Members Only On the US Radar: The Rise of China-backed Cyberattacks
The Department of Defense (DOD), in an unclassified summary of its 2023 Cyber Strategy, deems China as the US’ most flagrant threat in the realm of […] More
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Members Only Exclusive Interview: BRICS Offers a Glimpse of What a New Global World Order Could Look Like
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – If there were an indicator of what a new world order could look like, it was likely on display during last […] More
Members Only Are U.S. Taxpayers Unintentionally Funding China’s Military Development?
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — As a response to concerns about U.S. involvement in Chinese high-tech industries, President Biden this month signed an executive order that aims to […] More
Members Only EXCLUSIVE: Manila’s Envoy to Beijing Weighs-In On Recent US-China Tensions
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — An old friend of Beijing returned to China this week in a move that harkens back to a time when Manila […] More
The way AI ‘learns’ poses risks so large, it almost supplants threats from China
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — The Intelligence Community’s 2023 Annual Threat Assessment released in March emphasized the Chinese Communist Party in what intelligence leaders later described […] More
Members Only When It Comes to US-China Talks, Something “Vital” Is Still Missing
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — A rare series of diplomatic overtures in Beijing were absent at least one “absolutely vital” ingredient, U.S. Secretary of State Antony […] More
Members Only With China’s Help, Mexico Is On The Verge of Becoming a ‘Narco State’
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Deep inside a ravine on the outskirts of a western Mexican city overseen by among the world’s most powerful drug cartels, 45 […] More
Members Only ‘We Need an AI Geneva Convention,’ says Rep. Moulton
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — On the same day that a group of industry leaders warned of the “risk of extinction” that stems from unbridled artificial intelligence, […] More
Members Only Understanding the World Like a CIA Analyst
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Over the weekend, Ukraine said its forces were encircling Bakhmut. Russia, meanwhile, congratulated its troops for taking the embattled Ukrainian city. […] More
Members Only Putin’s Days May Be Numbered, but China’s the Bigger Threat, says Ex-CIA Chief
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Someone other than Vladimir Putin will likely be running Russia in as little as three years, says former CIA Director and […] More
The Pentagon Needs a Real Budget, Not Stop-Gap Solutions, says top DoD official
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — With President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers sitting down together this week in the hopes of averting an historic government […] More
Members Only The Race to Write the World’s First AI Rule Book
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Designed to drum up the world’s first AI rulebook, the European Union’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act is a far-reaching legal framework […] More
National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on China: Don’t Call it ‘Decoupling’
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Eight days after U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told a Johns Hopkins crowd that America does “not seek to decouple our […] More
Members Only Exclusive Interview: The Growing Scope of America’s Cyber Security Threats
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – With a new Homeland Security task force underway, designed to examine threats posed by both Beijing and ever-more potent forms of artificial […] More
Members Only Exclusive Interview: Tracking China’s Global Power Projection
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, prompted a re-alignment of global alliances that led to the launch of competing power projections, […] More
Members Only The Great Tech Race of our Time
SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER EXCLUSIVE – The battle for semiconductors, a core ingredient of both basic and advanced technologies – such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) – has long […] More
As Tsai Meets McCarthy, Experts Warn: War Over Taiwan Would Run Through U.S.
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday fulfills a historic meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the specter of strained Sino-U.S. relations […] More
Members Only The Underlying Message from Putin and Xi: War is Coming
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Some thirty years ago, when I was a CIA Chief of Station in the war-torn Balkans, a US Special Operations soldier with […] More
China’s Chess Game in Ukraine: Is the West Ready?
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On the heels of Xi Jinping’s visit to Russia, the world seems to be waking up to the implications of China’s possible […] More
Members Only As China Looks to Allies, Taiwan Does the Same
ANALYSIS/INTERVIEW — Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen is U.S.-bound this week, with scheduled stopovers in New York and Los Angeles. The visit is an unofficial one, […] More
Members Only Is China Coming to Russia’s Rescue in Ukraine?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at an annual parliamentary session in Beijing this week, that China is actively working to […] More
Members Only What a World Rife with Volatility Means for the Energy Market
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The new year is bringing new concerns for the energy market and what that might mean for broader national security moving forward. […] More
Members Only Are We Witnessing the First Global Energy Crisis?
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — European Energy pressures exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, have forced a reset in energy production and supply. “I don’t believe there […] More
Members Only What Emperor for Life Looks Like in China
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — There was something unnerving about the 20th Party Congress of the Chinese Communist Party. It was orchestrated meticulously, except for the removal […] More