Carlo J.V. Caro holds a master's degree in Islamic and Security Studies from Columbia University and is a political and ...

In the age of strategic disruption, critical infrastructure is both the terrain and the target. The West’s optimization of systems for efficiency and scale has inadvertently created a landscape of ...

How will the Houthis respond to the devastating Israeli strikes on Iran? This moment could prove decisive for both the ...

Edmund Fitton-Brown is a senior advisor to the Counter Extremism Project. He formerly served as British ambassador to Yemen and as a coordinator of the UN Security Council’s Monitoring Team for ISIS, ...

Writing a book was something former senior CIA Officer Rob Dannenberg never thought he’d do, but as he started reflecting on the ways he and his former colleagues would celebrate the successful ...

BOOK REVIEW: AGENTS OF CHANGE: The Women Who Transformed the CIA. By Christina Hillsberg / Citadel June 24. 2025. Reviewed by: Jennifer Ewbank. The Reviewer — Cipher Brief expert Jennifer Ewbank ...

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE/OPINION-- Ukraine may have just fundamentally shifted the global defense landscape.On June 21st, Ukraine unleashed its "Build with Ukraine" program, an initiative poised to redefine ...

On June 6, 2025, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began carrying out immigration raids in Los Angeles. ICE executed search warrants at multiple locations across the city and as Breyer put it, ...

Report for Tuesday, June 17, 2025. Trump departs G7 early as U.S. moves military assets to Europe and the Middle East; Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv kill 15, injure at least 114 ...

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING – Given the state of damage Iran has suffered since Israel launched a devastating round of airstrikes targeting nuclear and military leaders last Thursday – and an increasing ...

OPINION — In March 2025 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published an unclassified report on “Wealth and Corrupt Activities of the Leadership of the Chinese Communist Party ...

OPINION — On June 3 rd South Korea turned the page and is embarked on a journey of peace and prosperity. Lee Jae-Myung handily won the presidential election, succeeding a disgraced Yoon Suk-Yeol who ...