For its part, the Biden administration is using its final days to, as it has said, surge as much aid to Ukraine as it can.

Ambassador Michael Carpenter is Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the National Security ...

John McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as both Acting Director and Deputy Director of the ...

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

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

From Taiwan to the Baltic Sea, undersea cables are under attack in apparent acts of sabotage by U.S. adversaries.

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 ...

David Daoud is a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon. He previously worked as an advisor on the Middle East on Capitol Hill. David was also a research associate on terrorist groups at the ...

EXPERT INSIGHT – In the waning days of 2024, The Cipher Brief asked members of our expert network to look to the year ahead, ...