The Cipher Brief15h
As Turkey Faces Mass Protests, Trump and Erdogan Map New Relationship
The Trump administration appears willing to look beyond an arrest that has galvanized the opposition in Turkey ...
Opinion
The Cipher Brief15hOpinion
If It’s Trump v. Greenland’s Leaders, I’m Betting on Greenland
A breakdown of why the Trump administration is interested in Greenland and what the Greenlanders have to say about it.
The Cipher Brief2d
When It Comes to Security and Defense, Can Europe Go It Alone?
The Trump administration has shattered eight-decade-old assumptions about the U.S. and the transatlantic relationship.
The Cipher Brief5d
The Signal ‘Disaster,’ and Ensuring It Doesn’t Happen Again
When the heads of the intelligence community (IC) came to Capitol Hill Tuesday to present the Annual Threat Assessment, they ...
The Cipher Brief6d
Intel Chiefs Detail Top Threats – and Get a Grilling Over Signal Leak
Drug traffic and transnational organized crime tops the 2025 IC threat assessment – and IC warns of Russia dangers ...
The Cipher Brief9d
For Trump Administration, Policy Often Involves a Hunt for Minerals
Over the past week, the Trump administration took two steps involving the pursuit of critical and rare earth minerals: it ...
The Cipher Brief11d
Violence in Gaza, Yemen and Syria Tests Middle East – and the Trump Administration
Just a few weeks ago, the Middle East seemed in a rare moment of relative calm: ceasefires were holding in Gaza and [...] ...
The Cipher Brief7d
Plea From the Baltics: As U.S. Pivots to Russia, ‘Where Are We Going?’
A former President of Estonia sees dangers for the Baltics, and a potential end to the post World War II Pax Americana.
The Cipher Brief4d
Is the U.S. Military Ready for Tomorrow’s Wars?
One of the most profound impacts of the war in Ukraine has less to do with the frontlines and diplomatic negotiations, and [...] More ...
Opinion
The Cipher Brief5dOpinion
What Thucydides Tells Us About 2025 Superpower Relations
It is not your enmity that harms us so much as your friendship, which would be interpreted as evidence of our weakness, while your [...] More ...
The Cipher Brief5d
Emmanouil M. Karatarakis
Emmanouil M. Karatarakis has served in the Greek Ministries of Defense and Finance and in the Office of the Deputy Prime ...
The Cipher Brief7d
Making Russian Revanchism Add Up
Hecker’s story is a grizzly odyssey. The book is full of crisp soundbites. One I liked best, towards the end of the book, quotes someone saying that Russia has become, not an emerging economy, but a ...