Will Trump's ultimatum and support for anti-missile systems be enough to stop Putin's aggression? As drones redefine modern warfare, are we prepared for the new era of strategic strikes? #thecipherbri ...

Today, the Central Intelligence Agency faces a crisis of trust. While CIA officers have long confronted adversaries abroad, the Agency now finds itself navigating an increasingly politicized ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with his Chinese counterpart, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, at the ASEAN Summit. Rubio described the exchange as “constructive” and hinted at a possible upcoming meeting ...

Today, after a post-9/11 era defined by global counterterrorism and asymmetric warfare, the U.S. is preparing for potential near-peer conflicts amid an era of great power competition that is ...

Carmen Landa Middleton is the former deputy executive director of the CIA. During her CIA career, Middleton served in a variety of senior positions, including the director of the Open Source Center ...

Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. Chang lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently ...

Patrick Duddy is a senior advisor for global affairs at Duke University. During a long diplomatic career, he served in eight countries in Latin America and as the deputy assistant secretary of state ...

He has been called his generation’s finest writer of international intrigue and one of the greatest American spy novelists ever. Compelling, passionate, haunting, brilliant: these are the words that ...

Masoud Andarabi is the former Minister of Interior of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and previously served as the Acting Director of the National Directorate of Security (NDS), Afghanistan’s lead ...

In recent weeks, reports of Russia considering formal engagement and recognition of the Taliban have reignited debate around international approaches to the de facto rulers of Afghanistan.But contrary ...

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