The Defector. The Untold Story of the KGB Agent Who Saved MI5 and Changed the Cold WarBy Richard Kerbaj / BlinkReviewed by: Tim Willasey-WilseyThe Reviewer Tim Willasey-Wilsey CMG is a Cipher Brief ...

Welcome to the inaugural edition of “The Iron Triangle”, my new Cipher Brief column that serves the three pillars of modern defense: Procurement Officers tasked with buying the future, Investors who ...

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Surveillance is a subject that dominates Russian society and Russian espionage, and it also dictates how Russian intelligence officers (RIOs) conduct counter-surveillance and surveillance detection.

Tom Nagorski is Senior Contributing Editor with The Cipher Brief. He previously served as Global Editor for Grid and as ABC News Managing Editor for International Coverage as well as Senior Broadcast ...

Venezuela’s partners depend on it for various strategic reasons: Cuba for economic support, Iran for political alignment in ...

The Iranian people are saying they want new leadership. And it’s not too hard to understand why so many merchants, university students and young people in Iran are on the streets calling for political ...

Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting ArcticBy Kenneth R. Rosen / Simon & Schuster January 6, 2026Reviewed by: HEIDI VIEROWThe Reviewer: Heidi Vierow, PhD, a retired CIA ...

President Donald Trump said the U.S. is "in charge" in Venezuela after U.S. forces detained President Nicolas Maduro on ...

Dexter Ingram has spent three decades keeping the world safer from terrorists and weapons of mass destruction. At the U.S.

In 2021, a fifteen-year-old in a small Texas town started something from his bedroom. He’d dropped out of school. He spent his days online, deep into violence and gore. He found others like him and ...