Ideas
How the Kurds Drove Turkey Back to Israel (and Two Other Reasons for the Deal)
The Turks want to forestall any Israeli declaration of support for Syrian Kurdish independence aspirations, but distrust and resentment remain.
Business
India Stocks Up on Howitzers to Defend Its Border with China
New Delhi’s defence ministry approved the purchase of 145 ultra light howitzer guns from the British weapons manufacturer BAE Systems.
Policy
The Pentagon Will End Its Ban on Transgender Americans
A formal announcement is expected some time in July.
Defense Systems
Air Force explores trust issues among human-robot teams
The service gives SRA a contract to research into understanding “trust calibration” between operators and autonomous systems.
Ideas
Why Do Brexit and Trump Still Shock National Security Elites?
You have failed to listen, understand, communicate, and explain.
Ideas
America's 'Brexit' Is Coming
The U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union betrays a failure of empathy and imagination among its leaders. Will America’s political establishment fare any better?
Ideas
Don’t Learn the Wrong Lessons from Rapid Acquisition
Our enthusiasm must be tempered by an understanding of the wartime circumstances that made it work and the downsides that were accepted.
Defense Systems
Cyber Command getting closer to full deployment
Military officials tell Congress of progress in building the cyber mission force and provided examples of military operations in cyberspace.
Defense Systems
Army Forces Command looking for cyber and EW support
The command is seeking support from industry for improving its cyber and electronic warfare operations.
Science & Tech
The US Military Can’t Train To Fend Off the Worst Cyber Attacks on Infrastructure — Yet
Digital wargames that ‘truly represent a realistic and relevant threat’ are coming in 2019.
Ideas
As Defense Markets Shift, It’s Time to Stiffen Anti-Corruption Rules for Middlemen
Third-party agents, who are crucial to arms makers’ sales efforts in the global south and east, are also relatively free to misbehave.
Science & Tech
Virtual Reality Comes to US Military's Mapping Agency
U.S. officials abroad may soon be able to use their smartphone cameras to help swiftly reconstruct a bomb scene for eyes wrapped in Oculus 3-D headgear back in Washington.
Defense Systems
DOD looks to develop a preemptive approach to network defense
The Joint Force Headquarters for the DOD Information Network, a subordinate command of Cyber Command, is developing a strategic plan for defending its networks around the world.
Ideas
And the War Came: A Call for Unity—Not to Arms—in My Hometown Orlando
A Pentagon reporter raised in Orlando returned to measure the distance from the battlefield to the homefront, and found something unexpected.
Business
For Defense Firms, Brexit Could Be Europe’s Sequester
A British departure from the European Union could slow arms purchases and collaboration across the continent.
Science & Tech