Policy

After Crimea, Sweden Flirts With Joining NATO

Swedish officials are worried that Russia could try to seize a strategically located Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. By Matt Ford

Ideas

Obama Needs to Use This U.N. Meeting to Back Privacy as a Human Right

As the U.N. meets this week to review the U.S.’s human rights record and NSA spying, President Obama should heed his rhetoric. By Steven Watt

Policy

How the Navy's 7th Fleet Is Combing the Seas Near Malaysia for the Missing Airliner

As the search for Flight MH370 approaches its seventh day, search efforts expand westward. By Ben Watson

Defense Systems

Enabling battlefield big data ‘on the move’

UAVs, sensors and mobile devices are creating a staggering amount of data. Solid-state storage can help manage and analyze it, NetApp’s Greg Gardner says.

Defense Systems

DOD adds $750M to Northrop deal for IT support

The modification of a contract for support to the ballistic missile defense systems raises the total value of the 10-year deal to $3.5 billion.

Policy

Condi Rice's Ukrainian Battle Cry

Even without mentioning Iraq, the Bush era national security advisor is again war-mongering in the name of 'democracy and human rights.' By Ta-Nehisi Coates

Defense Systems

Army aims to make mobile tactical network iPhone-easy (almost)

Recent improvements to WIN-T Increment 2 include faster startup, a friendlier interface and improved troubleshooting.

Defense Systems

Northrop Grumman delivers GPS III antennas

Self-deploying antennas destined for next batch of next-generation navigation satellites.

Policy

Special Ops Moves from ‘Perpetual War to Perpetual Engagement’

Special Operations commander Adm. William McRaven tells Congress that ‘we need our friends and allies more now than ever before.’ By Ben Watson

Ideas

What Would Jimmy Carter Do?

With a Russian invasion, defiant autocrats, and spreading security threat, President Barack Obama could learn something from the former president. By Andrew F. Krepinevich

Policy

Feinstein Says CIA Illegally Spied on Senate’s Torture Investigation

Sen. Dianne Feinstein accused the CIA of breaking the law when it tapped into a secure database of interrogation records. By Kevin Baron

Threats

NATO Expands Recon Flights in Eastern Europe

NATO is adding flights over Poland and Romania in the latest response to Russian efforts in Ukraine. By Global Security Newswire

Policy

The Decline of the American War Hawk

There's been a backlash in the United States against foreign interventionism. By Conor Friedersdorf

Science & Tech

Will Weaponized Drones Eventually Replace Soldiers?

Sometime in the near future, the autonomous, weaponized drone could replace the infantryman as the dominant battlefield technology. By Noah Smith

Defense Systems

Spectrum Challenge: Can software-defined radios defeat jamming?

Eighteen teams will both duel and work together in DARPA’s effort to find radio protocols that can function in contested electromagnetic environments.

Defense Systems

DISA delivers new version of Enterprise Portal Service to SIPRNet

DEPS 2.0 gives users customizable choice for collaboration, and plenty of storage.

Policy

Marco Rubio's Stumbling Start to Be the GOP's National Security Candidate in 2016

Sen. Marco Rubio is trying a new route to 2016: Foreign policy. By Peter Beinart

Business

Pentagon Says Its Strategy Addresses Threat from Russia

Christine Wormuth, next policy chief at DOD, says the Quadrennial Defense Review addresses all threats to U.S. national security, including Russia. By Ben Watson

Business

At SXSW, Snowden Calls for More Oversight of Congress

NSA leaker Edward Snowden appeared from Russia through a live video stream at South By Southwest. By Dustin Volz

Ideas

How Obama Can Hold Back Russia and Reassure Europe

Crimea may be lost, but President Obama should fly to Brussels and reassure Europe that NATO will keep Putin out of Eastern Ukraine. By Barry Pavel