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

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

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

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.

Many may have thought that the Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah was untouchable in Lebanon, and that an unprovoked Israeli attack on Nasrallah in Beirut was too high-risk, politically and otherwise.

That was H.R. McMaster, from his recent book, At War With Ourselves: My Tour of Duty in the Trump White House. McMaster was then National Security Advisor, briefing then-President Donald Trump on the ...

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

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

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

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

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — Michael Vickers had an unusual and almost unparalleled career in the U.S. intelligence community, having been deeply involved in both the efforts against the Soviets in ...