Is China’s Xi Jinping a Responsible Stakeholder?
OPINION — Last month, during the CCP’s 20th Party Congress, China’s President and General Secretary Xi Jinping was appointed to an unprecedented third (5-year) term […] More
OPINION — Last month, during the CCP’s 20th Party Congress, China’s President and General Secretary Xi Jinping was appointed to an unprecedented third (5-year) term […] More
OPINION (Updated)– On November 2, Pyongyang launched an unprecedented 23 missiles and, on November 3, launched three additional ballistic missiles, that according to Japanese and […] More
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
EXPERT Q&A Read also Is a US-China Face-off Over Taiwan Looming for Subscriber+Members The Cipher Brief: At the 20th CCP Congress, what stood out amid the […] More
Cipher Brief Expert and retired CIA Senior Executive Mark Kelton took part in a Russia panel during the recent Cipher Brief Threat Conference, along with […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – As Chinese President Xi Jinping presides over this week’s 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party, tensions between the US and China […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Chinese President Xi Jinping opened the 20th Congress of the Chinese Communist Party on Sunday with a speech that makes clear where […] More
The concept of strategic ambiguity has its advantages but also its perils. It means that a US President may have just a few hours to […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Russian authorities say they shot down a Ukrainian drone over the area that serves as headquarters for the Russian Black Sea Fleet […] More
OPINION — China, the U.S., and Taiwan showed they can manage a crisis without miscalculations or confrontations taking place based on their handling of the […] More
OPINION — Last Friday, while public attention was focused on Chinese military exercises around Taiwan and the vague threat of possible warfare, a Senate Foreign […] More
OPINION — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent highly provocative trip to Taiwan has placed China, Taiwan, and America front and center at the most dangerous […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — China’s reaction to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was even more aggressive than anticipated. Fighter jets crossing the median line […] More
China’s Defense Ministry has announced military exercises surrounding Taiwan as US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi left Taipei. The Cipher Brief sat down with Cipher Brief […] More
OPINION — A senior Pentagon official last Wednesday, described a version of U.S. strategy for the Indo-Pacific region that contrasts somewhat with the hot rhetoric […] More
Toby Esterhase: “You’re an old spy in a hurry, George. You used to say they “The Cipher Brief has become the most popular outlet for […] More
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE: The presence of drones/UAV’s in armed conflicts as varied as Syria, Nagorno-Karabakh, and Ukraine is not only influencing military tactics and strategy but it’s […] More
OPINION — U.S. – Latin American relations face rocky times. Events during and surrounding the just concluded Summit of the Americas (SOA), a meeting of […] More
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