From the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to Iran’s strategic setbacks, Norm Roule details why the region’s turbulence demands ...

In the fall of 2021, an FBI informant received a chilling offer: $300,000 to assassinate former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton. The would-be hitman posed as a drug cartel enforcer. The ...

Magda Long holds a PhD in War Studies from King's College London and is a visiting research fellow with institutional affiliations in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She has over two ...

Taiwan’s recent Han Kuang military exercises tested the island’s responses to a potential full-scale Chinese invasion. The drills not only simulated military strikes and blockade elements, but also ...

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army (Ret) was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2008-2009. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ...

How Humans and Machines Will Shape the Future TogetherBy Amir Husain / Basic BooksReviewed by: Terence CheckThe Reviewer —Terence Check is the Associate Chief Counsel for Infrastructure Security and ...

Suzanne Kelly is CEO and Publisher of The Cipher Brief ...

It started with a voice. In early July, foreign ministers, a U.S. Member of Congress, and a sitting U.S. governor received urgent messages that seemed to come directly from Secretary of State Marco ...

Patrick M. Walsh, former Commander US Pacific Fleet & Vice Chief of Naval Operations, is Co-Founder of First Watch Group, an ...

Sami Omari is an Afghan-born international relations, diplomatic and policy consultant with extensive experience alongside ...

At the direction of President Donald Trump, U.S. armed forces conducted an attack against Iran, Operation Midnight Hammer. The President’s decision to launch the attack was made without seeking or ...

Hoffman served as a three-time station chief and a senior executive clandestine service officer with assignments included tours of duty in the former Soviet Union, Europe, and war zones in the Middle ...