China Is Preparing for a Robot-Led Taiwan Invasion
China’s use of military robotics is a warning to the United States and Taiwan to accelerate robotics deployment and counter-robotics defenses to preserve deterrence.
Navy
A Gameplan for American Economic Security:
Supercharging U.S. Statecraft, from an Economic Pentagon to the Near-Global Economy
Memos
Trump Administration Requests Extraordinary $1.5 Trillion Defense Budget
After years of bipartisan failures to devote sufficient resources to defense, the Trump administration requested an extraordinary 44 percent increase in defense spending in its roughly $1.5...
Policy Briefs
Iran’s economic damage from Operation Epic Fury
Media Calls
Readout of meetings with senior defense officials in Taiwan, Japan
Media Calls
Interim Venezuelan president ousts defense chief as Washington makes limited progress in Caracas
Venezuelan acting President Delcy Rodríguez replaced longtime Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López with General Gustavo Gonzalez López on March 18, followed by implementing a sweeping reshuffle of...
Op-eds
Marking Four Years of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
Media Calls
Trump could be missing the opportunity to rebuild the Navy efficiently and quickly
On Friday the White House released its new Maritime Access Plan, laying out a comprehensive strategy for addressing shortfalls in the maritime-industrial base. The plan highlights a number of innovative...
Op-eds
Trump’s Venezuela push tackles the cocaine cartels — and Maduro’s illicit regime
In January President Donald Trump’s Special Presidential Envoy Richard Grenell held extensive talks with Venezuelan dictator Nicholás Maduro that included discussions of Venezuela receiving...
Op-eds
Establishing a Cyber Force: A Defense Imperative
Legislative Testimonies
China’s kicking our butts in warship-building — here’s how we can catch up
US shipbuilding is in trouble. China builds 200 merchant ships a year for every one America builds. The gap is smaller for warships, but falling behind there is more dangerous — and Beijing...
Op-eds
Ford Carrier Strike Group Departs Europe for Latin America
The Trump administration is dramatically increasing U.S. military firepower in Latin America. As the administration continued to strike vessels belonging to alleged narco-traffickers while escalating pressure...
Policy Briefs
Building the Future U.S. Cyber Force
What Right Looks Like
Media Calls
Germany considers buying US-made Typhon as ‘bridge’ long-range strike solution
Berlin is interested in buying the US-made Typhon missile launch system, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced earlier this month after meeting with his American counterpart in Washington,...
Op-eds
Israel reportedly eliminates nuclear scientist, expands messaging campaign (June 20 updates)
Israel expanded its campaign against Iran with strikes on Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites, missile infrastructure, and nuclear-linked facilities, reportedly killing a nuclear scientist in...
Op-eds
FSM breaks ground on China-led airport reconstruction project in Woleai
Federated States of Micronesia President Wesley Simina officiated the May 26 groundbreaking ceremony for the reconstruction of the Woleai airport runway. ...
Op-eds
10 Reasons Why America Needs a Cyber Force
1. The next war the United States fights will begin in cyberspace. Cyberattacks will almost certainly be used by an adversary in the opening phases of a crisis or conflict to target the U.S. homeland...
Insights
Crossroads of Competition
China in Southeast Asia and the Pacific Islands
Legislative Testimonies
Biden Started a Process to Protect US National Security from China. Trump Should Finish It.
For years, warning lights have been flashing around the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) drive to assert global dominance and reshape international governance in the likeness of its own oppressive regime....