Ideas
Expect North Korea to Add Nuclear Coercion to Its Provocation Playbook
Kim's nuclear arsenal is built to "deter and coerce." We're probably going to find out soon what forms the latter will take.
Defense Systems
How NGA plans to reinvent its acquisition efforts
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is looking to revamp its acquisition process to lean heavily on small businesses and agile spending authorities.
Ideas
Russia's Favorite Syrian Warlord
Brigadier General Suheil al-Hassan has won over Putin and played a central role in the assault on eastern Ghouta.
Defense Systems
USMC, CyberCom show interest in quantum and blockchain
The Marine Corps and U.S. Cyber Command are both exploring how quantum computing and blockchain could transform their business practices.
Threats
‘We're Finding It Difficult to Hold’ Territory in Somalia: Senator
Somali government forces, African partner nations, and half a thousand U.S. troops are having trouble holding off the extremists of al Shabaab.
Defense Systems
Nakasone talks cyber deterrence at confirmation hearing
"Our adversaries have not seen our response in sufficient detail to change their behavior,” the Army general said when asked about previous cyber provocations.
Ideas
Talk About Extremists, But Don't Politicize the Debate
Singer's call to focus on right-wing extremists is dangerous to a profession that needs to remain above partisan politics.
Science & Tech
CYBERCOM Chief Nominee Plans Recommendation on NSA Split Within Three Months
Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone has “no predisposed opinion” about the split, he told lawmakers.
Ideas
Whatever Happened to Trump's Counterterrorism Strategy?
His approach borrows from his predecessors’, while exacerbating their worst, most counterproductive tendencies.
Ideas
In the Competition over Syria's Reconstruction, China Is the Likely Winner
Beijing sees a double opportunity in rebuilding the wartorn country: to extend its new Silk Road and expand its economic and political influence westward.
Defense Systems
Air Force wants better software security baked in
The AOC Pathfinder project leverages agile development to ensure that the software is automatically certified.
Science & Tech
The US is Accelerating Development of Its Own 'Invincible' Hypersonic Weapons
Russia isn’t the only country looking to build invincible hypersonic weapons. Here’s the latest on the U.S. efforts to send missiles and even aircraft five times faster than sound.
Ideas
Putin Just Gave Trump the Arms Race He Sought
'Let it be an arms race,' Trump said, two years ago. Now we have one. It doesn't have to be this way.
Science & Tech
CYBERCOM Leader Offers Advice for His Successor
U.S. Cyber Command's mission has already outgrown its capacity.
Defense Systems
DOD looks to share more spectrum
The government is going to study the possibility of making a 100 megahertz swath of spectrum available for high-speed mobile broadband.
Policy
