Jean-Thomas Nicole, Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada, reviews On Freedom by Timothy Snyder in The Cipher Brief.

Whose analysis do we trust? John Sipher says, be careful what to believe after failed predictions at the start of the Ukraine war.

Officials see a range of election interference ploys - some aimed at Trump, some at Harris, and most just looking to disrupt ...

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As Russian forces make slow but steady gains in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region – recently seizing Vulhedar, a coal mining ...

EXCLUSIVE — National Security Agency (NSA) Director General Timothy Haugh said the agency was investigating China-linked ...

William Burns praised Israel's tactical wins but urged a fresh strategy and 'smart diplomacy' to end the wars in Lebanon and ...

EXCLUSIVE — The acting Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Brett Holmgren told The Cipher Brief’ s ...

Frank Archibald retired from the CIA in 2015 as the Director of the National Clandestine Service an assignment in which he led all of CIA’s operations worldwide. His 31 years of CIA service included ...

White House National Cyber Director Harry Coker, Jr. offers remarks at The Cipher Brief 2024 Threat Conference.

The Reviewer — Martin Petersen is a CIA veteran, Asia expert, and a Cipher Brief Expert. He is the author of City of Lost Souls, A Novel of Shanghai 1932, which will be published November 26th.

Gen. Breedlove retired as the Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium and Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S.