Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is now Visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London. His first overseas posting was in ...

Former Asst. Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts weighs in on the danger of strategic surprise amid transition.

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The author argues that the intelligence community must fix cognitive shortcomings of traditional analysis for today's chaotic world?

Zelensky rebuffs Trump’s proposal for a rapid peace deal in the Ukraine war ...

A dozen member of The Cipher Brief network offer advice to president-elect Trump on dealing with a "dangerous world." ...

It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback in the history of American ...

DEEP DIVE — In at least five battleground states Tuesday, polling places were targeted by bomb threats, “many of which appear to originate from Russian e-mail domains,” according to the FBI. While the ...

DEEP DIVE — Throughout Election Day and a long election night, one major story had nothing to do with the results at the ballot box. […] More ...

Former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin assesses how a Harris and Trump administration may take on today's global security challenges.