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?

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

Karyn Eliot is a retired CIA senior executive with extensive experience in US national security science and technology programs, intelligence operations, acquisitions, policy, and strategic industry ...

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

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

A dozen member of The Cipher Brief network offer advice to the 47th president on dealing with a "dangerous world." ...

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

As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine and a new U.S. president, there's a lot at ...

The Reviewer — Cipher Brief Expert Glenn S. Gerstell is a Principal with the Cyber Initiatives Group and Senior Adviser at the Center for Strategic & International Studies. He served as General ...