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
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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
The Race to Write the World’s First AI Rule Book
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Designed to drum up the world’s first AI rulebook, the European Union’s proposed Artificial Intelligence Act is a far-reaching legal framework […] 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
As Space Command Preps For War, GAO Says Upgrades Are Needed
For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the […] 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
As Tsai Meets McCarthy, Experts Warn: War Over Taiwan Would Run Through U.S.
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – As Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen on Wednesday fulfills a historic meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, the specter of strained Sino-U.S. relations […] More
Warning Signs of a More Dangerous Global Conflict
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — If President Joe Biden’s recent remarks in Poland and President Vladimir Putin’s in Moscow just a day later are any […] 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