Each week, the Dead Drop uses its own sources and methods to bring you the very best national security gossip.

In this time of transition, The Cipher Brief turned to former CIA officials for their insights into the future of the ...

Chris Inglis served as the first National Cyber Director where he was responsible for coordinating federal agency work on cyber and overseeing the US’ digital defense strategy. Inglis retired from the ...

Ambassador James F. Jeffrey joined the Wilson Center in December 2020 as Chair of the Middle East Program. Ambassador Jeffrey served as the Secretary’s Special Representative for Syria Engagement and ...

William Green founded TD International, a leading global advisory firm based in Washington, DC in 1999 to help clients navigate the complex and often opaque business environments in which they operate ...

Frank Montoya Jr. Frank Montoya Jr. View Articles Retired FBI Special Agent Frank Montoya Jr. is a retired FBI special agent and senior executive with extensive experience in counterintelligence ...

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW — When Donald Trump’s Ukraine envoy announced a 100-day plan to bring peace to Ukraine, just prior to inauguration day, the news was received with a mix of skepticism and cautious ...

Chinese AI startup DeepSeek shook the U.S. tech and business communities with its launch of a free AI chatbot that it said could [...] More ...

Tim Willasey-Wilsey served for over 27 years in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office and is now Visiting Professor of War Studies at King’s College, London. His first overseas posting was in ...

Mr. Roche was the Associate Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation serving as the second-in-command of CIA’s first new directorate in more than 50 years. The Directorate of Digital Innovation ...

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 ...