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Anti-Semitism is a National Security Issue: It’s Time to Treat it Like One

Less than three months ago, two people were killed in a terrorist attack on Jewish people in a synagogue in Manchester, UK, on the most solemn day of the Jewish religious calendar.Three days ago, a ...
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How the U.S. Military’s Top Officer is Looking at the World’s Hotspots

Our [the Joint Chiefs of Staff] job is to present and my job with the Joint Chiefs and others is to present the range of [military] options that this President or any President should consider with ...
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The Cipher Brief's Recommended Reads for the Holidays

Get ready for an exciting holiday season with our annual book review and recommendations list! Dive into thrilling spy novels, gripping historical accounts, and insightful non-fiction reads. Which ...
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Russia’s is Waging a Sabotage Shadow War on Europe

A wave of covert attacks—from rail lines blasts to fiber cables—signals a sharper Russian campaign to destabilize Europe and ...
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Brigadier General Edin Fako

Brigadier General Edin Fako serves as the Inspector General of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Ministry of Defense. He ...
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Echoes of 1940: Learning from an Ally at War and Preparing the U.S. for the Next Fight

Guardsmen places the Ukrainian flag and the American flag at the entrance to the White House before the arrival of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of a meeting with U.S. President Donald ...
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Misti Ushio

Misti Ushio, Ph.D., is a managing partner at Digitalis Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in solutions to complex ...
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What China’s ‘World-Class Navy’ Means for the U.S. and Asia

The commissioning and flag-presenting ceremony of the Fujian, China's first aircraft carrier equipped with electromagnetic catapults, is held at a naval port in Sanya City, south China's Hainan ...
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Nils Alstad

Nils Alstad is the CEO and Co-Founder of Stridar, a defense technology company focused on developing unmanned ground systems ...
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Barry C. Buckland

Barry C. Buckland, Ph.D., is executive director of the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Pharmaceuticals and ...
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Why an Unmanned Mission May be Most Effective in Venezuela

Wars are increasingly fought by unconventional means. A recent example is Ukrainian insertion of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) to attack Russian airfields, launched from civilian outfitted trucks. The ...
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Can Europe Survive the New Multipolar World?

For more than three decades after the Cold War, Europe lived under the illusion that history had settled in its favor. Liberal democracy seemed ascendant, global markets expanded without friction, and ...