Jim Sciutto is CNN’s chief national security analyst and anchor of The Brief with Jim Sciutto weekdays on CNN International and CNN Max. Sciutto reports and provides analysis on all aspects of U.S. national security including foreign policy, the military, intelligence community, and the State Department.

Throughout his career, he has reported from more than 50 countries across the globe, including dozens of assignments from inside Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran, as well as multiple assignments in Ukraine and the Middle East. Sciutto is the author of four books, including the New York Times Bestseller, The Return of Great Powers: Russia, China, and the Next World War, published in 2024 by Dutton Books, which examines the breakdown of a decades-old international order among the world’s strongest powers. Among the honors Sciutto’s work has earned are the duPont-Colombia Award, Emmy Awards, the Edward R. Murrow Award, the George Polk Award, and the White House Correspondence Association’s Merriman Smith Award for excellence in presidential coverage.

Prior to joining CNN, Sciutto served as ABC News’ senior foreign correspondent, based in London, and the Hong Kong-based correspondent for Asia Business News. Sciutto began his career as the moderator and producer of a weekly public affairs talk show on PBS.