The Cellist and her Plot Against Putin
BOOK REVIEW: The Cellist By Daniel Silva / Harper Reviewed by Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret) The Reviewer – Cipher Brief Expert Admiral James Stavridis, […] More
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A Read for Spy Nerds
BOOK REVIEW: SPY SWAP: The Humiliation of Russia’s Intelligence Services By Nigel West / Frontline Books Reviewed by Joseph Augustyn, Former Sr. CIA Officer (The […] More
Congress is Overwhelmed. Now What?
BOOK REVIEW: Congress Overwhelmed – The Decline in Congressional Capacity and Prospects for Reform By Editors Timothy M. LaPira, Lee Drutman and Kevin Kosar / […] More
Three Wise Men and Their Duty to Serve
BOOK REVIEW: Three Wise Men: A Navy SEAL, a Green Beret and How their Marine Brother Became a War’s Sole Survivor By Beau Wise and Tom […] More
Holiday Shopping Tips for the Best National Security Books
(The Cipher Brief is an amazon affiliate and may make a small commission on books purchased via The Cipher Brief. ) UnderCover Senior Book Editor […] More
The Real Power of Administrative Law
BOOK REVIEW: Law and Leviathan: Redeeming the Administrative State by Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule / Belknap Press Reviewed by Terence Check Terence Check is […] More
Agent Sonya’s Faustian Bargain
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Mapping This World and the Next
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Reviewing The New Map for Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations
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Dead Doubles and the Hunt for Spies
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How a CIA Analyst Spots Fake News
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An Inside Account of the US Evacuation from Libya
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A Review of Putin’s People
BOOK REVIEW: Putin’s People: How the KGB Took Back Russia and Then Took on the West by Catherine Belton Reviewed by John Sipher Reviewer and Cipher […] More
Burn-In Gives us a Glimpse of the Near Future. Are we ready?
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Book Review: One Vision of Future US-China Competition
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Not Your Typical CIA Officer, Or?
The Unexpected Spy: From the CIA to the FBI, My Secret Life Taking Down Some of the World’s Most Notorious Terrorists By Tracy Walder | […] More
The Ex-Spy’s Reading List in the Age of COVID-19
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What We Learn from The Hacker and the State
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The Challenges and Limitations of being ‘Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary’
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Author Gordon Corera talks about the Russians Among Us
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A History of Spying in the Shadows of NYC
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Taking Stock of Russians Among Us
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Secrets, Spies and UK Intelligence Accountability
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The Path to Nuclear War with Russia
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