Prior to his appointment as a senior fellow at the Belfer Center, Mr. Rolf Mowatt-Larssen served over three years as the Director of Intelligence and Counterintelligence at the U.S. Department of ...

Former Asst. Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts weighs in on the danger of strategic surprise amid transition.

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The author argues that the intelligence community must fix cognitive shortcomings of traditional analysis for today's chaotic world?

Norman Roule is a geopolitical and energy consultant who served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing numerous programs relating to Iran and the Middle East. As NIM-I at ODNI, he ...

Former Director of Strategic Operational Planning, National Counterterrorism Center. Mike LeFever recently retired from the United States Navy after serving for over 38 years, finishing his military ...

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 ...

David Daoud is a research analyst on Hezbollah and Lebanon. He previously worked as an advisor on the Middle East on Capitol Hill. David was also a research associate on terrorist groups at the ...

Mary Beth Long served as Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs — the first woman confirmed by the Senate as assistant secretary of defense – and is the first woman to chair ...

A dozen member of The Cipher Brief network offer advice to president-elect Trump on dealing with a "dangerous world." ...

Kelton retired from CIA as a senior executive with 34 years of experience in intelligence operations. He is a partner at the FiveEyes Group; a member of the Board of Trustees of Valley Forge Military ...

Rob Dannenberg served as chief of operations for CIA’s Counterterrorism Center, chief of the Central Eurasia Division and chief of the Information Operations Center before retiring from the Agency. He ...