By Ethan Masucol EXPERT INTERVIEW — Less than two months before the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 47th U.S. president, the headlines from the Middle East are dominated by the push for ceasefires in Israel’s wars against Hezbollah in Lebanon (looking more lilkely) and Gaza (looking like a distant hope). But beyond the wars […]
Category: The Cipher Brief
By Ethan Masucol DEEP DIVE — For years, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has tried and failed at all sorts of half-baked schemes to eliminate enemies living in the United States. And despite its past failures, Tehran hasn’t abandoned its most ambitious plot yet — to assassinate former and future President Donald Trump, in retaliation […]
By Ethan Masucol DEEP DIVE — President-elect Donald Trump’s promise of a quick end to Russia’s war on Ukraine is something that Ukrainians desperately want, as the full-scale invasion approaches its 1,000th day. But they also want it ended on their terms – and they worry that any quickly-arranged agreement will mean surrender. “If it’s just […]