Kody McKinley is a U.S. Army Special Operations noncommissioned officer with 12 years of experience and holds an M.S. in National Security from Liberty University. He has deployed multiple times ...

The question of how the U.S. should approach Iran may have answers in Iraq, irregular warfare and an unlikely figure: Muqtada al-Sadr.

Reflections From the First Director Amb. John Negroponte remembers getting the call in Baghdad – and the challenges that ...

President Trump's approach on tariffs "marked a new era in U.S. economic policy," writes Cipher Brief Expert Gilman Louie.

After talks in Oman, experts assess the likelihood of an agreement to rein in Iran's nuclear weapons program EXPERT ANALYSIS ...

Gen. Breedlove retired as the Commander, Supreme Allied Command, Europe, SHAPE, Belgium and Headquarters, U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany. He also served as Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S.

Gilman Louie is the co-founder, CEO, and Managing Partner at America’s Frontier Fund and a member of the board of directors at Maxar Corporation. Gilman is a member of the President’s Intelligence ...

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 ...

David R. Shedd served in the U.S. government for nearly 33 years. In August 2014, he was named Acting Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency following four years of service as Deputy Director.

The latter experience and his extensive research provide the backdrop for his most recent book, The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West, a ...

Together with Panama in the lead, we will keep the canal secure and available for all nations through the deterrent power of the strongest, [...] More ...

Since March 15, the U.S. has carried out more than 200 air strikes against targets in Yemen, in a mission that the Pentagon says is aimed at deterring a group that has been firing on commercial ...