America runs on GPS. It needs a backup plan
Most Americans think GPS merely provides directions: open the map, follow the blue dot and get where you need to go. But that’s just the consumer application. The national security applications of GPS...
U.S. Department of Transportation
Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility
Public Comments
Audit Finds Federal Aviation Administration Delinquent in Cybersecurity Practices
For years, America’s air traffic has run on systems the federal government knows are not secure. The Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) has published an...
Policy Briefs
Turbulence Ahead: Navigating the Challenges of Aviation Cybersecurity
Monographs
CSC 2.0 Report on Military Mobility
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Media Calls
Examining the Office of Insular Affairs’ Role in Fostering Prosperity in the Pacific Territories and Addressing External Threats to Peace and Security
Legislative Testimonies
Countering Threats Posed by the Chinese Communist Party to U.S. National Security
Legislative Testimonies
The U.S. Must Combat CCP-Sanctioned Overseas Spying by Private Entities
Chinese law turns even private actors into state collectors of intelligence. America must fight back.
Op-eds
More Cyber Collaboration Between TSA and Industry Will Put Railroad Operators on the Right Track
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced updates to three security directives last week aimed at strengthening the cyber resilience of passenger and freight railroads. The new guidance...
Policy Briefs
Full Steam Ahead
Enhancing Maritime Cybersecurity
Memos
Why Cybersecurity Decision-making Needs Better Statistics
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) released a report last month concluding that the lack of centralized, standardized, uniform data on cyberattacks “stymies public policy debates and action.”...
Policy Briefs
All Over the Map
The Chinese Communist Party’s Subnational Interests in the United States
Monographs
ICAO’s Authoritarian Test
When Belarus’ authoritarian strongman, Aleksandr Lukashenko, personally dispatched a fully armed MiG-29 fighter jet to intercept Ryanair Flight FR4978 in order to arrest a journalist and regime critic,...
Op-eds
Federal Agencies Fail to Meet Basic Cybersecurity Standards
The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued a stark bipartisan...
Policy Briefs
Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination
Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to ...
Policy Briefs
Kuwait Airways’ Anti-Israel Discrimination
Kuwait’s national carrier has agreed, without admitting liability, to pay damages...
Policy Briefs
German diplomats defend Kuwait Airways’ ‘no Israelis allowed’ policy
German diplomats have said accusations of antisemitism against Kuwait Airways for its practice of refusing Israeli passengers are exaggerated, triggering sharp criticism from the Simon Wiesenthal...
Op-eds
German Judge Compares Israel To State Sponsors of Terror Iran, North Korea
German judge Wolfram Sauer, who ruled last week in Frankfurt that Kuwait Airways can bar an Israeli passenger from flying on the Gulf country’s airline because of his nationality, juxtapose...
Op-eds
FDD Names Board of Advisors to Help Guide Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance
WASHINGTON – The Foundation for Defense of Democracies today announced 18 experts who will serve as members of the Board of Advisors for its Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF)....