How Resilient are Energy Markets in Times of Crisis? – The Cipher Brief
“The chronic turbulence in Europe and the Middle East, particularly since the 2019 attack on Abqaiq, appears to have baked ...
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The Next War Won’t Target Cities, but Choke Points – The Cipher Brief
OPINION — In the age of strategic disruption, critical infrastructure is both the terrain and the target. The West’s optimization ...
Leadership Corruption in China and Russia – The Cipher Brief
OPINION — In March 2025 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) published an unclassified report on “Wealth ...
A Lesser-Told Story of US-Iran Similarities Holds Some Hope – The Cipher Brief
OPINION — As experts studiously debate what the latest Israel-Iran fighting will lead to, including a possible Iranian collapse, one ...
What Would It Take to End the Regime in Iran? – The Cipher Brief
Israel’s bombing campaign has sharply escalated an internal shadow conflict that has simmered for decades. While Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon ...
Why Iran’s Nuclear Program Cannot Be Dismantled from the Air – The Cipher Brief
OPINION — As Israel launches one of the most expansive covert-kinetic operations in recent memory against Iranian nuclear infrastructure, a ...
How things could go from worse to devastating for Iran – The Cipher Brief
“Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign,” President Trump posted on social media. “What a shame, ...
Israel’s Bid to End the Iranian Nuclear Threat – The Cipher Brief
OPINION — In the early hours of June 13, Israel launched a series of airstrikes, codenamed Operation Rising Lion, targeting ...
The Attack that Knocked Back Iran’s Nuclear Program – The Cipher Brief
In a series of expert-level interviews after the attack, The Cipher Brief spoke with deeply-experienced experts about the wider regional ...
U.S. Support for Ukraine Would be Cheap at Twice the Price – The Cipher Brief
OPINION – On a recent visit to Kyiv, I stood near midnight in an operations center surrounded by young Ukrainian ...
