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.

EXCLUSIVE — The acting Director of the U.S. National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) Brett Holmgren told The Cipher Brief’s 2024 Threat Conference Sunday that ...

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

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

Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he was ...

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

Michael Hsieh is a CFR-Hitachi Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a nonresident affiliate of the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University.

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