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A Few Alternate Paths to Resuming Negotiations with North Korea

Cipher Brief Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy [...] More

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North Korean Denuclearization is Possible

Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea [...] More

Is it Time for a New Policy Toward North Korea - A Cipher Brief Debate

Is it Time for a New Policy Toward North Korea - A Cipher Brief Debate

North Korea’s party Congress, held earlier this month, offered some insight into what Leader Kim Jong Un is thinking when it comes to the country’s [...] More

Taiwan's Place in the Global Tech Race

Taiwan's Place in the Global Tech Race

It’s no secret that Taiwanese factories produce much of the world’s computer chip and semi-conductor supplies used in a variety of products from [...] More

Anticipating China's Next Moves on Taiwan

As the U.S. decides on its next president, The Cipher Brief is focusing on increasing, and concerning tensions over Taiwan. TCB's Brad Christian [...] More

China:  Assessing the Real Threat and Necessary Cooperation

China: Assessing the Real Threat and Necessary Cooperation

A CIPHER BRIEF THREAT CONFERENCE CONVERSATION — The Cipher Brief Threat Conference brings together thought leaders and experts from the public and [...] More

How to Deal with a Nuclear North Korea

Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea [...] More

North Korea Provides Valuable Opportunity for US-China Relations

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He [...] More

Putin's Revenge

Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Director of the National Counterproliferation Center. The views are the authors and not any [...] More

The China Problem

The China Problem

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called out China’s claims in the South China Sea this week, saying they are “completely unlawful.” It was a [...] More

Where are Tensions with North Korea Headed?

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development [...] More

The US Must Deal Swiftly with an Assertive China

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is a fluent Mandarin Chinese speaker who served over two decades with the Central Intelligence Agency as a member of the [...] More

The Question: Why Would China not Invade Taiwan now?

The Question: Why Would China not Invade Taiwan now?

The Cipher Brief is proud to launch ‘The Question’, designed to make us think forward, consider broader scenarios and challenge each other in [...] More