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Dan Hoffman

The People in the Best Position to Stop Putin are His Own

The Cipher Brief: Understanding that there is no clear view into what Russian President Vladimir Putin is really thinking - what do you think Ukraine [...] More

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Afghanistan's Clear and Present Danger

Cipher Brief Expert Daniel Hoffman is a former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency. His combined 30 years of distinguished [...] More
What a Future Russia House Must Look Like

What a Future Russia House Must Look Like

Next month’s planned meeting between US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is expected to include conversations on Ukraine, [...] More

Mitigating Cyber Risk at Home

Cipher Brief Expert Daniel N. Hoffman is a retired clandestine services officer and former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency. His [...] More
Biden's Russia Challenge

Biden's Russia Challenge

Even though national security did not play a significant role during the U.S. presidential campaign, President-elect Joe Biden is set to inherent a [...] More
Recruiting for Mother Russia

Recruiting for Mother Russia

Last week, a former Army Green Beret captain was indicted, accused of providing national defense information to Russia in what appeared to be a [...] More

Putin's Cloak and Dagger Moves

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is in a coma after doctors at the German hospital where he is being treated say he was poisoned. Last week, [...] More

Lessons From Bahrain's Response to COVID-19

Daniel Hoffman is a former Chief of Station with the Central Intelligence Agency. His combined 30 years of distinguished government service included [...] More

The Right Collaboration on 5G is Critical

OPINION — During a roundtable at the State Department last week, Attorney General William Barr emphasized how “our national security and the [...] More

The G7 and Russia

As the Group of Seven (G7) leaders meet in the French coastal town of Biarritz this weekend, the issue of recent Russian behavior will most certainly [...] More
Limited Options for Dealing with Iran

Limited Options for Dealing with Iran

A spokesman for the Iranian atomic agency said Monday that within 10 days, the country will pass the allowed limit for low-grade uranium enrichment [...] More

The U.S.- Russian Venn Diagram

Tuesday’s meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Sochi, Russia, was the result of a [...] More

Dispatches from Hanoi

After much anticipation of a signing ceremony between the U.S. and North Korea, President Donald Trump and North Leader Kim Jong-un left Hanoi with [...] More