Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA's Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He ...

SUBSCRIBER+ EXCLUSIVE ANALYSIS — It’s a tantalizing dream for diplomats and longtime observers of the Middle East: A grand ...

The Reviewer — — Nick Fishwick CMG retired after nearly thirty years in the British Foreign Service. His postings included Lagos, Istanbul and Kabul. His responsibilities in London included director ...

But the rescues may also have set back efforts to reach a cease-fire agreement and bring the remaining hostages home. That’s ...

OPINION — “Domestic and homegrown violent extremists are often motivated and inspired by a mix of social or political, ideological, and personal grievances against their targets, and more recently ...

Dmitri Alperovitch speaks to the Cipher Brief about the risks of a conflict with China, and what the U.S. can and should be ...

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani is former Special envoy for Six Party Talks with North Korea and the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director ...

The Dead Drop uses its own sources and methods to bring you the very best insider gossip from the national security world.

Editor’s Note: A personal reflection by Cipher Brief Senior Tech Editor Ken Hughes, who traveled to Normandy, France this week for the observances of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings.

Four former top NATO commanders look at the war in Ukraine, the dangers posed by Russia and the state of NATO 75 years after ...