How Alumni Engagement Can Help America’s Cyber Agencies Address Talent Gaps
OPINION — It’s no secret that the federal government faces dire cyber talent woes, which are most acutely felt by those agencies with cyber at their core. […] More
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Prigozhin’s Revolt is not the End for Putin, but it’s the Beginning of the End
OPINION — Wagner Group leader Yevgeniy Prigozhin’s march on Moscow did not topple Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the revolt put forces in motion that […] More
China’s Ukraine Gambit – ‘Win-win’ or ‘Lose-lose?’
OPINION — The recent London Ukraine Recovery conference has highlighted the necessity and importance of looking past the war, Ukraine’s currently stalled counter-offensive, and a […] More
Prigozhin’s Mutiny: A Reminder About Analytic Humility
OPINION — It appears that the U.S. Intelligence Community scored a success in warning senior leaders that Wagner boss Yevgeny Prigozhin was planning some sort of […] More
U.S. Soldiers in Poland Are Helping Ukraine, Albeit With Slimmed-Down Training
OPINION — In Jasionka, Poland, a small town of 2,700 just 60 miles west of the Ukraine border, a little-publicized unit of U.S. soldiers from […] More
Russian Mutiny Ushers In Morale Boost for Kyiv, as Ukrainian Forces Make “Steady Progress”
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — On the outskirts of the battle-worn eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, where Russia’s most effective mercenary force once tallied Moscow’s most […] More
Can Riyadh Leverage Failed Negotiations?
OPINION — Two months ago, the Saudis took unprecedented public steps to show the Houthis (and the world) they were serious about ending their involvement in the […] More
Top Marine Nominee Had a Hand In The Corps’ Transformation
OPINION — “That’s the thing we’ve always sought – kind of the Holy Grail – and now we’re doing it.” Access all of The Cipher […] More
When It Comes to US-China Talks, Something “Vital” Is Still Missing
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — A rare series of diplomatic overtures in Beijing were absent at least one “absolutely vital” ingredient, U.S. Secretary of State Antony […] More
China’s Quantum Leap Enters New Phase, After Unlikely Beginnings
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Ten years after Edward Snowden revealed the extent of a sprawling American surveillance program, China and the U.S. are now locked […] More
As America’s Nuclear Arsenal Upgrades, Usual Testing is Scrapped
OPINION — “U.S. [nuclear] warheads were designed and manufactured until the late 1980s and early 1990s. Since then, we have not designed any new nuclear […] More
Ukraine Enlists Local Drone Makers in War Effort
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING (KYIV) – After a near constant barrage of Russian missile attacks targeting Kyiv over the past several weeks, a wave of drones […] More
NATO’s Growing Arctic Club Could Soon Give Russia, China a Chilling Show Of Force
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — NATO may eventually need a new name, or at least more of a polar focus, the Chief of U.S. Naval Operations […] More
How Safe Would We Be Without Section 702?
SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — A provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that has generated controversy around fears of the potential for abuse has proven to be crucial […] More
‘We Need an AI Geneva Convention,’ says Rep. Moulton
EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER+MEMBER INTERVIEW — On the same day that a group of industry leaders warned of the “risk of extinction” that stems from unbridled artificial intelligence, […] More
War-fighting Is Getting a Fresh Look, With an AI Focus
OPINION — “As service chief, we all have, you know, a dual obligation to make sure that the force can do what the combatant commanders […] More
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
How to Look Before you Leap from Government to the Private Sector
How to Look Before you Leap from Government to the Private Sector This is part 2 in a 3-part series on transitioning your professional skills […] More