That was Dr. Will Roper, a forward-thinking, former top Defense Department (DoD) official, speaking November 4 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on The Past, Present, and ...

John Nixon was a senior leadership analyst with the CIA from 1998 to 2011. He did several tours in Iraq and was recognized by a number of federal agencies for his contribution to the war effort.

Brian Bonner joined The Cipher Brief in March 2024. He led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from ...

VADM Kevin Donegan (Ret.) warns that the U.S. has a window of time to force real change in The Middle East, exclusively in The Cipher Brief ...

From Ukraine to Russia, the Middle East to China – how the Trump-Vance administration may handle global challenges ...

Former Asst. Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts weighs in on the danger of strategic surprise amid transition.

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It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback in the history of American ...