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The Cipher Brief’s Open Source Trend Line Report utilizes open source data  to track trends around the world that impact national and global security.  We break the world down by region and provide you with a recent timeline to help understand the pace at which events were developing and provide expert insight on where they may be headed. 

The overall report features expert insights from Cipher Brief Experts Nick Fishwick, Former Senior Member of the British Foreign Office,  Ambassador Joseph DeTrani, former envoy for Six-Party Talks with North Korea, Mike Fisher, former Chief, US Border Patrol, and Mike Vigil, Former Chief of International Operations for the Drug Enforcement Agency.

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