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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

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A Rare Glimpse Inside the Life of a Spy

A Rare Glimpse Inside the Life of a Spy

(Editor’s Note: Understanding the life of a spy is often difficult, especially understanding the experiences of those who spend much of their careers [...] More

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OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas

OSINT Global Trendline Report: COVID and the Americas

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

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What we're learning about National Security from COVID-19

What we're learning about National Security from COVID-19

As of this writing, Johns Hopkins, is reporting more than 432,438 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the US, and nearly 1.5m confirmed cases [...] More

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The Coronavirus is worse than the System Blinking Red

Norman T. Roule served for 34-years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. He served as [...] More

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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

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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

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The Cipher Brief's OSINT Trend Line Report

The Cipher Brief's OSINT Trend Line Report

The Cipher Brief’s NEW Open Source Collection Report (OSINT) uses open source data to track trends around the world that impact national and global [...] More

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NGA's Focus Forward Intelligence Mission

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has long relied on a range of technological tools to provide geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) like [...] More

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ISIS' Global Spread

ISIS' Global Spread

ISIS has claimed responsibility for a series of Easter Sunday bombings in Sri Lanka that killed more than 300 people and injured 500 more. A [...] More

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Taliban: The New Masters of the Gray Zone?

Negotiations have wrapped up between the U.S. and the Taliban, with both sides citing ‘progress’ but nothing groundbreaking in terms of a settlement. [...] More

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Southeast Asia's Vulnerability to Terrorism

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Southeast Asia's Vulnerability to Terrorism

Bottom Line Up FrontGiven its history, geography and demographics, Southeast Asia has proven to be hospitable terrain for myriad terrorist and [...] More

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The Next Terrorist Threat

The Next Terrorist Threat

ISIS has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack at a cathedral in the Philippines that left at least 21 people dead and scores injured. Earlier [...] More

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