Elaine Shannon, contributing editor at The Cipher Brief, is a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek. Her latest book is ...

Vice Admiral Frank Whitworth on why - for all the advances of AI-driven systems and other new technologies - people are still ...

Belarus supports Russian nuclear policy shift, says changes will “cool the ardor" of the West.

Former CIA analyst Steven Ward on whether Iran's recent failures to counter Israeli attacks will spark reform in the country's intelligence services.

More than two and a half years after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s economy shows surprising resilience.

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China is courting Thailand. Former Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank weighs in on why the relationship matters.

Russia, Iran, China and North Korea — the so-called Axis of Authoritarians — are aligning to challenge the West and change the world order.

At a moment when competition with China tops the list of concerns for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the man in charge ...

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