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China is courting Thailand. Former Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank weighs in on why the relationship matters.

Russia, Iran, China and North Korea — the so-called Axis of Authoritarians — are aligning to challenge the West and change the world order.

Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he was ...

Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He ...

Kelton retired from CIA as a senior executive with 34 years of experience in intelligence operations. He is a partner at the FiveEyes Group; a member of the Board of Trustees of Valley Forge Military ...

At a moment when competition with China tops the list of concerns for the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC), the man in charge ...

Jean-Thomas Nicole, Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada, reviews On Freedom by Timothy Snyder in The Cipher Brief.

Whose analysis do we trust? John Sipher says, be careful what to believe after failed predictions at the start of the Ukraine war.

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Officials see a range of election interference ploys - some aimed at Trump, some at Harris, and most just looking to disrupt ...