After Donald Trump’s victory in the November 5 election, The Cipher Brief invited experts from our network to offer advice ...

Cipher Brief Expert and former Deputy Director of CIA for Digital Innovation Jennifer Ewbank makes the serious case for procurement reform ...

Patrick Duddy is a senior advisor for global affairs at Duke University. During a long diplomatic career, he served in eight countries in Latin America and as the deputy assistant secretary of state ...

As President-elect Trump vows to disrupt the intelligence community, two former leaders of the IC debate the value of the ...

Ambassador DeTrani served as the U.S. Representative to the Korea Energy Development Organization (KEDO), as well as former CIA director of East Asia Operations. He also served as Associate Director ...

Admiral Winnefeld served for 37 years in the United States Navy. He retired in 2015 after serving four years as the ninth Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. As a flag officer, he commanded ...

Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt, US Army (Ret) was the Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs from 2008-2009. Prior to that, he was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for ...

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 ...

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 ...

Former Chief of Innovation and Technology at the CIA Open Source Center During her 20-year CIA career, Kristin Wood served in the Director’s area and three Agency directorates – analysis, operations, ...

David Bridges is the senior geopolitical and security advisor at Fidelity Management and Research Company, the investment advisor for Fidelity’s family of mutual funds. In this role, Mr. Bridges ...

Mary Margaret Graham served for 29+ years at the Central Intelligence Agency, holding numerous field and headquarters assignments. She was appointed as the first Deputy Director of National ...