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The Middle East is Reshuffling the Deck. Is the U.S. Ready to Play a New Hand?

The Middle East is Reshuffling the Deck. Is the U.S. Ready to Play a New Hand?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – The past year has brought a whirlwind of dramatic developments in the Middle East, reshaping long-held assumptions about the [...] More

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Lebanon has a chance to return power to its people. Will it take it? 

OPINION — On 29 September, Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati announced that his country was “committed to Resolution 1701” – a 2006 U.N. [...] More

Israel's 'Limited' Invasion of Lebanon Opens New Chapter in War

EXPERT ANALYSIS — Israel’s campaign against Hezbollah — which has included a stunning pager and walkie-talkie sabotage attack, and airstrikes that [...] More

Israel Strike on Hezbollah Command Center Brings 'Precarious Moment' In Middle East

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

Mass Pager Attacks Against Hezbollah: ‘Unprecedented Blow,’ Unclear Road Ahead

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Even by the standards of Mideast intrigue and covert operations, what happened Tuesday afternoon in Lebanon was startling: for [...] More

Lebanon on Brink of Collapse

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

Hezbollah and the Path to ending Lebanon's Occupation

Gary Grappo is a former U.S. ambassador who held senior positions including Minister Counselor for Political Affairs at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad; [...] More

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Lebanon's Government Resigned. What's Next?

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

COVID and Navigating the New Middle East Challenges

COVID and Navigating the New Middle East Challenges

The global pandemic caused by COVID-19 has added a significant layer of uncertainty to an already complicated situation in the Middle East. The [...] More

OSINT Global Trendline Report: The Middle East and Africa

OSINT Global Trendline Report: The Middle East and Africa

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More

US Foreign Policy and a 'Bridge to the Unknown'

Cipher Brief Expert John McLaughlin is a distinguished practitioner in residence at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International [...] More

Profile of a Private Sector Intelligence Analyst

Profile of a Private Sector Intelligence Analyst

Angela Lewis, Manager of Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis Team at The Walt Disney Company [rebelmouse-image 60319037 expand=1 dam=1 [...] More

OSINT Global Trendline Report

OSINT Global Trendline Report

The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data on a quarterly basis to track trends around the world that impact national [...] More