Mark Cozad is a senior international defense researcher at RAND, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution. He is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

For its part, the Biden administration is using its final days to, as it has said, surge as much aid to Ukraine as it can.

Ambassador Michael Carpenter is Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the National Security ...

John McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as both Acting Director and Deputy Director of the ...

The seismic change in Syria could be a catalyst for greater alignment between Iran, Russia, North Korea and China.

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 Jack Ford Shanghai Mystery [BH1] , which was recently named Earnshaw ...

Former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts on why gray zone activities pose a serious national ...

A former top US commander explains the island’s geopolitical value – and the need for a “quiet conversation” about its future ...

From Taiwan to the Baltic Sea, undersea cables are under attack in apparent acts of sabotage by U.S. adversaries.

Taken together, these events have raised concerns that the Islamic State is gaining strength and may be on the verge of ...

Taken together, these events have raised concerns that the Islamic State is gaining strength and may be on the verge of ...

EXPERT INSIGHT – In the waning days of 2024, The Cipher Brief asked members of our expert network to look to the year ahead, ...