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What Analysts Missed Before Russia’s Invasion - and What They're Still Missing

EXPERT OPINION — A recent report from Washington’s Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) is getting attention for calling out the [...] More

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An Energy Market Check In

An Energy Market Check In

ENERGY — 2020 has taken a toll on the world’s energy market, but just how bad is it? Experts say COVID-19, economic shutdowns and a disastrous oil [...] More

Beijing's Push to Protect State Secrets puts US Firms at Greater Risk

Kyle Sullivan is China Practice Lead at Martin + Crumpton Group, a global risk intelligence advisory firm based in Arlington, Va. He previously spent [...] More
Thinking in the Time of Coronavirus - Part Two

Thinking in the Time of Coronavirus - Part Two

Cipher Brief Expert Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence and a 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community. Medina is also [...] More
Thinking in the Time of Coronavirus - Part 1

Thinking in the Time of Coronavirus - Part 1

Cipher Brief Expert Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence and a 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community. Medina is also [...] More

Anticipating the Likelihood of Iranian-Backed Attacks

The Commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East, General Kenneth F. McKenzie, recently warned that the presence of an additional 14,000 U.S. troops [...] More

Harry Potter Fans: If Cyber were a Basilisk, It's the Pipes

It is no secret that Hermione revealed that the basilisk traveled via the pipes in the second installment of the Harry Potter series. When I began my [...] More

Lebanon's Arab Spring

The Cipher Brief’s Expert Take column highlights the thinking of our experts based on their areas of expertise. Emile Nakhleh is a former member of [...] More
What Are Protests in the Middle East Signaling?

What Are Protests in the Middle East Signaling?

Protesters came out in support of Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday but they were followed by anti-government protesters who have been calling [...] More

Libya's Growing Criminal Enterprise

Bottom Line Up FrontThroughout Libya’s civil war, widespread allegations have surfaced that strongman Khalifa Haftar operates as a modern-day [...] More

Restoring Deterrence with Iran

Putting Iran in a desperate situation without viable alternatives is likely to result in desperate responses.Two oil tankers carrying [...] More

A Struggle to Control the World’s Wireless Networks

Bottom Line Up FrontOn March 6, Meng Wanzhou, CFO of the Chinese tech company Huawei, had an extradition hearing in Canada where she is being held on [...] More
Iran: Maximum Pressure and Perfect Storms

Iran: Maximum Pressure and Perfect Storms

Last spring, two weeks after the Trump Administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) - the international arms control [...] More