The pace of U.S. national-security launches over the past several months has been staggering. But buried beneath the impressive cadence is an uncomfortable truth: many of the most sensitive ...

The 2026 National Defense Strategy (NDS) follows closely the 2025 National Security Strategy, as it should. It also falls in ...

DEEP DIVE – President Xi Jinping’s latest purge of generals has eviscerated China’s military leadership, drawn comparisons to crackdowns carried out by Chairman Mao Zedong a half century ago, and ...

Iran is experiencing its most consequential period of internal unrest in years. Nationwide demonstrations driven by economic ...

Turmoil in Minneapolis and the unprecedented friction within NATO over President Trump’s effort to secure control over Greenland have, predictably, displaced headlines about Venezuela in much of the ...

The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign By Aviva Guttmann / Cambridge University ...

THE KREMLIN FILES / COLUMN — (Note: This is the first in a two-part series on Russian gray zone, or hybrid warfare. In a ...

Building Resilience to Overcome Life’s ChallengesBy Ash Alexander-Cooper with Dr. Jessica K. Miller / Hachette MobiusReviewed by: Tim Wllasey-WilseyThe Reviewer Tim Willasey-Wilsey is a Cipher Brief ...

September is National Preparedness Month - when we check our emergency kits, review evacuation routes, and prepare for natural disasters. But this year, as I sat in conference rooms at the Eradicate ...

Donald J. Trump shall serve as inaugural Chairman of the Board of Peace, and he shall separately serve as inaugural representative of the United States of America…The Chairman [Trump] shall have ...

AN AMERICAN JOURNALIST, A GERMAN SERIAL KILLER, AND PARIS ON THE EVE OF WWIIBy Mark Braude / Grand Central PublishingReviewed ...

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