In the age of strategic disruption, critical infrastructure is both the terrain and the target. The West’s optimization of ...

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

Report for Friday, June 27, 2025. Iran’s foreign minister says nuclear facilities ‘seriously damaged.’ Ukraine seeks Zelensky-Putin meeting for negotiations.

EXPERT SUMMARY -- Given this weekend’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities and the incredible fast pace at which events are unfolding, The Cipher Brief wanted to share a few key highlights from some ...

Report for Thursday, June 26, 2025. Trump says U.S. and Iran will talk next week. Iran’s Khamenei says U.S. bombing ‘did not achieve anything.’ ...

OPINION — As Israel launches one of the most expansive covert-kinetic operations in recent memory against Iranian nuclear infrastructure, a critical question returns: can airpower—supported by ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

IT ONLY TOOK 116 YEARS: The British Secret Intelligence Service better known as MI6 will soon be headed by its first-ever female chief when Blaise Metreweli, who now runs the technology and innovation ...

OPINION — As experts studiously debate what the latest Israel-Iran fighting will lead to, including a possible Iranian collapse, one enduring but less understood reality goes mostly untreated: ...