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Don't Underestimate the New Road to Damascus    

OPINION - I am still not sanguine about the wisdom of putting a former al-Qaeda terrorist in charge of Damascus, but as my Syrian expat friends say, [...] More

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Waltz, Rubio and the National Security Shakeup

Waltz, Rubio and the National Security Shakeup

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – The announcement was made on the 101st day of the second Trump administration, and while some insiders said they saw it [...] More

The Pathways to a New U.S.-Iran Nuclear Deal

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT - In the early days of the Trump administration, talk of peace deals and ceasefires were focused on the wars in Ukraine and in [...] More

White House Says Gaza Deal 'Closer Than We’ve Been'

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW - With talks on a ceasefire deal for the war in Gaza in what U.S. officials have called an “endgame,” phase and [...] More

How Harris and Walz Would Deal With Global Hot Zones

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING - In the tumultuous and often unpredictable 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, this much is clear: the next occupant of [...] More
Vietnam's Economic Prowess is Drawing the Attention of World Military Powers

Vietnam's Economic Prowess is Drawing the Attention of World Military Powers

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It’s a manufacturing juggernaut, a growing actor in global supply chains, and a critical player in the geopolitics [...] More

America, Ukraine and the Illusion of an Isolationist Choice

OPINION — In 2022 Russia launched its full-scale military invasion of Ukraine, a big and bloody war between the two largest countries in Europe with [...] More

How the World’s “Middle Powers” Will Influence Future Conflict

OPINION — U.S. President Joseph Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met at the White House last week amidst a rapidly deteriorating [...] More
What Will the U.S. do if Israel Crosses "Red Line" in Gaza?

What Will the U.S. do if Israel Crosses "Red Line" in Gaza?

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING -As President Joe Biden and other world leaders grow increasingly frustrated with the bloody stalemate in Gaza—no [...] More

The U.S. has both a Duty to Warn and a Duty to Ask

OPINION / EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In the aftermath of Hamas’ horrific October terrorist attacks on Israel, many in the media were quick to criticize the [...] More

The U.S. is still sending money for Afghanistan. What's the Strategy?

OPINION — “Billions in U.S. assistance continue to flow to Afghanistan to address its ongoing humanitarian and economic emergencies. With the removal [...] More

What Follows a 'Sayonara' Foreign Policy

Cipher Brief Expert and former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin is a distinguished practitioner in residence at the Johns Hopkins University [...] More

U.S. Foreign Policy: Blurred and Drifting Dangerously

OPINION — American foreign policy has faded into a confusing and dangerous blur as a result of mismanagement, flip-flopping objectives, political [...] More