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Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist Walter Pincus is a contributing senior national security columnist for The Cipher Brief. He spent forty years at The Washington Post, writing on topics that ranged ...

Can a state-centered ideological political agenda in Syria — instead of a violent global jihadist one — succeed after years of dictatorship?

Rear Admiral Mike Studeman sees a multi-pronged 'silent invasion' from China -- and offers thoughts on what the US should do ...

The spate of drone sightings may pose no threat -- but a Cipher Brief expert says they carry a message: the US needs better drone defenses.

Gary Grappo, a former U.S. Amabssador to Oman, offers ways the Trump administration could respond to the seismic changes to the Middle East.

AI holds huge promise for medicine. It could also be used to make a bioweapon. Experts warn there are not enough guards ...

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani reflects on the overturning of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's attempt to impose martial law.

The Reviewer — Bill Harlow served as chief spokesman for the CIA from 1997 to 2004 and was Assistant White House Press Secretary for National Security from 1988 to 1992. A retired Navy captain, Harlow ...