President-elect Donald Trump faces mounting threat from the Axis of Authoritarian states, which threaten the international world order.

EXPERT INTERVIEW — In the week since Donald Trump’s election victory, the world has been speculating and preparing – in some ...

That was Dr. Will Roper, a forward-thinking, former top Defense Department (DoD) official, speaking November 4 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on The Past, Present, and ...

Former Cipher Brief Expert David S. Cohen is currently serving as Deputy Director, CIA. Cohen previously served as Deputy Director, CIA from 2015 to 2017. Cohen has also served in the Treasury ...

Brian Bonner joined The Cipher Brief in March 2024. He led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from ...

VADM Kevin Donegan (Ret.) warns that the U.S. has a window of time to force real change in The Middle East, exclusively in The Cipher Brief ...

Ambassador Boucher served 32 years at the U.S. Department of State, including roles as Ambassador to Cyprus, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asia, and Spokesman for six different Secretaries ...

James Lewis is a Senior Vice President and Program Director at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Before joining CSIS, he worked at the Departments of State and Commerce. He ...

From Ukraine to Russia, the Middle East to China – how the Trump-Vance administration may handle global challenges ...

Rodney Faraon is a former senior CIA China analyst, including two years on the President’s Daily Briefing Staff for two administrations. He was also the founding director of Global Intelligence and ...

Mr. Roche was the Associate Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation serving as the second-in-command of CIA’s first new directorate in more than 50 years. The Directorate of Digital Innovation ...

Chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation (CCTI) at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Dr. Samantha Ravich is the chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the ...