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Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

Can India and Pakistan be Brought Back from the Brink of War?

EXPERT INTERVIEW – One week after a deadly terror attack, India and Pakistan stand at the precipice of military conflict, and as one scholar and [...] More
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Is the United States on the Verge of Civil War?

OPINION — Is the United States on the verge of civil war? It is a possibility that has been frequently raised in connection with the outcome of the [...] More
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Sinwar is Dead. What Does it Mean for Power Dynamics in the Region?

EXPERT Q&A – In what many Cipher Brief Experts are calling one of the most significant events in the year-long war in Gaza, the killing of Hamas [...] More
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Top Counterterrorism Official: Gaza War Has Inspired Dozens of Terror Plots
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Top Counterterrorism Official: Gaza War Has Inspired Dozens of Terror Plots

EXCLUSIVE — The acting Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Brett Holmgren told The Cipher Brief's 2024 Threat Conference [...] More
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Cipher Brief Experts Offer Reflections on 9/11 - and What Came After
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Cipher Brief Experts Offer Reflections on 9/11 - and What Came After

SPECIAL REPORT — It’s been a very long ride since terrorists sent by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden set out on a fateful mission to deliver terror [...] More
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A Personal Perspective on 9/11 and the War that Followed

CIPHER BRIEF EXPERT PERSPECTIVE – Just before 3:00 p.m. local time just outside the Strait of Hormuz, the Safety Officer aboard the USS ENTERPRISE [...] More
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Three Years After Taliban Return, Terrorists Find Safe Haven in Afghanistan
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Three Years After Taliban Return, Terrorists Find Safe Haven in Afghanistan

EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Three years after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the return of the Taliban to power, the country has once again [...] More
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Outgoing NCTC Director Lays Out Today's Very Real Terrorist Threat
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Outgoing NCTC Director Lays Out Today's Very Real Terrorist Threat

EXPERT Q&A — Christine “Christy” Abizaid was sworn in as director of the National Counter-Terrorism Center (NCTC) in June of 2021, as the threat of [...] More
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DEEP DIVE: In Wake Of Trump Attack, How To Stop the Violence?

DEEP DIVE: In Wake Of Trump Attack, How To Stop the Violence?

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — Almost from the moment the shots were fired in Butler, Pennsylvania Saturday, terrorism experts and ordinary [...] More
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After Trump Assassination Attempt, a Reckoning for America

EXPERT Q&A — In the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, officials [...] More
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Assassination Attempt on Trump Could Fuel FBI's Biggest Fear: Terrorism

Assassination Attempt on Trump Could Fuel FBI's Biggest Fear: Terrorism

EXPERT Q&A – As the FBI investigates the reasons why 20-year-old suspect Thomas Matthew Crooks may have targeted former president Donald Trump at a [...] More
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Russia's Disinformation Campaign About the Moscow Terror Attack May be Working

OPINION — As far-fetched as it may seem to those in the West, the Kremlin’s claim that the recent terrorist attack on a Moscow concert hall was [...] More
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Moscow Terror Shows an ISIS Resurgence That Should Worry the U.S.

OPINION — In light of the Moscow concert hall terrorist attack, it’s more likely than ever that ISIS will target U.S. interests abroad as soon as the [...] More
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