Ideas
Russia, China Offer Challenges in the Arctic
America’s top naval commander in Europe looks at the geostrategic challenges of the warming High North.
Ideas
Brexit’s National-Security Impact: It’s More Than the Economy, Stupid
The Trump Administration must broaden its trade-focused perspective, lest it find itself even more isolated from Washington’s closest allies and partners.
Threats
Dunford: US Will Provide Intel, Not Escorts, In Strait Of Hormuz
The Trump administration wants to put together an international coalition to prevent tanker attacks from Iran.
Business
Fearing Iran, Qatar Continues Building its Missile Defenses
The Middle Eastern nation told the White House it would buy NASAMS and add to its Patriot batteries.
Defense Systems
Lawmakers look to NDAA for health record push
Members of the House Veterans Affairs Committee want to use the must-pass 2020 defense authorization bill to advance interoperability and joint management of the electronic health records systems at the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs.
Ideas
The US Protects the Global Commons. Others Can Police Its Choke Points
Trump's not wrong when he says European, Mideast, and Asian nations should do more to protect Gulf shipping.
Defense Systems
Pentagon scopes out 5G impact for military bases
The Pentagon is putting together a list of bases where it will test -- and ultimately deploy -- 5G capabilities.
Policy
Britain’s Options for Its Ambassador: Defend or Dismiss
The U.K. is left with two seemingly impossible choices after President Trump’s assertion that “we will no longer deal with” Sir Kim Darroch.
Science & Tech
The NSA Is Behind Schedule on Surveillance-Abuse Controls
The NSA inspector general also criticized the spy agency's data-security plans.
Ideas
China Should Consider Supporting a Korean Nuclear Deal
If Beijing hoped that a nuclear North Korea would decrease U.S. presence in the Pacific, that strategy has backfired.
Science & Tech
New Camera Could Help Drones See Through Camouflage
Researchers copied a technique pioneered by creatures like the mantis shrimp.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon Looks to Virtual Reality to Prepare Troops for Nuclear War
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency wants info about VR training systems that could simulate “radiological threats.”
Defense Systems
Navy wants 'see something, send something' system
The Naval District Washington is looking for ways to make it easier for analysts to react to reports of suspicious activity in real time.
Threats
Why Won't Europe Take Back ISIS Fighters from Syria for Trial?
Italy took one. Hundreds more languish while governments slowly decide what to do next.
Defense Systems
The next generation of high-performance computers
IARPA wants to develop quicker, more durable ways to design new architectures and applications for high performance computers.
Policy
UK Defense Secretary: We Need a Stronger NATO Now More Than Ever
Penny Mordaunt recaps June’s NATO ministerial and looks ahead to the December NATO Summit in London.
Defense Systems