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Nuclear Cooperation Among the ‘Axis of Aggressors’: An Emerging Threat

‘Brilliant Operation’: Ukraine Hammers Russian Bomber Fleet With Ambitious Drone Operation 

Ukraine’s Surprise Drone Strike: Ukraine claimed to have destroyed or damaged nearly a third of Russia’s strategic bomber fleet on June 1 in its largest drone operation within...

A reformed Voice of America is worth saving

Voice of America requires reform, not dismantlement. The Trump administration fired nearly 600 contractors who worked for the outlet, a decision that came after the government cut federal...

Trump Sets Terms as Russia Offers to Talk — Again

After months of delay and posturing, Russia has responded to President Donald Trump’s two-week ultimatum for progress on peace talks with Ukraine. The Kremlin has agreed, once again, to meet with counterparts...

Congressional Republicans Back Full Dismantlement of Iranian Nuclear Program in Letters to Trump

Congress Urges No Enrichment for Iran: Republican members of the House and Senate urged President Donald Trump to ensure that Iran cannot continue enriching uranium as part of a...

Trump’s Russia Sanctions Toolkit

Options to Increase Leverage to End Putin’s War Against Ukraine

Shaping the Future of Cyber Diplomacy

Review for State Department Reauthorization

What President Trump Must Demand to Eliminate Iran’s Nuclear Threat

The United States and Iran are set to hold landmark talks on April 12, President Donald Trump announced earlier in the week, just weeks after Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei refused the...

The Trump administration should bring Al Jazeera in line with US law

AJ+ is headquartered in the United States but the Justice Department found it operates “at the direction and control” of the Qatari government.

Funding for R&D isn’t a gift to academia. It’s vital to U.S. security.

China’s strategy for tech dominance hinges on investment in R&D. Ours should, too.

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....

Oman Is Supporting The Houthis: It Should Be Held To Account

Oman cannot have it both ways—it cannot benefit from American friendship and assistance while enabling a crisis in the Middle East.

What DeepSeek taught us about the gaps in US tech strategy

The emergence of DeepSeek underlines a lesson to American tech companies and regulators: China has a far greater edge over the US in encouraging efficiency innovation and scalability. To maintain its competitive advantage, Washington must re-evaluate its current approach to one that goes beyond tech denial to include cost-cutting innovation at home and making friends globally.

‘Peace Through Strength’ Requires Increased Defense Spending

President Donald Trump, who ran on a platform of “peace through strength,” surprised some in Washington when he suggested last week that he might support cutting the U.S. defense budget by as much...

Congress Moves to Spotlight Foreign Money on American College Campuses

Hostile foreign governments want to hijack the American higher education system. Congress wants to expose them.

Cybersecurity: A Bipartisan Imperative in a Dangerous World

In an increasingly interconnected and hostile world, cybersecurity has never been more critical. And at this critical moment, we’re witnessing troubling signs of political paralysis creeping...

Marco Rubio must convince Europe that ‘America First 2.0’ has replaced Biden-era US decline

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has a historic opportunity at this week’s Munich Security Conference to define what an “America First” foreign policy means for Europe in President Trump’s second...

The Trump Administration Acts to Arm Israel and Signals Desire to Reform U.S. Security Assistance

The Trump administration formally notified Congress on Friday that it plans to sell Israel over $8 billion in weapons, advancing sales that the Biden administration slow-rolled for months. The Trump administration’s...

‘No Jurisdiction Over the United States or Israel’: Trump Signs Executive Order Sanctioning International Criminal Court

Trump Signs Executive Order Sanctioning the ICC: President Donald Trump signed an executive order on February 6 sanctioning the International Criminal Court (ICC) for targeting...

‘Den of Antisemitism’: Hamas Held Israeli Hostages in UNRWA Camps

Israeli Hostages Held in UN camp: The three female Israeli hostages released last weekend following the ceasefire in Gaza revealed on January 21 that they were incarcerated in a...