United States Cyber Command

March 27, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Trump’s Cyber Strategy Is a Strong Playbook, but It’s All in the Execution

The White House is making a significant effort toward putting the nation’s cyber house in order. A newly released National Cyber Strategy represents a big step in the right direction for U.S. national...

November 21, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Establishing a Cyber Force: A Defense Imperative

November 17, 2025 | Craig Singleton, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Benjamin Jensen

Chinese Coercion of Taiwan’s Energy Lifelines: A Contest Taiwan and the West Can’t Afford to Lose

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September 9, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Dr. Erica Lonergan, Joe Dougherty

Building the Future U.S. Cyber Force

What Right Looks Like

July 3, 2025 | Annie Fixler, Stefan Videnovic

Iranian and Pro-Regime Cyberattacks Against Americans (2011-Present)

Since 2011, the Islamic Republic of Iran and pro-regime hackers have increasingly utilized digital technology to threaten U.S. national security, conducting dozens of cyber operations against Americans....

June 20, 2025 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, Jiwon Ma

The Pentagon knows its cyber force model is broken. Here’s how to fix it

More than two decades after declaring cyberspace a warfighting domain, the U.S. military relies on an inefficient and ineffective solution to generate the capabilities needed to defend it.

May 15, 2025 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

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...

May 15, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Deterrence Amid Rising Tensions

Preventing CCP Aggression on Taiwan

March 26, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler, Joe Dougherty

CSC 2.0 Report on Military Mobility

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March 13, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Jiwon Ma

SOLARIUM TURNS FIVE

This week marks the five-year anniversary of the release of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission’s original March 2020 report, a blueprint that has reshaped U.S. cybersecurity strategy and policymaking....

March 7, 2025 | John Hardie |

Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker: March

Welcome back to the Trump Administration Foreign Policy Tracker. Once a month, we ask FDD’s experts and scholars to assess the administration’s foreign policy. They provide trendlines...

February 20, 2025 | Annie Fixler, Ania Uzieblo

Russia’s AI-Powered Cyberattacks Threaten to Outpace Western Defenses

Russia is increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to refine its cyber espionage and enhance attack precision, warned Western officials at the Munich Security Conference this past weekend.

January 22, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Unconstrained Actors

Assessing Global Cyber Threats to the Homeland

June 28, 2024 | Bradley Bowman |

Cognitive Combat

China, Russia, and Iran’s Information War Against Americans

March 25, 2024 | Dr. Erica Lonergan, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

United States Cyber Force

A Defense Imperative

March 11, 2024 | Jiwon Ma, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Removing the Trojan Horse from America’s ports

The Greek legend of the Trojan horse is a tale of deception, a story children everywhere learn as youngsters. Yet America seems to have forgotten what befell Troy, and, consequently, has instead welcomed Trojan...

November 27, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler

Cyber Command Should Tap on Iran’s Windows

The Biden administration wants to avoid the Israel-Hamas war sparking a wider regional conflict, but Iran hasn’t gotten the message. While U.S. intelligence claims Iran wants to avoid a larger...

September 19, 2023 | Jiwon Ma, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

2023 Annual Report on Implementation

July 27, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Annie Fixler

Building Partner Capabilities for Cyber Operations

April 26, 2023 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Baker’s Dozen: Thirteen Recommendations to Improve Deterrence in the Western Pacific

The United States Department of Defense (DOD), with the support of both Congress and the U.S. defense industrial base, has built the preeminent military force in the world. The United States has unmatched power projection capability, the ability to establish air and maritime dominance far from its shores, the resources to execute large scale ground maneuver operations, and the ability to conduct brigade-level amphibious operations. But despite all this, the United States will not be ready to deter and defeat America’s most capable adversary — China — in the demanding military environment the United States will face in the next few years in the western Pacific.