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Washington Should Not Reduce Military Exercises With South Korea

President Donald Trump ordered the Department of Defense to “substantially reduce” military exercises between the U.S. and South Korean militaries on Sunday. These regularly occurring combined exercises...

Modern War Demands a Data-Centric, Cloud-Based Command and Control Architecture

Russia’s war against Ukraine is the first real-world test of how to master a battlefield overwhelmed by data, exposing how quickly modern forces must receive, process, and share information to survive....

Open-Source Intel Makes U.S. Troops an Easier Target for Iran

Iran is reading American service members’ social media feeds to deadly effect. The fact is that not all intelligence must be gleaned from secret, closed sources for it to be effective, and Tehran...

Will the Gulfies dump Trump?

A power vacuum threatens the Middle East

Prohibiting the Importation and Marketing of Certain Covered UAS and UAS Critical Components and Equipment Listed in Section 1709 of FY2025 NDAA

Russia Is Expanding Its Arctic Submarine Fleet, Highlighting NATO’s Need for Enhanced Maritime Surveillance in the High North

Arctic waters have always been frigid, but Russia’s expansion of its Northern Fleet is making the security environment more chilling. On July 28, Moscow launched the Ulyanovsk, its newest Yasen-M-class...

Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility

Space Force Is Deepening Allied Cooperation. Congress Should Track the Results.

The United States and its allies are still fine-tuning how to operate together in space. During the last week of June, U.S. and other Five Eyes personnel convened at Vandenberg Space Force Base for...

FCC Confronts Chinese-Produced Power Inverters and Robots

The United States is pushing China out of its domestic critical infrastructure, one bolt at a time.  On July 28, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced the addition of all foreign-produced...

How to break Iran’s terrorist regime

“Gradually, then suddenly” could work

The US military must RACE to rebuild its supply of munitions

The United States produces the most technologically advanced weapons in the world, but that’s not enough to deter and win future conflicts. The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East are demonstrating...

What is Iran’s breaking point? Part 2

The AI Cyber Fix Washington Can’t Afford To Botch

From the export controls on Anthropic’s latest models to President Trump’s executive order on AI security, the White House has now shifted its focus to AI-enabled cyber security risks. On July 14,...

How Congress Is Pressing the U.S. Space Force To Mature

“Space is no longer a sanctuary. Adversaries, particularly the People’s Republic of China, are rapidly fielding counterspace weapons that threaten critical joint force capabilities,” the House Appropriations...

America’s Military Plans Depend on Infrastructure It Doesn’t Secure

Military power is meaningless if it cannot move. Every American war plan, from deterring aggression in Europe to prevailing in the Indo-Pacific, depends on our ability to maneuver people,...

Turkey’s Cooperation with Russia and China Is a Major Reason It Shouldn’t Receive the F-35 Jet

President Trump departed the NATO Summit in Ankara without announcing Turkey’s reinstatement in the F-35 program, a major disappointment to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. This omission...

The US military is not organized for cyber war

The military has services for land, sea, air and space. It is time to build one for cyberspace.

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Mitigating Risks Related to Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (DFARS Case 2021-D011)

Don’t Decimate U.S. Military Posture in Europe

As NATO leaders gather in Ankara next week, there is much to celebrate. Ukraine is gaining the upper hand on the battlefield against Russia. European defense spending is way up. Many European...