Brian Bonner joined The Cipher Brief in March 2024. He led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from ...

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It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback in the history of American ...

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That was Dr. Will Roper, a forward-thinking, former top Defense Department (DoD) official, speaking November 4 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on The Past, Present, and ...

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Daniel Fried played a key role designing and implementing American policy in Europe after the fall of the Soviet Union. He served as Special Assistant and NSC Senior Director for Presidents Clinton ...

Brian Bonner joined The Cipher Brief in March 2024. He led the Kyiv Post, Ukraine's English-language newspaper, from 2008-2021. He covered international, national and local news for the St. Paul ...