French President Emmanuel Macron, who is due to visit Trump on Monday, said he planned to tell the American president that ...

Trump and his team are embarking on the biggest negotiation of his political life in engaging Russia. Much is at stake.

An assessment and warning that democracies around the world are under siege and authoritarianism is on the rise.

We Have Won’ Russian media that until recently blasted the US now praise the White House for its change of tone Russian ...

A former senior CIA official on the changes occurring in the transatlantic relationship and the implications for Europe and Ukraine.

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Corin R. Stone is a Scholar-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor at the Washington College of Law. Stone is on leave from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where, until August ...

Alex Bolling served 28 years in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations as Chief of Station and Deputy Chief of Station in several war zones in the Middle East, North Africa and Southwest Asia. He was ...

Frank Montoya Jr. is a retired FBI special agent and senior executive with extensive experience in counterintelligence matters. In addition to running FBI field offices in Honolulu and Seattle in the ...

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 ...

Former Cipher Brief Expert David S. Cohen is currently serving as Deputy Director, CIA. Cohen previously served as Deputy Director, CIA from 2015 to 2017. Cohen has also served in the Treasury ...

Karen M. Schaefer held numerous leadership positions within the Central Intelligence (CIA) during her 26-year career, with overseas assignments as an operations officer in Latin America, Europe, ...