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August 11, 2025 | Jack Burnham |

White House Offers NVIDIA and AMD a Pay-To-Play Scheme for Chinese Market Access

The U.S. government is going into business with America’s most potent adversary, China. On August 10, The New York Times reported that chipmakers NVIDIA and AMD will receive export licenses to sell high-end...

August 1, 2025 | Leah Siskind, Maria Riofrio, Mariam Lomtadze

Russian Cyber Threat Group Uses AI-Guided Malware

Hackers are now using AI to guide attacks in real time. In a statement that initially attracted little attention among Western analysts, Ukraine’s national cybersecurity agency warned on July 17 that...

July 25, 2025 | Josh Birenbaum, Elaine K. Dezenski

5 Ways to Break China’s Chokehold on Battery Supply Chains

The United States must fight back against China’s dangerous dominance of the battery industry. Batteries are critical to countless items necessary for daily life, from power tools to power grids, as well as important military equipment, like drones, night-vision goggles, and lasers. However, China has the capability to simply cut off U.S. access to critical batteries because it monopolizes each step of the production process. ...

July 16, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

Reversing Previous Restrictions, Washington Allows NVIDIA To Sell Advanced Chips to China

The Trump administration is giving China a much-needed boost in the race for artificial intelligence (AI). After a White House meeting between President Donald Trump and NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, the company...

July 11, 2025 | |

Israel Seeks to Build International Coalition Against Iran-backed Houthis as Attacks Increase

Israel is reportedly seeking to build a coalition of U.S. and partner forces to launch renewed strikes against the Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen after the terrorist organization’s attacks intensified in recent weeks.

July 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Maria Riofrio

USDA Releases Plan to Protect U.S. Agriculture From Cyber Threats and Chinese Intrusions

Washington is moving to block China and other adversaries from buying U.S. farmland and hacking our food supply. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its National Farm Security...

July 10, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Craig Singleton

The Battle for Display Dominance

Chinese dominance in display technologies poses a critical national security threat, demanding urgent US action to secure supply chains.

July 9, 2025 | Samantha Ravich, Johanna Yang

Medical Devices Still Vulnerable to Hacking Despite New FDA Guidance

Machines such as pacemakers, insulin pumps, and vital signs monitors are the difference between life and death for millions of people, and they are all vulnerable to cyberattack. In its effort to protect...

July 7, 2025 | Jiwon Ma |

Protecting Against National Security Threats to the Communications Supply Chain through the Equipment Authorization Program

June 30, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

An Urgent Call to Close the Loopholes on Chips and China

The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, is that we need to win the technology race. Advanced technology made in United...

June 30, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Chinese Scholars Probe for Weaknesses in Western Electricity Grids

Chinese academics are taking a keen interest in the vulnerabilities of America’s energy grid. On June 19, the Czech Technical University in Prague published a paper revealing that Chinese scholars are...

June 28, 2025 | Bill Roggio |

Iran is severely weakened but remains a regional threat

Iran remains the “primary and enduring threat” in the Middle East, US Navy Vice Admiral Charles B. Cooper II, the nominee to become the next commander of US Central Command (CENTCOM), told the Senate...

June 20, 2025 | John Hardie |

Israel-Iran War is a Double-Edged Sword for Putin’s Russia

What Does Putin Really Want in the Israel-Iran Conflict? ...

June 16, 2025 | Sinan Ciddi |

The Israel-Iran War: The View from Ankara

When Israel struck Iran on June 13, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan waited several hours before issuing a fiery rebuke, accusing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “and his massacre network” of “setting [the] entire region on fire.” 

June 14, 2025 | John Hardie |

Ukrainian intelligence details Russia’s new V2U autonomous loitering munition

Russia has developed a new loitering munition called the V2U that, according to Ukrainian reports, can use AI to navigate and strike targets and may have a swarm capability. If these reports are true,...

June 13, 2025 | Samantha Ravich, Johanna Yang

China Wants Our Hearts. Literally.

China is pre-positioning itself on U.S. networks for disruptive and destructive attacks against our critical infrastructure. In the past year, the American public learned that the Chinese Communist Party...

June 11, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

U.S. Authorities Charge Chinese Nationals With Smuggling Biological Samples

The U.S. government has uncovered efforts by Chinese researchers to smuggle biological samples into the United States.

June 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Miles Kershner

President Trump Issues Executive Orders to Counter China’s Drone Industry

The Trump administration is ramping up its efforts to counter the threat posed by China’s drone industry. On June 6, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders to codify a process for screening...

June 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, John Hardie

China-Russia Defense Cooperation Showcases Rising Axis of Aggressors

Despite its stated neutrality in the war in Ukraine, China continues to fuel Russia’s war machine. In late May, Oleh Ivashchenko, head of the Ukrainian Foreign Intelligence Service, shared new details...

May 27, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski, Josh Birenbaum

Keep the Door Closed to Anonymous Shell Companies

A Comment on FinCEN’s Interim Final Rule Exempting Domestic Companies From Beneficial Ownership Reporting Requirements Under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA)