The Pentagon
Doling out tough love to European countries should top Trump’s NATO summit agenda
This week’s NATO summit in Ankara arrives at a fraught moment: Even as America and its allies face growing threats from authoritarian powers, differences over Ukraine, Iran, Greenland and US military...
Op-eds
Generating and Retaining Premier Cyber Warriors
Cyber specialists have become as essential to modern warfare as pilots, submariners, and special operators. Yet the Pentagon continues to face a challenge that has plagued it for decades: generating and...
Op-eds
China Targets the U.S. Rare Earth Comeback
The short pause in U.S.-China minerals warfare is over. The May 2026 Trump-Xi summit in Beijing raised hopes of extending the critical minerals truce that began at the October 2025 Busan summit, where...
Policy Briefs
Updated Pentagon List Targets China’s Military-Civil Fusion Program
The Pentagon just fired a warning shot at Beijing — and Wall Street. On June 8, the Pentagon released its updated Section 1260H list, which designates Chinese companies as supporting Beijing’s military-civil...
Policy Briefs
Hezbollah Snubs Trump Offer of Israel Truce
Hezbollah was quick to reject the latest Israel-Lebanon ceasefire brokered by the United States this week. It did so despite President Donald Trump floating direct talks with the Iranian-backed terrorist...
Policy Briefs
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.
Op-eds
The Pentagon Is Transforming U.S. Commercial Satellites Into Tactical Battlefield Infrastructure
Contested battlefields can change in seconds. Vehicles move, targets disappear, and outdated intelligence can quickly place U.S. operators at risk. For special operations forces (SOF) operating...
Policy Briefs
Spectrum Abundance for Weird Space Stuff
Public Comments
Unleashing American Drone Dominance
Public Comments
Data Centers, Telecommunications Networks, and Space-Based Systems
Modernizing DHS’s SRMA Role for the Communications and IT Sectors
Legislative Testimonies
Preserving Israel’s military edge: Strategic steps for the Defense Ministry
Shifting regional alliances, major arms deals, and rising threats are putting unprecedented pressure on Israel’s qualitative military edge, and demanding a new strategy to preserve it.
Op-eds
America Can’t Reindustrialize on Chinese Batteries
Washington has learned, often the hard way, that supply chains once treated as purely commercial can carry real national security consequences. Huawei exposed that risk in telecommunications. Chinese drones...
Op-eds
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
Implementing Cybercom 2.0 Should Not Postpone Establishing a Cyber Force
The Cybercom 2.0 initiative to improve cyber force generation does not preclude establishing a Cyber Force—it can lay the groundwork for one.
Op-eds
Russia’s Gray Zone War Against NATO
It’s a battlefield so cold that even Marvel’s Captain America might find himself looking around for a space heater, but that doesn’t mean the fight isn’t warming up. The Kremlin has been waging...
Op-eds
This missile just proved itself in Iran. The US needs more, ASAP
Despite its advantages, the Precision Strike Missile has so far been procured in relatively small quantities.
Op-eds
Will Trump Finish the Job in Iran?
The Islamic Republic has been severely degraded, but it will continue to pose a threat to the Gulf.
Op-eds
There’s Only One Path to Victory in Iran
In less than three weeks, the United States and Israel have destroyed many of the military assets Iran has used to menace the Middle East for decades. The Pentagon reported 15,000 strikes in the first 10 days, which not only blew up launchers, missiles and ships; they also leveled some of the production sites that once replenished Iran’s arsenal.