South Korea’s Korea Institute for Defense Analysis recently publicly stated that we underestimated North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. According to their analysis, North Korea has between 127 and ...

Russian intelligence agencies have been executing defectors, dissidents, and rivals for more than a century. Under Putin, the ...

Subscriber+Members are invited to join us on Monday, December 8 at 2:30p ET for an exclusive virtual conversation on gray zone operations. After years of attacks that fall just under the threshold of ...

The FBI’s Groundbreaking Pursuit of China’s Most Prolific Spy Family By James E. GaylordReviewed by: Jean-Thomas NicoleThe Reviewer —Jean-Thomas Nicole is a Policy Advisor with Public Safety Canada.

As we’ve said from the beginning, and in every statement, these highly effective strikes are specifically intended to be ‘lethal, kinetic strikes.’ The declared intent is to stop lethal drugs, destroy ...

FEATURED INTERVIEW — As the Pentagon undertakes its most ambitious overhaul yet of how it acquires new warfighting ...

Hollie McKay is a Cipher Brief contributing writer, war crimes investigator, and author of "Only Cry for the Living: Memos ...

Sean Wiswesser is a former senior operations officer with the CIA, having served multiple overseas tours and has held senior ...

In January of 2018, I was involved in organizing and supporting the visit of General Aleksandr Bortnikov, and Sergey Naryshkin, the heads of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign ...

While Washington is focused on Iran’s accelerating uranium-enrichment program and increasingly aggressive regional posture, an equally consequential shift is unfolding with seemingly less fanfare: ...

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (C-R) meets with US President Donald Trump during a bilateral meeting in Riyadh on May 13, 2025. Trump enjoyed a lavish, royal welcome in Saudi Arabia on the ...

Chris Rasmussen is an Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) thought leader and practitioner in the Intelligence Community (IC).