Policy

Congress Says It Doesn’t Need a Tech Advisory Office

Lawmakers voted against reinstating the Office of Technology Assessment, which was defunded in 1995.

Ideas

What Europe Can Teach America About Russian Disinformation

“If we are serious about defending Western values, now is the time.”

Ideas

The Trump Administration Is Driving Away Immigrant Entrepreneurs

Foreign-born founders start a huge number of America's most innovative businesses — including ones that support the Pentagon. But new government policies are making it harder for them to stay.

Ideas

The French President Has Described America Like a Rogue State

"We have to try to convince the United States to remain in the community of nations.”

Policy

US to India: Buy American, Not Russian

Officials hope Delhi’s $15 billion in US arms deals over the past decade are just the beginning.

Defense Systems

Help us find DOD's top disruptors

The Government Innovation Awards recognize the top projects and programs in six critical technology categories. Nominate today!

Ideas

Ep. 7: Singapore prospects; Q&A Rep. Rob Wittman; Trinidad's ISIS; D-Day stories.

Welcome to our podcast about the news, strategy, tech, and business trends defining the future of national security.

Threats

With Ceasefire, Afghan President Offers ‘An Opportunity for the Taliban’

Ashraf Ghani has ordered his forces to stand down for a week, but are the insurgents interested?

Ideas

This Is the Week that the Drone Surveillance State Became Real

Not only do local police now have access to drones, but footage from those flying cameras will be automatically analyzed by AI systems not disclosed to the public.

Business

Google’s New Ethics Rules Forbid Using Its AI for Weapons

In the wake of an employee protest, the internet giant also vows not to use AI in surveillance tools that would violate “internationally accepted norms.”

Defense Systems

Air Force announces partnership to push emerging tech

The Air Force Academy inked a five-year cooperative research and development agreement with telecom giant AT&T to keep better pace with the speed of commercial advancement.

Ideas

Pentagon to Industry: Show Us Your Latest Information-Warfare Tools

The Joint Information Operations Warfare CenterJoint Information Operations Warfare Center wants to know the realm of the possible.

Science & Tech

Russia, Too, Is Building a Giant War Cloud

It’s the latest improvement in the Russian military’s ability to operate off the rest of the world’s grid.

Ideas

What Happens in the Gulf Doesn’t Stay in the Gulf

A year after the Qatar crisis began, it’s having potentially dangerous reverberations in the Horn of Africa.

Ideas

Rick Perry Should Not Be Allowed to Pick Nuclear Weapons

The Trump administration and its allies in Congress want the Energy Secretary to determine whether to develop a new class of low-yield nuclear weapons.

Science & Tech

Lockheed Boosts Investment in Early-Stage Tech Companies

Silicon Valley isn’t closing itself off to military money, just because Google is.

Threats

What a Small ISIS Cell in Trinidad is Teaching SOUTHCOM

Just because a country is relatively small doesn’t diminish the threat, or the difficulty of mustering a counter-effort.