Business
U.S. Will Start Cutting Its Submarine Missile Launchers Next Year
The New START treaty requires the U.S. and Russia to reduce their stockpiles and long-range delivery vehicles by 2018. By Rachel Oswald
Defense Systems
Pentagon plan calls for smarter, networked drones across air, sea and land
Despite a budget crunch, DOD wants to add autonomy and layers of integration to a growing unmanned force over the next 25 years.
Threats
Forget the Nuclear Details and End This Cold War With Iran
What matters isn't the percentage of Iran's uranium enrichment or number of centrifuges. What matters is ending the Cold War. By Peter Beinart
Threats
Iraq’s Best Hope for Peace Is Replacing Maliki
The United States may have made a mess in Iraq, but Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s reign has only made things worse. By Stephanie Gaskell
Business
The NSA's Surveillance Programs Aren't Making Us Any Safer
Simple legal tweaks won't stop an agency that has run amok. It'll take much more to make Americans more secure. By Bruce Schneier
Ideas
South Sudan Needs More Than Peacekeepers
The young country's security won't be solved with peacekeepers alone - putting the state under a trusteeship could help stabilize South Sudan. By G. Pascal Zachary
Policy
The Next Fight Over Military Sexual Assault Is Already Here
Senators Claire McCaskill and Kirsten Gillibrand are set to clash over competing proposals to reform military justice once the Senate returns. By Stacy Kaper
Threats
Poll: Cyber Attacks Biggest Threat to National Security
60 percent of respondents also say that the Army's budget should be cut as money becomes more scarce. By Jordain Carney
Defense Systems
ARL’s ‘ghost imaging’ cuts through battlefield turbulence
The Army Research Lab uses quantum properties of light to get high-resolution results from low-resolution transmissions.
Defense Systems
Ferrell takes the reins as Army CIO
Former commander of CECOM takes over C4 strategy and LandWarNet 2020 initiative.
Threats
Washington's Dysfunction Is Sabotaging America's Middle East Policy
Neither the left nor the right has offered a serious strategy for how to respond to the emergence of new types of militant groups across the Middle East. By David Rohde
Science & Tech
Snowden's Latest Leak: NSA Is Building a Quantum Computer
The NSA is building a quantum computer capable of cracking even the most difficult codes as part of an $80 million research program called 'Penetrating Hard Targets.' By Brian Resnick and Marina Koren
Policy
It's Time to Cut Military Health and Pension Benefits
In a new poll, a majority of defense and national security experts say it's time to cut military health and pension benefits. By Sara Sorcher
Business
How Sequestration Weakened the Defense Lobby
Warnings that sequestration would be Armageddon for the defense industry only hurt its credibility. By Sara Sorcher
Threats
The Global Conflicts to Watch in 2014
From a cyberattack against the United States to a civil war in Iraq, here are the threats to worry about in 2014. By Uri Friedman
Ideas
Why the Central African Republic Crisis Is a Security Problem for the U.S.
The Central African Republic is poor, landlocked and politically broken. But the U.S. still has a responsibility to help end the violence there. By Madeleine Albright
Business
The Case for Female SEALs
The military's gender integration problem is about cultural, not physical, barriers. Here's why they should start at the top, with special operations forces. By Elliot Ackerman
Policy
The 600 Doomed Defense Bills of 2013
Believe it not, members of Congress introduced 600 defense-related bills last year. More than two-thirds went absolutely nowhere. By Jordain Carney
Ideas
Top Seven National Security Books from 2013
You nominated them, so National Journal interviewed the authors of seven must-reads for security junkies. By Sara Sorcher
Business