A former top US commander explains the island’s geopolitical value – and the need for a “quiet conversation” about its future ...

Despite its flaws, Fisher’s Hidden Costs of Freedom is an important contribution to the intelligence literature. It adds a missing piece to CIA’s early development and may inform policymakers and ...

Taken together, these events have raised concerns that the Islamic State is gaining strength and may be on the verge of ...

Taken together, these events have raised concerns that the Islamic State is gaining strength and may be on the verge of ...

Frank Archibald retired from the CIA in 2015 as the Director of the National Clandestine Service an assignment in which he led all of CIA’s operations worldwide. His 31 years of CIA service included ...

Former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts on why gray zone activities pose a serious national ...

EXPERT INSIGHT – In the waning days of 2024, The Cipher Brief asked members of our expert network to look to the year ahead, and identify an area of particular concern in the national or global ...

A top US counterintelligence official counsels American tech startups on protecting their ‘crown jewels’ from China and ...

A long-time intelligence and technology expert worries that bureaucracy and a failure of imagination are a national security ...

Tom Nagorski is the Managing Editor for The Cipher Brief. He previously served as Global Editor for Grid and served as ABC ...

Trump says a meeting with Putin to end the war is in the works. If a deal is struck, would might it look like?

A former Senior CIA Officer on the latest Ukrainian push in Russia's Kursk region and what it means for the wider war.