Former Asst. Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts weighs in on the danger of strategic surprise amid transition.

A dozen member of The Cipher Brief network offer advice to president-elect Trump on dealing with a "dangerous world." ...

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It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback in the history of American ...

DEEP DIVE — Throughout Election Day and a long election night, one major story had nothing to do with the results at the ...

As a divided nation hurtles towards the election, and officials worry about politically-driven violence, potential nightmares ...

As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine and a new U.S. president, there's a lot at ...

As battlefield setbacks mount, not even the weather is cooperating with Ukraine, which is forecast to have a ...

Elections in Bulgaria, Georgia and Moldova have all served as testing grounds for a Russia v. West contest for influence.

Former Acting CIA Director John McLaughlin assesses how a Harris and Trump administration may take on today's global security challenges.

Daniel Fried played a key role designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He ...

Moldova is a deeply polarized nation. A large number of educated Moldovan citizens are working abroad because of a lack of jobs at home. That diaspora, along with people in the capital, Chisinau, ...