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Uber Krysha: How Russia Turns Crime into Power—and Poison

OPINION — Current discussion of Russian "hybrid warfare" tends to revolve around concepts like disinformation, proxy militias, cyber operations, [...] More

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Rough Road Ahead for Rousseff

Rough Road Ahead for Rousseff

Unstable, corrupt, plagued by scandal—these describe Brazil’s current economic and political climate, a big transformation from its image of an [...] More

Navigating the Storm

Optimism is in short supply here in Brazil and for good reason. Consumer confidence is at its lowest level in 10 years; both inflation and [...] More

Structural Reform Needed

The current fiscal crisis in Brazil is the result of a long period of economic mismanagement by the Workers Party (PT). Beginning in 2003 with the [...] More

No End in Sight

The Cipher Brief discussed the political dynamics of Brazil with Phil Chicola, a former Chargé d'Affaires to Brazil from 2005 to 2006. Chicola [...] More