Policy
Here’s What the Services Want from Congress This Year
After lawmakers pass the budget promised by February’s bipartisan deal, the three secretaries have other priorities for legislative action.
Policy
Trump Says His New Tariffs Are About National Security. They’re Not.
Few people believe him, and that’s a problem for him—and the world.
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.
Policy
Space Corps Is At Least ‘Three to Five Years Away,’ Its Congressional Champion Says
A bipartisan team of House lawmakers slams the Air Force for pushing back on the idea of a separate service for space operations.
Policy
The Air Force One Deal May Be Less Rosy Than Claimed
The White House’s “fixed-price deal” may still leave the taxpayer on the hook. And a spokesman seems to have inflated the projected savings.
Threats
Russia ‘Incredibly Destabilizing’ as Syrian Conflict Threatens Region, Top US General Warns
Weeks after Tillerson said the U.S. and Russia share a postwar vision, Votel says Moscow is playing both “arsonist and firefighter.”
Policy
It Could Get Harder to Track US War Spending
The administration plans to push “enduring” costs from the Overseas Contingency Operations war fund back into the base budget in future years.
Science & Tech
Trump Has Not Asked Us To Stop Russian Election Meddling, Intelligence Chiefs Testify
The intelligence community agrees Russia will try to influence the 2018 midterms, but they’re less clear on how to stop the Kremlin.
Policy
Cyber R&D Would Go Up at Defense, Down At Standards Agency
Budget proposal would cut 18% from NIST, just as it updates cybersecurity rules that apply across government.
Ideas
Heroes Can Keep Secrets, Too
Popular culture often celebrates leaking as the heroic choice. The intelligence community and the cleared workforce need to craft another narrative.
Policy
Trump Proposes 10% Bump for the Pentagon — Then Four Flat Years
The coming military buildup is looking smaller than promised.
Policy
Microsoft Vet to Lead DHS Cyber and Infrastructure Division
Christopher Krebs has been acting chief of the cyber and infrastructure protection division since August.
Policy
State Department Lost 12% of its Foreign Affairs Specialists in Trump’s First 8 Months
The department also lost 6 percent of its overall workforce in the first year of the new administration.
Policy
Military Watchdogs Defend Process for Probing Officer Misconduct
Rep. Speier wants tougher standards for sexual abuse cases.
Ideas
Let’s Call Trump’s Parade What it Is: Another Dangerous Attempt to Divide Us
I know a thing or two about good military ceremonies, and Trump’s parade is a bad idea.
Policy
Two-Year Budget Deal Would Raise Caps, Give Pentagon $700B in 2018
The deal comes with a new continuing resolution to give House and Senate lawmakers time to work out details.
Ideas
Inside The World's Most Radical Experiment in Women’s Rights
The women’s movement in northern Syria is more like a women’s earthquake, in politics, governance, and the region's security.
Policy
How the Nunes Memo Harms Intelligence Oversight
The document’s lasting effect will be undermining the ability of Congress to prevent political abuses of surveillance powers.
Policy