Office of the Director of National Intelligence

How the US Can Fight Foreign Malign Influence

The most effective strategy to combat foreign influence is to ensure the effort remains unpoliticized and non-partisan.

X’s Location Feature Exposes a Real Problem, but Does Not Fix It

A new location transparency feature on X is revealing foreign influence on American discourse just as federal agencies designed to deal with such threats are being dismantled. Toward the end...

5 Recent Instances of Foreign Malign Influence Threatening U.S. National Security

America is letting its adversaries win the information war. The latest blow to U.S. efforts to fight this war came in August, when the U.S. intelligence community learned of the reduction in size and reorganization...

Cutting Cyber Intelligence Undermines National Security

America’s cyber intelligence capabilities are being eviscerated while the threats to national security emanating from cyber space are increasing. The latest cuts to the cyber capabilities within the...

Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Polysilicon and Its Derivatives

Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

9 Myths About Iran’s Uranium Enrichment Program

President Trump and his administration have demanded that Iran agree to the full, verifiable, and permanent dismantlement of its atomic weapons program — including the regime’s ability to produce enriched...

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions

Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

U.S. Intelligence Punts Again on Iran Weaponization Threat

A new U.S. intelligence assessment on Iran may once again be inaccurate. Last week, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its annual worldwide threat assessment, including an updated estimate on Iran’s nuclear program and efforts to construct a nuclear device, known as “weaponization.”

‘Increasing Fortitude’: U.S. Intelligence Report Highlights Threats From Axis of Aggressors

Axis of Aggressors Working Together Against U.S. Interests: Together and separately, Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea “are challenging U.S. interests in the world by attacking...

Iran’s Nuclear Disarmament

The Only Deal That Protects U.S. and Allied Security

Iran’s Nuclear Weapons Potential Leaps Ahead of IAEA Meeting

Iran’s major strides in its march towards a nuclear weapon hang ominously over the meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors in Vienna on March 3-7. The nuclear monitoring...

Detecting and Halting an Iranian Weaponization Effort

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Iran Conducts Cyberattacks to Terrorize Israelis

The Iranian hacking group Handala last week breached an Israeli electronics firm that operates panic button systems in schools, causing red alert sirens to trigger in at least 20 kindergartens across Israel...

Russia Exploits LA Fires to Sow Discord and Promote False Claims 

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, leveled the false claim that U.S. prison inmates were being used as forced labor to fight the Los Angeles wildfires. Her comments were part...

Unconstrained Actors

Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland

Biotech Battlefield

Weaponizing Innovation in the Age of Genomics

The Curious Case of Iran’s Destroyed Nuclear Site

On October 26 2024, the day after Israel conducted a massive counterstrike against Iranian missile and military sites, open-source sleuths noticed something strange: A building was unexpectedly missing...

American Confidence in Elections

Prohibiting Foreign Interference