How Ukraine’s Kursk Offensive Shifts the Balance
EXPERT Q&A — Ukraine’s stunning invasion of Russia’s Kursk region has entered its third week. Ukraine has taken control of nearly 500 square miles of […] More
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Ukraine’s Next Act Could Impose Higher Costs for Putin
OPINION — There is a bit of typical Russian humor going around Moscow these days. Vladimir Putin, troubled by the intrusion of enemy forces into […] More
Ukraine’s Bold Invasion Raises Fears in Russia, and Questions About the War
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – The scenes are stunning. Access all of The Cipher Brief’s national security-focused expert insight by becoming a Cipher Brief Subscriber+ Member. […] More
After a Russian War in 2008, the World Missed a Warning: Ukraine Would Be Next
EXPERT Q&A — At the 16-year anniversary of Russia’s war against the former Soviet republic of Georgia, many analysts are drawing a line from Moscow’s […] More
Russia’s Invasion of Georgia Should Have Been a Wake-Up Call for the West
EXPERT Q&A — In August 2008, Russia attacked the former Soviet republic of Georgia in a war that lasted only five days but brought lasting […] More
Ukraine’s Kursk Invasion Sends Shockwaves Through Russia: ‘How Did We Miss It?’
EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The latest bulletins from the Russia-Ukraine war sound like those written in the early days of the February 2022 invasion: Armed forces swarm […] More
How Putin’s War on Georgia Foreshadowed His Invasion of Ukraine
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — It was a brief war with long-lasting consequences. Sixteen years ago this month, Russian forces invaded Georgia, in what some experts described […] More
Americans Need to Understand We’re Living in a New Era of Global Threats
EXPERT Q&A – Experts have been concerned in recent times, about national security threats emanating from China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea but a new […] More
U.S. Navy’s Ukraine Lesson: We Need More Sea Drones
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — Ukraine continues to strike Russian military targets in occupied Crimea, an area that has seen the most dynamic fighting in the […] More
DEEP DIVE: How Trump and Vance Would Deal With Global Hot Zones
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING – Whoever wins the November 5 U.S. presidential election will face an almost unprecedented set of global security challenges: Wars in Europe […] More
Russian Propaganda Blames Biden and Ukrainians For Trump Shooting
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — On a Russian TV program recently, Dmitry Novikov, a Russian lawmaker, said that political chaos and divisions in the U.S. were […] More
Former Estonian President: NATO Falls Short of “Moral Obligation” To Defend Ukraine
OPINION — As part of The Cipher Brief’s coverage of this week’s 75th-anniversary NATO Summit in Washington, international correspondent Ia Meurmishvili spoke with Toomas Hendrik […] More
EXPERT ANALYSIS: After the Summit, a NATO Worth Celebrating – or Too Weak For the Moment?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT – NATO’s summit in Washington proved much more than a 75th-anniversary celebration; it was chock-full of news, some behind-the-scenes controversy and […] More
DEEP DIVE: Behind the Scenes, Plans to “Trump-Proof” NATO
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Donald Trump may not have been on the NATO summit agenda, but he was clearly on the minds of NATO leaders […] More
Putin’s Greatest Weapon Remains the ‘Scare Tactic’
EXPERT Q&A – World leaders are promising much-needed additional aid to Ukraine at this week’s NATO Summit in Washington DC with the U.S., Germany, Romania, […] More
As NATO Marks A Milestone, Critics Blast Slow Pace of Ukraine Aid
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — As leaders of NATO gathered this week to mark its 75th anniversary and chart a course for the future, the alliance itself […] More
Why NATO Would Be Stronger With Ukraine As a Member
OPINION — As the NATO Summit gets underway in Washington, experts agree on this much: Ukraine and Russia dominate the agenda, even for an alliance […] More
NATO Must Stop Putin – and Stop Worrying About Trump
OPINION — As the leaders of NATO gather in Washington for a three-day celebration of the alliance’s 75th anniversary, they also face short- and longer-term […] More