United States Department of Agriculture

September 2, 2026 | Sophie McDowall, Kateryna Kvasha

7 Ways the U.S. Is Trying To Defend Its Water System From Hackers

In the wake of nationwide cyberattacks on America’s water infrastructure, the Trump administration launched Project Watershed 250 on August 31. The six-month pilot, based in Texas, pairs local water...

August 6, 2026 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act of 1978

April 20, 2026 | Daniel Swift |

Don’t Let Iran Sow Hunger Around the World

The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has revealed Iran’s ability to threaten the global food supply.

January 28, 2026 | Jack Burnham, Johanna Yang

Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act: Revisions to Reporting Requirements

December 11, 2025 | Elaine K. Dezenski |

Trojan Horse

China's Auto Threat to America

July 10, 2025 | Jack Burnham, Maria Riofrio

USDA Releases Plan to Protect U.S. Agriculture From Cyber Threats and Chinese Intrusions

Washington is moving to block China and other adversaries from buying U.S. farmland and hacking our food supply. On July 8, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its National Farm Security...

October 30, 2024 | David Rader, Adam Papa

Why the Defense Department needs a chief economist

The Department of Defense budget is growing, and the DOD is spending more money in novel industries and nontraditional areas than ever before. To ensure the DOD spends smartly in this new environment,...

May 23, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Jiwon Ma

We must invest in defending our critical infrastructures

When it comes to cybersecurity, the Biden administration is failing to put its money where its mouth is. Over the past month, the administration has released a flurry of well-constructed...

March 5, 2024 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Sophie McDowall

America’s Food Supply Has a Cyber Problem

Fine-tuned sensors let farmers know which fields need more water and which crops need more fertilizer. But today, a hacker halfway around the world, working as a criminal actor or paid by a foreign government,...

March 23, 2023 | Emily de La Bruyère |

China’s Global Influence and Interference Activities

November 18, 2021 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery, Trevor Logan

Poor Cybersecurity Makes Water a Weak Link in Critical Infrastructure

November 30, 2011 | Clifford D. May

Buried Treasure

An All-of-the-Above energy policy could spur economic recovery and bolster national security.

November 4, 2011 | Small Wars Journal

COIN is Dead. Long Live COIN?

By Bill Ardolino On a warm August afternoon, two dozen US and Afghan soldiers trudged through sticky corn fields to the village of Majiles in the contentious district of Sabari...

June 15, 2011 | The New Atlantis

In Defense of Biofuels

On the world markets, the cost of a barrel of oil is, at this writing, over $120. In the United States, a gallon of gasoline now costs, on average, roughly $3.50. Even when adjusted for inflation...

April 8, 2011 | |

Magic With U.S. Money for the United Nations

Welcome to the latest Magical Mystery Tour of American funding for the United Nations. Today’s featured mystery is, how to explain the missing $2.8 billion? Thursday morning, Presi...