Open Source Report for Wednesday, March 19. Report for Wednesday, March 19, 2025. 8:13 AM EST The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around [...] More ...

In an age of rapidly changing technology and profound implications for the wars of the future, is the United States adapting effectively, [...] More ...

Is Oman a neutral arbiter in Yemen? Does its current role in in dispute there promote regional stability or not?

Eric Trager is the Esther K. Wagner Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy, where his research focuses on Egyptian politics and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt. Dr. Trager has served ...

Dr. Evan Ellis is a research professor of Latin American Studies at the U.S. Army War College Strategic Studies Institute with a focus on the region's relationships with China and other non-Western ...

Michael Sulmeyer is the Belfer Center’s Cyber Security Project Director at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is also a Contributing Editor for Lawfare. Before Harvard, he served as the Director for Plans ...

The development of a new missile defense system to cover the U.S. could lead to the nuclear weaponization of space.

The temporary pause on U.S. intelligence sharing with Ukraine put Europe's relationship with the U.S. intelligence community into doubt.

EXPERT INTERVIEW – As the world trains its focus on the headlines about Ukraine — the U.S. pivot to Russia, the pause on American support to Ukraine, the U.S.-Ukraine ceasefire proposal, and Russia’s ...

A review of The Summer Guests by Tess Gerritsen, which follows four CIA retirees as they try to solve a murder mystery.

Dr. Matt Hefler is an Ax:son Johnson Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication at the Stockholm school of Economics, and a member of the Ax:son Johnson Institute for ...