A national security argument for a strong U.S. presence abroad from a military presence to intelligence sharing.

ULTRA intercepts in 1943 alerted the British and Americans to Josephine’s existence, but the agent’s true identity was never confirmed. Verkaik makes a strong circumstantial case that the vital tip on ...

Former Under Secretary of Defense Dr. Michael Vickers assesses the state of U.S. national security in a Cipher Brief ...

Preserving the technology ecosystem is clearly in the U.S. national interest and is part of what has made America great.

Elaine Shannon, contributing editor at The Cipher Brief, is a former correspondent for Time and Newsweek. Her latest book is ...

Jill Dougherty is an expert on Russia and the former Soviet Union. She spent 30 years with CNN as Foreign Affairs Correspondent, U.S. Affairs Editor for CNN International; Managing Editor of CNN ...

Brian Michael Jenkins is a senior adviser to the president of the nonprofit, nonpartisan RAND Corporation and author of numerous books, reports, and articles on terrorism-related topics, including ...

Gordon G. Chang is the author of The Coming Collapse of China and Nuclear Showdown: North Korea Takes On the World. Chang lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently ...

Dennis Wilder served as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for East Asian Affairs during President George W. Bush’s second term. He is currently a Research Fellow at Georgetown ...

Lt. Gen. James K. “Kevin” McLaughlin served as the Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command (USCYBERCOM) in Fort Meade, Maryland. General McLaughlin entered the Air Force in 1983 as a graduate of the U.S.

Michael Rubin is a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI) in Washington. Rubin is a former Pentagon official whose major research areas are the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, and ...

Luke Penn-Hall covers topics related to technology, cyber-security, space, and aviation. Luke is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies. His research interests are ...