We [the Joint Chiefs of Staff] often times in the national security decision-making process or White House meetings -- outside of the Pentagon process -- will go back and forth between military issues ...

Colombia stands at a crossroads because of the narrow victory of right‑wing outsider Abelardo de la Espriella over leftist Senator Iván Cepeda. On August 7, 2026, Colombia will close the country’s ...

AI, Cybersecurity and the Fight for our FutureBy Dr. Eric Cole / Amplify Publishing,Reviewed by: Glenn S. GerstellThe Reviewer: Cipher Brief Expert Glenn S. Gerstell is a Principal with the Cyber ...

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Dr. Jerry Laurienti is a former Senior Intelligence Service officer and current NGA account manager at Leidos, with nearly three decades of national security experience across the CIA, State ...

We are good at winning wars and generally bad at what comes after. Far from a partisan observation; this is a pattern with receipts. We removed Saddam Hussein in three weeks and then spent eight years ...

Hamish de Bretton-Gordon is the Managing Director of Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) at Avon Protection Systems, the recognized global market leader in respiratory protection ...

Justin Bronk is a Research Fellow specialising in combat airpower and technology in the Military Sciences team at RUSI. He is also Editor of the RUSI Defence Systems online journal. He has written on ...

Mike Howard is Chief Security Officer (CSO) for Microsoft Corporation, and is responsible for vital security functions including; operations, investigations, risk mitigation, crisis management, ...

Lieutenant General George Flynn, USMC (Ret.) spent 38 years serving in the U.S. Marine Corps. Since retirement, he has consulted with universities, think tanks, and private organizations. Currently ...

Dennis Wilder is a former senior American intelligence official currently serving as a professor of practice at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and a senior fellow of Georgetown's ...

Dwight Dyer has worked for the Mexican government and currently is an Natural Gas Intelligence Correspondent and an independent consultant on political and security risks related to Mexico's energy ...