Policy
‘Stunning’ Executive Order Enables Politicized Civil Service
President Trump's new directive allows thousands of federal jobs now filled through competition to be turned into at-will positions.
Ideas
The Head of US Intelligence Has Ceased to Be an Honest Broker
The result has been grave damage to U.S. counterintelligence and electoral security efforts.
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Breaking Down Silos: DevSecOps Makes Security Everyone’s Business
DevSecOps is a game-changer for security teams. Industry experts share the advantages, explain the barriers to adoption and offer insight on how to successfully deploy the beneficial concept.
Ideas
Preserve the Jones Act
China’s burgeoning fleets underscore the important of legislation that bolsters our own.
Threats
Iran Using Voter Data to Spoof Floridians, Warn US Intelligence Leaders
Voting systems remain secure but Russia and Iran have obtained voter data, warn DNI Ratcliffe and FBI Director Wray.
Ideas
As the US Slumps Away, China Subsumes African Security Arrangements
Organizations created to fight terror groups after 9/11 are becoming conduits for Beijing’s surveillance and influence.
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Helping the DoD Meet Cloud Modernization Objectives
Enterprise Hybrid Cloud can be used to extend, mitigate, protect, and manage DoD’s cloud-based resources. Building such a hybrid cloud is a major Joint Information Environment (JIE) objective.
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Ideas
The Right’s Disinformation Machine Is Getting Ready for Trump to Lose
QAnon has become a linchpin of far-right media—and the effort to preemptively delegitimize the election.
Ideas
The World Order That Donald Trump Revealed
When it comes to foreign policy, the president’s most important characteristic is not amorality or a lack of curiosity; it is naïveté.
Business
Is Lockheed Building the Air Force’s Secret Fighter?
Executives drop some not-so-subtle clues.
Ideas
Ep. 80: Army Chief Gen. McConville returns
How is the U.S. Army dealing with COVID? And what about that new joint project with the Air Force, CJADC2?
Ideas
What We Don’t Know About Military Innovation
It’s time to take stock of the Pentagon’s various rapid-acquisition efforts.
Threats
US Charges Six Russians with Major Cyberattacks
U.S. officials said a new indictment describing a four-year global conspiracy belies the country’s recent offer to reset relations in cyberspace.
Threats
Intelligence Experts Suspicious of DNI Ratcliffe On Laptop Story
The chief of the U.S. intelligence community appeared to pre-judge the conclusions of an active FBI investigation.
Ideas
Extremists Don’t Belong in the Military
The factors that divide Americans today pose a greater threat to the country than any foreign adversary does.
Ideas
To Reboot Arms Control, Start with Small Steps
Stop accusing. Set aside questions of structure. Start talking.
Ideas
Why Donald Trump’s Debt is a National Security Risk
If you owe someone a lot of money, they have leverage over you. To whom, exactly, does the U.S. president owe this money?
Ideas
The Third Coronavirus Surge Has Arrived
This week’s COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations make clear that the U.S. is once again sinking deeper into the pandemic.
Business
Army Halts Apache Helicopter Deliveries
For the second time in two years, the Army had to stop accepting Boeing's attack helicopter. The exact reason remains unknown.
Policy
Milley Speaks Out — and Trump Stays Mum
After a controversial summer, the Joint Chiefs chairman is holding his own with a string of public pronouncements.
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