United States Strategic Command

November 6, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, David Adesnik

Learning the Right Lessons From ‘A House of Dynamite’

Within three days of its debut on Netflix, “A House of Dynamite” rocketed to the top of the streaming service’s charts, with more than 22 million views. In the film, a nuclear-armed ballistic missile,...

June 4, 2025 | RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery |

Assessing the Challenges Facing NATO

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March 31, 2025 | |

‘There Will Be a Bombing’: Trump Threatens to Attack Iran if No Nuclear Deal Reached

Trump Threatens Tehran: U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran and impose secondary tariffs on the country if it does not enter into negotiations over its nuclear...

February 10, 2025 | Bradley Bowman, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense

President Trump issued an executive order, “The Iron Dome for America,” on January 27, jumpstarting a major effort to deploy and maintain a “next generation” missile shield to better...

October 10, 2024 | Max Lesser, Sophie McDowall, Cat Smith

Nip the Bots in the Bud

Proactively Taking Down and Preventing the Creation of Inauthentic Social Media Entities

August 17, 2024 | Jason Jay Smart, Ivana Stradner

Is Russia Raising Specter of ‘Dirty Bomb’ to Prime Public for False Flag?

Russia has vast playbook full of “dirty tricks” by which it can deceive public opinion and distort perception of reality. History show that false flag operations have always been a viable option.

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

United States Cyber Force

A Defense Imperative

October 26, 2022 | Samantha Ravich, RADM (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

Harden the cybersecurity of US nuclear complex now

Deterrence is only as good as it is credible

April 28, 2022 | Anthony Ruggiero, Bradley Bowman, John Hardie

Russia’s Sarmat test underscores need to modernize US nuclear triad

Russia conducted its first flight test of the RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile on April 20. The launch represents a notable milestone in Russia’s ongoing nuclear modernization designed...

October 8, 2021 | Anthony Ruggiero |

Biden Must Continue the Bipartisan Nuclear Consensus

A nuclear arms race is underway, but so far, the only participants are Russia and China. The United States, for its part, is barely treading water.

January 14, 2021 | Eric S. Edelman, John Hardie

Russia

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Maj. Amoreena York

Avoiding a Self-Inflicted Wound in the Sinai

December 15, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Leon Panetta

Defending Forward

Securing America by Projecting Military Power Abroad

September 28, 2020 | Bradley Bowman, Maj. Scott D. Adamson

America’s military deserves timely funding from Congress

As the federal fiscal year ends on Sept. 30, the Department of Defense once again does not have an on-time authorization or full-year defense appropriation from Congress. Sadly, the use of so-called continuing...

May 28, 2020 | David Maxwell, Mathew Ha

Kim Jong Un Returns to Preside Over Central Military Commission

Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in three weeks to oversee a May 25 meeting of North Korea’s Central Military Commission (CMC). The key takeaway: Pyongyang remains fully committed to developing...

June 14, 2019 | Bradley Bowman, Andrew Gabel

The U.S. must deploy a sub-launched low-yield nuke

In its annual consideration of the defense policy bill this week, the House Armed Services Committee narrowly ...

March 27, 2019 | Bradley Bowman |

Missile Defense Agency Report Highlights Unfunded Priorities

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) submitted its Report on Unfunded Priorities...

January 18, 2019 | Samantha Ravich, Brian Mazanec

Lessons for the Cyber Battlefield from the Early Nuclear Era’s Single Integrated Operating Plan

December 18, 2017 | Annie Fixler, Trevor Logan

House Bill Elevates Civilian Cybersecurity Agency

The House passed the...

July 31, 2017 | Behnam Ben Taleblu |

Making Sense of Iran’s Latest Satellite-Launch Vehicle Test

Late last week, Iran formally inaugurated the Imam Khomeini Space Launch Center by conducting the second test of its “Simorgh” rocke...