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 ...

Moldova is a deeply polarized nation. A large number of educated Moldovan citizens are working abroad because of a lack of jobs at home. That diaspora, along with people in the capital, Chisinau, ...

As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine, which is forecast to have a ...

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey joined the Wilson Center in December 2020 as Chair of the Middle East Program. Ambassador Jeffrey served as the Secretary’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement and ...

Carmen Medina is a former CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. A 32-year veteran of the Intelligence Community, she is also the author of Rebels at Work: A Handbook for Leading Change from Within.

Former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis The Hon. Leslie Ireland is the former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis. She joined Treasury in ...

Daniel Fried played a key role designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He ...

Elections in Bulgaria, Georgia and Moldova have all served as testing grounds for a Russia v. West contest for influence.

AM EDT Monday, November 4The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around the world that impacts national security. [...] More ...

Ambassador DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate Director ...