Harry Coker Jr. is the Secretary of the Maryland Department of Commerce. He served as national cyber director from 2023 to ...

President Donald J. Trump has returned to office with the renewed revelations that Chinese government-affiliated hackers continue to outmatch America’s critical infrastructure cyber defenders through ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. on Monday to meet with President Donald Trump at the White House — their third meeting this year. Netanyahu’s visit follows the U.S ...

Russia pounds Kyiv with war’s largest drone attack after Trump-Putin talk yields no breakthrough. Germany prepares €25 billion tank order to boost NATO forces. Trump meets with Saudi defense minister ...

IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION: We’re wishing the U.S. a very happy birthday and sending our gratitude to those who are working overseas to help keep the homeland safe. In this week’s collection, a look at ...

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate ...

The American force posture in the Middle East — some 40,000 troops spread across the region — came into focus following the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, and the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear ...

Dmytro Natalukha, MP is an international lawyer with a degree in international affairs and politics from the University of ...

The protagonists of 1914 were sleepwalkers, watchful but unseeing, haunted by dreams, yet blind to the reality of the horror they were about to bring into the world.”C.Clark, ‘’The Sleepwalkers: How ...

CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING -- Recent U.S. strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities propelled the 40,000 American forces in the region into the spotlight over fears of retaliation and sparked fresh debate ...

U.S. halts shipments of key weapons for Ukraine. UK and Germany ready mutual defense treaty. Trump says Israel has agreed to a long-awaited 60-day ceasefire in Gaza. US, Indo-Pacific allies unveil ...

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 ...