Ideas
South Korea Becomes a Testing Ground for Trump’s Grievances With Allies
The motto for the U.S.–South Korea alliance isn’t “We go together, if I get enough money as reimbursement,” one analyst observed.
Ideas
Two Ways the Venezuelan Crisis Might End
President Maduro seems likely to hold power only as long as he can pay off military elites.
Science & Tech
Pentagon Pushes for Speed in Cloud Strategy
The Defense Department expects multiple providers to support the different kinds of clouds of its missions.
Science & Tech
The US Military Is Chopping Up Its Iron Man Suit For Parts
SOCOM’s much-anticipated super suit won’t be here for Christmas.
Threats
Trump: US Will Be Working with Mideast Partners ‘For Many Years to Come’
The president acknowledged that the Islamic State continues to pose a threat even though U.S.-led coalition forces have retaken 99 percent of its territory.
Threats
Federal Agencies Ramp Up Classified Plans to Protect 2020 Elections
The departments of Justice and Homeland Security delivered their joint review of meddling during 2018 to the White House.
Defense Systems
DISA digs into blockchain as a service
The Defense Information Systems Agency is considering adding blockchain as a service to its infrastructure platform.
Policy
Trump Announces Second North Korea Summit in State of the Union
The president stuck to the teleprompter in his 82-minute SOTU speech, the second-longest in history.
Policy
Senior Officials Downplay Trump Plan to Keep Troops In Iraq to ‘Watch Iran’
Some Baghdad watchers say the president’s remarks could imperil the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
Science & Tech
The Pentagon’s First AI Strategy Will Focus on Near-Term Operations — and Safety
The document is intended to make commander think through the implications of their new artificial-intelligence tools.
Threats
Lawmakers Tell Pentagon: Revise and Resubmit Your Climate-Change Report
The most recent one didn’t even meet the legal requirements contained in the 2018 defense authorization act.
Policy
Top General in Middle East Says He Wasn’t Consulted on Syria Withdrawal
U.S. Central Command commander Gen. Joseph Votel provided the first public confirmation that the Pentagon was caught by surprise by Trump’s December tweet.
Science & Tech
When Delete’s Not Good Enough: Navy to Burn 2 Tons of Digital Storage
Researchers at the Naval Surface Warfare Center have a lot of classified information stored on digital devices and issued a solicitation to literally watch it all burn.
Defense Systems
Who are the defense innovators among the 2019 Fed 100?
Fully one-fifth of this year's Fed 100 are military personnel or civilian defense employees.
Defense Systems
Pentagon sketches plans for cloud-based office apps
Under the $8.2 billion Defense Enterprise Office Solutions contract, the Defense Department will buy email, content management, file storage, productivity tools, web conferencing, instant messaging, native audio and video and mobility.
Defense Systems