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Congress Is Trying Harder at Its National-Security Job
But the legislature has a long way to go. Here are some areas of bipartisan agreement where progress should be possible.
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Counterterrorism in the Era of Great-Power Competition
A former Trump administration counterterrorism leader explains what’s changed since Obama, and what ought to come next.
Defense Systems
Defense industrial base cyber program adds a key partner
The voluntary public-private information-sharing program facilitates better situational awareness about IT security threats to unclassified contractor networks and information systems.
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Watch: Future Security Forum
Defense One partners with New America to bring you the Future Security Forum in Washington, D.C.
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What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030
The author of “Ghost Fleet” has some guesses — and some questions that U.S. defenders will have to answer.
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Trump's Approach to National Security: Whatever Benefits Me
This president stands apart from his government, but from Russia to DHS, his selective silence on security matters has policy effects.
Policy
Guantanamo Is Becoming a Nursing Home for Its Aging Terror Suspects
The Pentagon is required to give Gitmo detainees the same medical care as U.S. troops. How's that going to work?
Science & Tech
One Defense Agency is Building a Bot Army
And it's saving the department hundreds of thousands of work hours a year, a defense official said.
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Was That a Small Nuclear Test…or Just a Football Game?
A Los Alamos mathematician explains why we need to keep improving our seismic detectors.
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Biden Enters Campaign Talking Charlottesville, But Saying Much More
The former vice president declares “a battle for the soul of this nation,” with global leadership easter eggs hidden within.
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Did Russia Just Concede a Need to Regulate Military AI?
After years of Kremlin efforts to derail international guidelines on militarized artificial intelligence, a national-security leader appeared to signal a new course.
Defense Systems
New ways to detect network attacks sooner
Compressing the network traffic sent to central analysis servers may allow analysts to detect intrusions earlier in the transmission process.
Ideas
A Warlord Rises in Libya, and Trump Is Praising Him
It's Khalifa Haftar, the Libyan general who is leading his forces against the government the U.S. still officially backs.
Science & Tech
Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet
A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.
Policy
Top Cyber Diplomat: US Needs Allies’ Help to Punish Cyberattacks
Creating a unified international response around online attacks will help “establish the legitimacy” of norms for cyberspace.
Defense Systems