Three years after the U.S. withdrawal and the Taliban's return. more than a dozen jihadist groups are active in Afghanistan.

Steve Blank thinks the Defense Department has a dangerous "business as usual" approach - and he has no shortage of ideas ...

National Security Council Spokesperson John Kirby tells The Cipher Brief that the U.S. is in an “all-hands” effort to stop ...

A former top White House official says a failure of deterrence policy has given rise to an "Axis of chaos" aimed at ...

While the war grinds on, Ukraine is looking for ways to attack Russians wherever it can. Even in a desert in West Africa.

A bold new program uses technology to reach out and touch disaffected Russians. Is it a useful tool for recruiting?

Would Sara Duterte scrap the strategic relationship between the U.S. and the Philippines? What should the U.S. do to prevent this?

Cipher Brief Senior Book Editor Bill Harlow reviews Rear Admiral Mike Studeman's book Might of the Chain: Forging Leaders of ...

Almost immediately, Iran vowed to avenge the attack; Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said Israel would be ...

Andriy Zagorodnyuk served as minister of defense of Ukraine from 2019 to 2020. He was head of the Ministry of Defense’s Reforms Project Office from 2015 to 2018. In July 2019, prior to serving as ...

Former Ukrainian Defense Minister Andriy Zahorodnyuk says the Kursk incursion is an example of out-of-the-box thinking Kyiv needs to win.

Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula (Ret.) is one of the world’s foremost airpower experts. Featured in Airpower Pioneers: From Billy ...