Officials see a range of election interference ploys - some aimed at Trump, some at Harris, and most just looking to disrupt ...

Whose analysis do we trust? John Sipher says, be careful what to believe after failed predictions at the start of the Ukraine war.

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As Russian forces make slow but steady gains in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region – recently seizing Vulhedar, a coal mining ...

Gen. Breedlove retired as the Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium and Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S.

Joanne retired from the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after a distinguished career as a Senior Executive in 2006. From 2001 until 2006, she served as Deputy Director of the National ...

James Lewis is a Senior Vice President and Program Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce. He ...

William Burns praised Israel's tactical wins but urged a fresh strategy and 'smart diplomacy' to end the wars in Lebanon and ...

The Reviewer — Martin Petersen is a CIA veteran, Asia expert, and a Cipher Brief Expert. He is the author of City of Lost Souls, A Novel of Shanghai 1932, which will be published November 26th.

EXCLUSIVE — National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Timothy Haugh said the agency was investigating China-linked ...

White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. offers remarks at The Cipher Brief 2024 Threat Conference.

Many may have thought that the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was untouchable in Lebanon, and that an unprovoked Israeli attack on Nasrallah in Beirut was too high-risk, politically and otherwise.