Over the past week, the Trump administration took two steps involving the pursuit of critical and rare earth minerals: it ...

A view from the UK about how Europe is grappling with the shift in U.S. security priorities away from the continent.

Just a few weeks ago, the Middle East seemed in a rare moment of relative calm: ceasefires were holding in Gaza and [...] ...

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President Donald Trump spoke with his counterpart in Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, and there are reportedly plans in place for [...] More ...

The news that Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed to a limited ceasefire in its war against Ukraine – a halt to [...] More ...

Experts argue that the benefits of global cyber defense programs backed and funded by USAID far outweigh the costs.

Is the U.S. military too risk-averse to keep up with its main adversaries? A soldier of a UAS (Unmanned Aircraft System) platoon of the U.S. Army 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, readies a Anduril ...

Norman Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he ...

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 ...

Open Source Report for Wednesday, March 19. Report for Wednesday, March 19, 2025. 8:13 AM EST The Cipher Brief curates open source information from around [...] More ...