Intel

Security Challenges in the Western Balkans

Briefing delivered to the Counter-Kleptocracy Caucus

Drone Warfare

Rolling Back Export Controls, U.S. Offers China Powerful AI Chips

The United States has instituted a pay-to-play scheme for artificial intelligence (AI) exports. On December 8, President Donald Trump announced that the Commerce Department would allow American AI semiconductor...

President Trump, Don’t Settle for Empty Promises on Reindustrialization

At a recent gathering with tech CEOs, President Donald Trump lauded several companies that expressed plans to expand production in the United States. He also hinted at tariff exemptions...

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...

Intercepting Terror

Strengthening Ukrainian Air Defense

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...

‘We Are Not Pausing for a Moment’: Israel Strikes Iranian Ballistic Missile Infrastructure

Latest Developments Targeting Missiles: The IDF announced on June 15 that it had begun a wave of strikes against dozens of ballistic missile launchers in western Iran during the third day of Operation...

To Beat China, America Must Balance AI Innovation with National Security

While the White House is busy restricting trade with China, it keeps unlocking the back gate. Even as the Department of Commerce expanded export restrictions on March 26 to prevent...

Iranian-backed terror group in Bahrain claims to target Israel

Saraya Al-Ashtar confirmed on Thursday, “that it targeted the headquarters of the company responsible for land transportation in the occupation entity...in the city of Umm Al-Rashrash, Eilat..."

IDF Intel Chief Resigns Over Hamas’s October 7 Attacks

The commander of Israeli military intelligences resignation on April 22, citing his responsibility for the failure to anticipate the Hamas rampage that triggered...

Israel Strikes Syrian Terror Group That Targeted Eilat School with Drone

Israel said on November 10 that it conducted a strike in Syria targeting a group that launched a drone attack on an Israeli school in Eilat the day before. The drone attack was one...

Israel SitRep: Nov. 8, 2023

Netanyahu Reiterates: No Ceasefire Without Release of Hostages; Qatar-Mediated Deal on Ceasefire-Hostage Exchange Reported to be Underway | IDF: Israel Operating in the ‘Heart of Gaza’; Hamas Retains...

U.S. Intel Confident Israel Did Not Attack Gaza Hospital

U.S. intelligence officials said on October 24 they have determined with “high confidence” that Israel was not responsible for the October 17 attack on al-Ahli Arab Hospital...

How the US Can Get Its Chips’ Worth With China

The passage of the CHIPS and Science Act one year ago this month was heralded as a monumental step in U.S. efforts to compete with China in the tech domain. “We need our government and our economy...

Israel Super Capabilities in Space

The great achievements of Israel space industry, since its inception, demand the continued development of advanced "blue-and-white" space related technologies, cultivation of visual intelligence, construction of the relevant knowledge centers and international cooperation

How Silicon Valley Engineered China’s Protest Crackdowns

American software and equipment—from companies like Microsoft and Oracle—is deeply embedded throughout China’s police state.

China has a cyberspace campaign plan. Does Washington?

Ransomware payments are estimated to have cost U.S. companies more than $1 billion in 2021, according to the Treasury Department . But that staggering figure pales in comparison to the hundreds of billions...

How to Stop China From Controlling the Global Semiconductor Industry

The United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA) of 2021, which passed the Senate in June, calls for $52 billion in appropriations over five years to support semiconductor manufacturing as well...

U.S. Issues Timely Alert on Another North Korean Hacking Group

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United States Cyber Command Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) issued a joint alert on Tuesday...