Donald Trump's nominee for defense secretary says "woke" culture has damaged recruitment efforts. That's not what the military's top recruiters say.

Anne and Jay Gruner, career CIA officers, review The Collaborators by Michael Idov, a covvert spy novel in theh "modern day." ...

The West has worried about Vladimir Putin's "red lines" in Ukraine. A Cipher Brief expert thinks the U.S. should have "red lines" of its own.

The damage to Hamas and Hezbollah have altered the landscape of the Middle East. Experts say that may bring danger - or a ...

A former US ambassador to Venezuela reminds the second Trump administration to not forget Latin America — and its ...

Hamas and Hezbollah will continue their 'struggle' despite decreased military capability after Oct. 7. So what is the way forward?

EXPERT INTERVIEW — In the week since Donald Trump’s election victory, the world has been speculating and preparing – in some ...

REVIEW — At first glance, Portraits of Ukraine appears to be a standard coffee table book, strangely out of place in a venue ...

Prior to his appointment as a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen served over three years as the Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of ...

Hollie McKay is a writer, war crimes investigator, and the author of “Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS ...

Brian Bonner joined The Cipher Brief in March 2024. He led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from 2008-2021. He covered international, national and local news for the St. Paul ...