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China’s Military Purges Were Larger Than We Thought

In China, the generals keep losing their jobs. On February 26, nine senior officers of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) – five generals, one [...] More

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Anything for a Buck: How the DOD is Going After Corruption

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 [...] More

The Human Factor Behind the Panama Papers Leak

The Human Factor Behind the Panama Papers Leak

There’s still much to be learned about the unauthorized release of the so-called Panama Papers, the documents exposing the financial interests of [...] More

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