which […] More
The U.S. Intelligence Mission Targeting North Korea
Shortly after he was sworn in as Director CIA in January of 2017, now-Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made some bold moves that put renewed […] More
Difficulties Integrating North Korean Defectors Suggest Challenges in Reunifying Korea
During the height of the Cold War, North Korean defectors were celebrated as symbols of freedom and a direct indictment of a brutal North Korean […] More
North Korea’s Path to Denuclearization
The June 12th summit with North Korea will be an important beginning of a process that eventually results in the Complete, Verifiable and Irreversible Dismantlement […] More
N. Korea, the U.S. and the Strange Path to Singapore
One wonders what the alien creature Griffin, portrayed by Michael Stuhlbarg in Men in Black III, and capable of seeing all possible futures, would […] More
SOCOM’s New Challenge in North Korea and Beyond
As the U.S. President prepares to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, sources tell The Cipher Brief that U.S. Special Operations Forces […] More
Iran’s Hegemonic Quest
The Head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization is putting the IAEA on notice that Tehran is likely to begin producing centrifuges that are used to […] More