Briefing

What does a tense US-China relationship mean for the world?

Things weren’t great between the US and China even before COVID-19. Bloomberg is now citing three anonymous US officials as saying that the US Intelligence […] More

April 2nd, 2020 by The Cipher Brief

Russia’s Global Ambitions: A Member Briefing with Steven Hall

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov this week in Russia. The […] More

May 13th, 2019 by Steven L. Hall

It’s Been Over 300 Days Since a Pentagon Press Briefing

For about six months now, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders has used her briefing room so little that officials might as well turn it back into […] More

April 19th, 2019 by Admiral James Stavridis (Ret.)

The Kremlin and a statue of Abraham Lincoln

Prepping the President for the Helsinki Summit

For decades, former secretary of state and White House chief of staff James Baker has touted his version of a salty military catchphrase as a good-government […] More

July 13th, 2018 by David Priess John Sipher