Defense Systems
New draft rule bans government purchase of Chinese telecom gear
The interim regulation would prevent agencies from purchasing telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from five companies, including Huawei and ZTE.
Science & Tech
DARPA Is Taking On the Deepfake Problem
The agency wants to teach computers to detect errors in manipulated media using logic and common sense.
Ideas
The Strategy of Violent White Supremacy Is Evolving
The failed approach of “leaderless resistance” gets a second chance in the information age.
Policy
White House Pauses Some Diplomatic Spending
The move could provide a path for OMB to circumvent spending levels spelled out by Congress.
Defense Systems
Small business cuts coming amid NBIB merger
The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, which is absorbing National Background Investigations Bureau, expects to combine contracting offices and staff, while shrinking small business goals.
Ideas
A Reformed White Nationalist Says the Worst Is Yet to Come
Christian Picciolini discusses the mainstreaming of white nationalism, what it takes to de-radicalize far-right extremists, and why the problem is metastasizing.
Ideas
Who Needs ICBMs?
Spend the money on the other two legs of the nuclear triad, and improve global stability and U.S. security.
Ideas
How 'Great-Power Competition' Became Washington's Favorite Frame
In just a few years, GPC went from being an arcane term to approaching a cliché.
Ideas
China’s Credibility Problem
Beijing’s string of violated agreements is starting to weigh heavily on U.S.-China relations.
Defense Systems
JEDI contract on hold for DOD chief's review
The Pentagon will not award the $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud contract until Defense Secretary Mark Esper reviews the program.
Ideas
Ep. 52: Ali Wyne on the US, China and 'Great Power Competition'
Ali has been giving America’s so-called Great Power Competition with Russia and China a great deal of thought lately — especially when it comes to China.
Threats
Iran Has Hundreds of Naval Mines. The US Has a Handful of Old Minesweepers
The Navy's minesweeping fleet may once again be called into action, but their sailors say the ships are too old and broken to do the job.
Science & Tech
How Dissidents Are Using Shortwave Radio to Broadcast News Into China
Pro-democracy forces are locked in a cat-and-mouse game with the Chinese government, playing out on the airwaves, the internet and across the globe.
Business
With China, Russia in Mind, Pentagon Adding Stealthy Cruise Missiles
Lockheed Martin is building a new factory to accommodate the military’s demand.
Ideas
Consider a National-Team Approach to the Next ICBM
Boeing’s decision not to bid on the Air Force’s replacement program doesn’t have to be a disaster.
Ideas
The American Exception
The United States is not the only nation to suffer from white supremacism, but in America, it has proved uniquely deadly.
Defense Systems