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Why Al Qaeda Refuses to Die

Why Al Qaeda Refuses to Die

DEEP DIVE — More than two decades after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Al Qaeda is not only alive — it has adapted, expanded, and quietly embedded [...] More

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Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – One week after a deadly terror attack, India and Pakistan stand at the precipice of military conflict, and as one scholar and [...] More
Intel Chiefs Detail Top Threats – and Get a Grilling Over Signal Leak

Intel Chiefs Detail Top Threats – and Get a Grilling Over Signal Leak

SPECIAL REPORT – The U.S. Intelligence Community’s (IC) annual assessment of threats facing the U.S. puts narcotics trafficking at the top of the [...] More

The National Security Impact of Shutting Down USAID

OPINION — The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has long served as a critical instrument of American soft power, delivering [...] More

The Future of Counterterrorism: A Proactive, Tech-Driven Strategy

The views expressed in this article are solely those of the author and do not reflect the views of his employer.OPINION — In an era when terrorist [...] More

What will follow the year of ISIS’ Resurrection?

BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — Two utterly different events, in two very different parts of the world, have raised fresh concerns about a return to strength [...] More

2024: 10 Events That Changed The World

SPECIAL REPORT — As we look back at the major national and global security events of 2024, it’s tempting to overuse certain words: stunning; [...] More

Inside Iran’s Alleged Plots to Kill Donald Trump

DEEP DIVE — For years, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has tried and failed at all sorts of half-baked schemes to eliminate enemies [...] More

Sinwar is Dead. What Does it Mean for Power Dynamics in the Region?

EXPERT Q&A – In what many Cipher Brief Experts are calling one of the most significant events in the year-long war in Gaza, the killing of Hamas [...] More

Top Counterterrorism Official: Gaza War Has Inspired Dozens of Terror Plots

EXCLUSIVE — The acting Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Brett Holmgren told The Cipher Brief's 2024 Threat Conference [...] More

National Security Official Warns of 'Persistent' Efforts to Interfere in US Elections

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — For American law enforcement, today’s threat landscape may be as daunting, complex and dynamic as it’s ever been. The threat of [...] More

Cipher Brief Experts Offer Reflections on 9/11 - and What Came After

SPECIAL REPORT — It’s been a very long ride since terrorists sent by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden set out on a fateful mission to deliver terror [...] More