Ideas
What Went Wrong With France's Deradicalization Program?
By training at-risk youths in history, philosophy, literature, and religion, the government hoped to fight terrorism at its root.
Ideas
All That Could Go Wrong When Jihadists Return Home — to China
Once separatists, now jihadists, some Uighurs returning from the ISIS battlefield could threaten — and test — Beijing.
Threats
If North Korea Fires an ICBM, the US Might Have to Shoot It Down Over Russia
Missile-defense physics may require interceptors to fly into ‘the teeth of the Russian early warning net.’
Threats
How to Tell If North Korea and America Are Actually Headed to War
Watch what Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un do, not just what they say.
Defense Systems
Video Update 9-28-17: Pentagon unveils new electronic warfare strategy
A new Pentagon electronic warfare strategy aims to reinvent EW with faster modernization, improved technology investment and stronger industry collaboration.
Ideas
How Would Reagan’s Defense Secretary View the New Afghanistan Strategy?
Caspar Weinberger’s six principles for using military force are a useful lens on Trump’s newish path in Southwest Asia.
Policy
Here’s How Much of Your Taxes Have Gone To Wars
Previously unreported Pentagon data shows how much the average U.S. taxpayer has paid for combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and now Syria.
Defense Systems
Military expands ability to defend against radio-controlled explosives with new JCREW system
The JCREW I1B1 will protect foot soldiers by improving electronic countermeasure capabilities.
Ideas
The World Will Soon Have a New Terror Hub in Myanmar If the Rohingya Crisis Continues
Unless the West takes practical steps to help the Rohingya, terrorism may find a new frontier in Asia — and China may buttress its regional power.
Defense Systems
Navy to speed cloud migration & industry involvement in NGEN-R
The Navy will extend current contract to account for delays in award of new contract.
Science & Tech
3 Questions: America’s Next Nuclear-Missile Submarine
Built to deter America's enemies for the next 60 years, the Navy's new missile sub is slated to be the U.S. military’s third most-expensive program — ever.
Defense Systems
Navy unveils new data analytics strategy
A new Navy Strategy for Data and Analytics Optimization calls for faster innovation, deployment and integration with emerging commercial technology.
Ideas
Why Trump Should Be the One Stopping to Take a Knee
I support the cause, but I'm a combat veteran, so I won't kneel. We still need a leader who brings the temperature down, not cranks it up.
Science & Tech
The Future the US Military is Constructing: a Giant, Armed Nervous System
Service chiefs are converging on a single strategy for military dominance: connect everything to everything.
Threats
Could North Korea Shoot Down US Warplanes?
Some of Pyongyang's surface-to-air missiles are old, but its newer ones could threaten American aircraft.
Threats