Turkey’s Run-Off Could Upend Security in Europe, and Beyond
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – With world attention focusing in on Turkey’s presidential run-off election, where incumbent Recep Tayyip Erdogan is locked in what is perhaps the most […] More
Posts Tagged ‘United States’
Understanding the World Like a CIA Analyst
SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — Over the weekend, Ukraine said its forces were encircling Bakhmut. Russia, meanwhile, congratulated its troops for taking the embattled Ukrainian city. […] More
The World of Missile Defense Is Changing Rapidly
OPINION — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Technical Center has its primary offices at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, although it has other […] More
The Pentagon Needs a Real Budget, Not Stop-Gap Solutions, says top DoD official
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — With President Joe Biden and top Republican lawmakers sitting down together this week in the hopes of averting an historic government […] More
It’s Time To Rethink Aerial Warfare
OPINION — “The Air Force we have employed for the last 20 or 30 years is not the Air Force we need to succeed in the […] More
The Stakes in Ukraine are Greater than you Think
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – On the eve of a widely predicted Ukrainian offensive along a 900-mile front that includes a bevy of fixed Russian positions, the very nature […] More
The Middle East is Rebalancing: Where Do America and China Fit In?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi’s visit to Syria this week marks the first visit by Iranian leader since the beginning of Syria’s war […] More
Russia’s Borders Are a Source of Growing NATO Power
OPINION — A major buildup of U.S. and NATO fighting units and equipment has taken place in Eastern Europe and the Baltic nations, while most […] More
Exclusive Interview: The Growing Scope of America’s Cyber Security Threats
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – With a new Homeland Security task force underway, designed to examine threats posed by both Beijing and ever-more potent forms of artificial […] More
How Can the Intelligence Community Remain Indispensable to U.S. Policy Makers?
Analysis by experts from the Special Competitive Studies Project EXPERT ANALYSIS — In an era of information overload, the rise of AI and machine learning tools, […] More
America Beefs Up Potential Response as Threat of Russian Nukes Loom
OPINION — Back in late February, four Boeing B-52H strategic bombers from the 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (23rd EBS), based at Minot Air Force Base, […] More
America Ushers the Era of (Trust) Cloud Connectivity
OPINION — Today, it is not the phone companies but those that deal in data that connect the world. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are leading […] More
Exclusive Interview: Tracking China’s Global Power Projection
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, prompted a re-alignment of global alliances that led to the launch of competing power projections, […] More
Key Reforms Needed to Safeguard the Nation’s Secrets
OPINION — As information emerges as to the possible origins and extent of the leak of highly sensitive intelligence materials produced within the Pentagon, significant effort must […] More
Closing the Gap in US Cruise Missile Defenses
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Following recent Russian airstrikes on Kyiv, Germany sent the first of four planned IRIS-T SLM air defense systems to Ukraine. France, the […] More
As Xi Consolidates Power, Nationalism Gains Ground
EXPERT Q&A Read also Is a US-China Face-off Over Taiwan Looming for Subscriber+Members The Cipher Brief: At the 20th CCP Congress, what stood out amid the […] More
Today’s Global Threat from Terrorism
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The US – Europe Group on Afghanistan, which includes special envoys and representatives for Afghanistan from France, Germany, Italy, Norway, the UK, […] More
China’s foray among Pacific Islands provokes U.S., Australian concerns
EXPERT ANALYSIS — A security agreement signed by China and the Solomon Islands in April, has created waves of concern throughout the region and reaching […] More
Canada Lists Radical Far-Right Wing Groups as Terrorist Organizations
Bottom Line Up Front Just last week, Canada listed two radical far-right wing groups as terrorist organizations. Both of the newly listed terrorist groups—Blood […] More
The Growing Influence of Iranian-Backed Militias in Iraq
Bottom Line Up Front Iran can exercise ‘hard power’ in Iraq through several major Shi’a militias that it has nurtured. Iran’s militia allies are […] More
The Daunting Prospects of a Growing Sino-Russian Entente
Bottom Line Up Front On January 28, intelligence officials warned of a Sino-Russian entente, with China and Russia more closely aligned than at any […] More
Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent: The Nucleus of Jihad in South Asia
Bottom Line Up Front The U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan will give terrorist groups like al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) more room to […] More
Hotel Attack in Nairobi Demonstrates Regional Threat Posed by Al-Shabab
Bottom Line Up Front On January 15, Somali terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for an attack on a hotel frequented by Western civilians in […] More
Terrorism in the West: Comparing the Threat in Europe and the U.S.
Bottom Line Up Front • In 2017, Europe suffered from the highest number of terrorist attacks linked to jihadist ideology in modern history. • […] More