EXPERT ANALYSIS — Almost no one saw it coming. Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a Cipher Brief Subscriber+ Member. […] More
OPINION — As Israel marks the one-year anniversary of the tragic October 7 attacks by Hamas, the country still has limited insight into the security establishment’s […] More
DEEP DIVE – For months, a question has loomed over the Israeli wars against Hamas and Hezbollah: at what point would Iran, the patron of […] More
EXPERT ANALYSIS — Since the October 7 Hamas massacre in southern Israel, and the Israeli war on Hamas that followed, the U.S. and other countries […] More
DEEP DIVE — Exploding beepers and walkie-talkies have killed and maimed Hezbollah operatives, air strikes have taken out top commanders, and hundreds of aerial bombardments […] More
DEEP DIVE — A small sliver of territory lies at the heart of the desperate international effort to free Hamas’ remaining hostages, and bring at least […] More
OPINION — According to the Geneva Academy of Humanitarian Law and Human Rights, as of May 2024, there were more than 120 ongoing armed conflicts in […] More
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
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – In the tumultuous and often unpredictable 2024 U.S. presidential campaign, this much is clear: the next occupant of the White House […] More
OPINION — Gaza. The word immediately evokes images of wartime carnage. For us, however, it represents something else: an example of the danger inherent in […] More
OPINION — “Based on everything we’ve been doing for these last now really six months – because starting in January, we believed and we continue […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Calls for war on Hezbollah, the Iranian proxy army that controls southern Lebanon, come almost daily from Israel’s right wing, as […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Has Israel decided on a new war? Late Tuesday, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said that plans for an attack against […] More
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Saturday’s raid that freed four hostages brought Israel a rare moment to celebrate—for families that had lost faith that the captives would […] More
OPINION — On June 4, 42 House Democrats crossed party lines to pass a Bill sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) in response to the […] More
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — “If we need to stand alone, we will stand alone,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said last week, in response to President […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The Israeli drone strike that killed three adult sons (who Israel says were Hamas operatives) and four grandchildren of Hamas’s Qatar-based […] More
OPINION — “With respect to some of the reporting that we’ve seen over the past few weeks about arms transfers or potential arms transfers to […] More
SUBSCRIBER+ INTERVIEW — Almost from the first volley fired last fall by Houthi rebels at vessels in the Red Sea, the group has surprised observers […] More
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