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There was much more, an you can find it here and/or watch Burns’ appearance on our program The World Deciphered.

SPECIAL REPORT – In the last days of 2024, The Cipher Brief turned to our network of experts – who spend much of their time looking at the risks and threats facing the U.S. and the rest of world – and ...

Ambassador Joseph 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 ...

Alex Bolling served 28 years in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations as Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station in several war zones in the Middle East, North Africa and Southwest Asia. He was ...

Kelly Bissell joined Microsoft as Corporate Vice President in 2022. Prior to this, he led Accenture’s Global Security business. With more than 25 years of security industry experience, Bissell ...

Cipher Brief Senior National Security Columnist Walter Pincus examines the U.S. mission in Space and how it's working out.

The Reviewer — Bill Rapp holds a Ph.D. in European History and taught at Iowa State University before joining the CIA. He served over 35 years as an analyst, diplomat, and senior executive before ...

A review of a year filled with headlines that few in the national security and intelligence space could have imagined, one ...

Ambassador Douglas E. Lute is Chair of the International and Defense Practices, BGR Group; CEO of Cambridge Global Advisors, LLC; and Distinguished Chair of Social Sciences, U.S. Military Academy, ...