Ideas
Last Year’s Top 5 Worst Nuclear Nightmares (That Aren't Going Away)
Each of these threats has only gotten worse. Take one guess what (or who) I think remains the top nuclear threat to us...
Policy
How Pakistan Is Responding to Trump
Pushed by Trump, Tillerson, and Mattis to do more to fight terrorism, Pakistan has instead taken public steps to push back in recent weeks.
Policy
Trump Administration Seeks Outside Help to Hire 26,000 New Immigration Enforcement Personnel
CBP just awarded a separate $300 million contract for Border Patrol hiring assistance.
Threats
The Desperate Push To Get Ukrainian POWs Home by Christmas
Kiev wants to send hundreds of captured war prisoners home to Russian-controlled areas. But not everyone wants to go back.
Policy
New National Security Strategy Sees Rising Russia, Retreat on 'Democratic Peace'
Donald Trump’s first strategy talks about threats and nation-state competition but also signals a reluctance to compete philosophically or morally.
Policy
Trump Just Signed a Dire Warning about Climate Change
The 2018 NDAA acknowledges and anticipates climate change as an urgent threat, in sharp contrast to his administration’s past denials.
Policy
Five Ways the 2018 Defense Bill Will Change Pentagon IT
From a half-billion dollars for modernization to a closer look at bid protests, the NDAA may have a quick impact on defense IT.
Policy
Allies Are Key, Says Trump’s National Security Strategy
The document, to be unveiled next week, will be the latest administration policy position that looks beyond “America first.”
Policy
One Chart Showing Every Military and Civilian Pay Raise Since 1984
Since 2000, military pay raises have been either higher than or equal to civilian ones.
Policy
Pentagon Unleashes 1,200 Auditors for Unprecedented Financial Review
After decades of false starts, the Defense Department aims to issue its first audit report in November 2018.
Policy
US Averts Government Shutdown, For Now. But the Potential Harm and Waste Is Growing.
Over the Pentagon’s loud objections, lawmakers pass a 2-week temporary spending measure instead of a budget.
Policy
Senators Press State Dept. to Drop Hiring Freeze and Shine Light on Reorg Plan
Reforms could hurt 'America's Foreign Service and Civil Service professionals' and put diplomacy at risk, one letter says.
Ideas
The Cost of Trump’s Attacks on National-Security Agencies
The president’s efforts to delegitimize the FBI are frustrating and demoralizing the staff of the nation’s lead agency for domestic counterintelligence.
Policy
Islamophobia No Longer Needs Terrorism as a Justification
Conservatives are finding new justifications for anti-Muslim sentiments—and embedding them more deeply in America’s political terrain.
Policy
Top Enlisted Leaders Push Back: There Is No Readiness ‘Crisis’
Recent deadly accidents are concerning, but part of the risk of military operations around the globe, they said.
Policy
Congress Is Concerned About Who Gets to Launch Nuclear Bombs
Here are three questions to consider during and after lawmakers hear testimony on nuclear authority.
Policy
Many Top Cybersecurity Posts Remain Empty — And Not On Purpose
Filling various CIO and CISO jobs is taking a temporary backseat to more senior appointments, the White House cybersecurity coordinator says.
Policy
Defense Bill Compromise Boosts 2018 Military Pay Raise
Democrats vow a fight for civilian pay parity.
Policy
Paying Off Post-9/11 War Debt Could Cost $8 Trillion: Report
Analysts say a reckoning is coming — even as Republicans seek tax cuts that will add at least $1.5 trillion to the national debt.
Threats