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 ...

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 ...

Brigadier General Gwyn Armfield (Ret.) recently completed nearly three decades of service in the US Air Force. He is the founder of RGA Consulting Group which advises clients on leadership, risk ...

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

Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she is also the author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within.

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

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

Amb. DeTrani: That China and the U.S. realize that there are a myriad of global security issues on which we can and should ...

David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was named Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as Deputy Director.