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Information Quality is a Democratic Necessity in the Age of AI

OPINION — Trust in institutions, to include government, media, financial institutions, and education continues to decline as noted in several recent [...] More

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Behind the Headlines: Russia in Myanmar, Peru's New President and what Enjin means for the United Nations Global Compact

Behind the Headlines: Russia in Myanmar, Peru's New President and what Enjin means for the United Nations Global Compact

Behind the Headlines brings you expert perspectives on today's headlines by telling you more than what happened, but also what it means. You can also [...] More

Using Law to Confront Malign Foreign Influence

Peter Pascucci is a commander in the United States Navy and Kurt Sanger is a lieutenant colonel in the United States Marine Corps. They have been [...] More

The Spyhunter's Burden

OPINION — A recent email from the current Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Chief of Counterintelligence (C/CI), wherein Agency retirees were [...] More

North Korean Denuclearization is Possible

Cipher Brief Expert Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea [...] More

Reimagining our Domestic Cyber Defense Posture

OPINION — The SolarWinds breach, targeting several government agencies and private sector entities, was a stunning feat carried out by a nation-state [...] More

Washington's Cyber Reckoning

Washington's Cyber Reckoning

As Washington continues to investigate the true depth of what experts are describing as one of the most damaging cyberattacks in U.S. history, both [...] More

Nagorno and Karabakh on the Map

Cipher Brief Expert Nick Fishwick CMG retired in 2012 after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His work included postings in Lagos, [...] More

National Security Lessons on the Climate

“Lessons adopted” is a much more important concept than “lessons learned.” Lessons adopted requires the learning of lessons, but it also requires a [...] More

COVID lessons from SOF to Silicon Valley

COVID lessons from SOF to Silicon Valley

The Cipher Brief recently hosted General Joseph Votel (Ret.) for a member’s briefing on lessons learned from SOF to Silicon Valley and how the US [...] More

Soleimani and the Path to a new Middle East Peace Deal

Emile Nakhleh is a retired CIA Senior Intelligence Service Officer and founding director of the CIA’s Political Islam Strategic Analysis Program [...] More

What Are Protests in the Middle East Signaling?

What Are Protests in the Middle East Signaling?

Protesters came out in support of Lebanese President Michel Aoun on Sunday but they were followed by anti-government protesters who have been calling [...] More

'Amok'

a-mok (adverb) – to behave uncontrollable and disruptively. Synonym: go berserkIn the midst of debate over whether President Donald Trump’s pick to [...] More