And there is one sure thing about the fall of gods: they do not fall a little; they crash and shatter or sink deeply into green muck.- John Steinbeck, East of EdenEvil people don’t have songs. How is ...

Last week’s Fourth Plenum of the Chinese Communist Party witnessed a purge of China’s senior military leaders, culminating in over two years of the removal of senior military officials once loyal to ...

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Despite rising body counts, U.S. strikes have yet to touch the billionaire crime bosses fueling the fentanyl crisis.

From the Baltic to the South China Sea, adversaries exploit ambiguity and technology to weaken Western resolve and challenge ...

One of the most enduring security issues in South Asia has been rekindled by the recent border conflicts between the ...

Join us for the third annual Cipher Brief Honors Dinner, the evening of March 13, 2026. This Black-Tie event is invite only, please apply here for a ticket or a table.The Cipher Brief Honors Dinner ...

What the growing military footprint in Latin America and escalating strikes on drug cartels tell us about the administration’s strategy on both cartels and Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro.

Two weeks ago, my colleagues and I stood in Dnipro while warning sirens cut across the city and Shahed drones screamed overhead. We had come as a medical-humanitarian delegation to inspect trauma ...

I'm not going to answer particulars on something that may be in the planning process, but we definitely do have multiple layers of National Guard response forces, whether it's in each state, whether ...

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The Traitor's Circle earns a prestigious 4 out of 4 trench coats ...