Trump: A "Loose Cannon"
A Donald Trump presidency could spell bad news for transatlantic relations, including the U.S.-German relationship, according to many experts. The Cipher Brief’s Kaitlin Lavinder traveled […] More
Election 2016
The World is Watching: The American Election and Germany
In what may be his last foreign trip as President of the United States, Barack Obama will make a stop in Germany in mid-November. This […] More
No Knock Out in the Final Round of the U.S. Presidential Debate
All things considered, there was ample discussion of critical national security issues during the third and final 90-minute debate of this heated and often nasty […] More
Dealing Loosely With the Facts: The Clinton Emails
The newly released FBI interview reports show that it was a Bureau official who initially suggested he would look into changing the classification of a […] More
"Grave Threats": American Security and the Next U.S. President
From Syria, to climate change, North Korea, and the largest global refugee flows in history, the next President will face a uniquely challenging set of […] More
If This Were a Real World Election
Fox News’ Chris Wallace has said as moderator, he plans to make “foreign hot spots” one of the 15-minute topics in tomorrow night’s final presidential […] More
Round Two of the U.S. Presidential Debates
It was a U.S. presidential debate unlike we have ever experienced. Personal attacks and accusations expressed by Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary […] More
Why Aren’t These Guys Running for President?
It was a raucous Vice Presidential debate Tuesday night, with both candidates repeatedly talking over each other, and each disparaging the positions of the other’s […] More
The Case for No-First-Use
The conditions under which a U.S. president might use nuclear weapons has in recent weeks become a topic of national conversation. Toward the end of […] More
The World is Watching: The American Election and Iran
For the Islamic Republic of Iran, the stakes couldn’t be higher when it comes to the outcome of the upcoming U.S. presidential election. With a […] More
Trump Means Business
The 2016 U.S. Presidential Election is fraught with uncertainty for the electorate, political establishment, and the world. The Iranian political establishment is closely observing the […] More
Clinton's Intrinsic Realism
No country is watching the theatrics of the American presidential campaign more closely than the Islamic Republic of Iran. As the object of U.S. President […] More
The Presidential Debate: Divided They Stand on National Security Issues
The issue of national security is one of many to divide the two Presidential candidates in this, the most contentious of election campaigns. During Monday […] More
Trump's Temperamental Tirade
The real Donald Trump appeared last Saturday evening near the end of a Colorado Spring, Colorado airport rally. The new, teleprompter-controlled persona Trump has become, […] More
What about Military Families? This Election’s Key Stakeholders Need Answers
Last week, presidential candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump answered questions at the Commander in Chief Forum—designed specifically to allow the candidates a chance to […] More
The World is Watching: The American Election and Saudi Arabia
As we draw closer to November 8 and the U.S. presidential race heats up, countries around the world have focused on how the potential election […] More
Riyadh Endures Extremist Rhetoric and Bids for Time
If Donald Trump, the Republican Party nominee for the presidency of the United States, found it convenient to propose a ban of all Muslims from […] More
If Saudi Arabia Could Vote
Throughout American electoral history, Saudi Arabia’s ruling Al Saud family, particularly the kings, has refrained from commenting on U.S. presidential candidates. But if they could […] More