In China, the generals keep losing their jobs. On February 26, nine senior officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – five generals, one [...]
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THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — Recent weeks have seen seismic shifts in the world’s authoritarian landscape: from the dramatic removal of Venezuela’s [...]
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Current discussion of Russian "hybrid warfare" tends to revolve around concepts like disinformation, proxy militias, cyber operations, sabotage, and [...]
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Current discussion of Russian "hybrid warfare" tends to revolve around concepts like disinformation, proxy militias, cyber operations, sabotage, and [...]
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In March 2025 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published an unclassified report on “Wealth and Corrupt Activities of the [...]
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In March 2025 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published an unclassified report on “Wealth and Corrupt Activities of the [...]
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OPINION — If corruption arising from the use of U.S. funds by the Afghan government and security forces was one of the reasons for U.S. failure in [...]
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There’s still much to be learned about the unauthorized release of the so-called Panama Papers, the documents exposing the financial interests of [...]
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Unstable, corrupt, plagued by scandal—these describe Brazil’s current economic and political climate, a big transformation from its image of an [...]
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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 [...]
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The Cipher Brief discussed the political dynamics of Brazil with Phil Chicola, a former Chargé d'Affaires to Brazil from 2005 to 2006. Chicola [...]
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