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Despite the Shutdown, Pentagon Has Billions from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

OPINION — “The [Defense] Department [DoD] will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations. It will continue activities [...] More

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Afghanistan: How Six Good Reasons Can Still Lead to a Bad Decision

Afghanistan: How Six Good Reasons Can Still Lead to a Bad Decision

Cipher Brief Expert Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office where his focus was on South Asia and [...] More

A Consequential Attack on America

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

A New US Approach to the Muslim World

OPINION — Engaging Muslim communities globally emerged as a policy option within the U.S. government shortly after the heinous 9/11 terrorist [...] More

What a Biden Administration Means for the World

The Cipher Brief is a non-political media outlet focused on publishing expert perspectives on national security issues. We are committed to [...] More

Cyber leads the way in the 2021 Defense Authorization Bill

OPINION — As the House and Senate versions of the fiscal 2021 Defense Authorization Bill are put together in conference, new offensive and defensive [...] More

A Look Inside the Justice Department's National Security Priorities

A Look Inside the Justice Department's National Security Priorities

Last week, the Justice Department brought an indictment against two individuals accused of working with China’s Ministry of State Security to conduct [...] More

Our New War: Applying a September 12th Mindset to Disinformation

Edward Bozeman is a Marine Corps veteran of the Iraq and Afghan wars and has a combined 16 years of experience in the Military and as a consultant in [...] More

A Return of Ideological Spying?

A Return of Ideological Spying?

Counterintelligence in a Time of CrisisMark Kelton is a former senior Central Intelligence Agency executive who retired in 2015 with 34 years of [...] More

Are We on the Brink of an Encounter with China?

OPINION — On the morning of Tuesday, July 7, FBI Director Christopher Wray told a Hudson Institute audience, “The greatest long-term threat to our [...] More

The Next American Terrorist

The Next American Terrorist

The Growing Irrelevance of Organizational Structure for U.S. Domestic TerrorismBruce Hoffman, Terrorism Expert, Professor, Georgetown [...] More

The New Dynamic Cyber Threat Environment

The New Dynamic Cyber Threat Environment

An attempted cyberattack on Israel’s water system in late April, just months after the global pandemic hit, prompted fears that cyber adversaries are [...] More