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Trollfare: How to Recognize and Fight Off Online Psyops
It starts by understanding common tactics: distort, distract, dismiss, deny, and dismay.
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A To-Do List for the Pentagon’s New AI Chief
As three AI-related agencies prepare to merge, there is a chance for a fresh start—and a better approach to competing with China.
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Nuclear Command-and-Control Satellites Should Be Off Limits
Blowing up some satellites causes problems. Blowing up these could cause nuclear war.
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The Navy Remains Stuck At the Pier Without a Leadership Team
Three of the service’s top jobs are filled by temps, nearly 11 months into the Biden administration.
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Diplomacy Is the Key to Reducing US Forces in the Mideast
The Pacific pivot need not reduce Middle East security—if the U.S. can get its partners on board.
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Two Cheers for the Pentagon’s New Data and AI Initiative
If the reorganization can overcome bureaucratic hurdles, it could preserve U.S. data and AI leadership.
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A Low Bar for Success in Today’s Iran-Nuke Talks
The Nov. 29 session between the U.S., Iran, the European Union, and the rest of the P5+1 has the air of a make-or-break moment.
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Inside the Data-Driven Operation that Moved Afghan Refugees from Dulles to Safe Havens
The main challenge was reconciling and processing disconnected, stove-piped, unavailable, or incorrect data.
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Energize NATO’s Response to Russia’s Threats Against Ukraine
Signal new efforts to thwart a controversial Russian energy pipeline.
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Expand Five Eyes to Nine? That's Four Too Many
The proposed expansion would force the original members to stop spying on the new ones.
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Americans Want to Defend Taiwan. The Pentagon’s Budget Should, Too
Lawmakers should take advantage and give Americans the defense budget we need to stay ahead of China.
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Waiting for Attribution in Cyberspace: A Tragicomedy
“We were so hopeful last March when the UN Open-Ended Working Group agreed to endorse all 11 of us voluntary, non-binding norms of responsible state behavior.”
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The US Must Turn the Tables on Russia’s Psyops
A post-Cold War fixation on hard power has sapped us of the 21st century’s most potent force.
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China Locks Down Its History, to Its Peril and the World’s
Xi Jinping’s effort to cement lifelong power brings rigidity and fragility.
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The Disinformation Business is Booming
Other nations can learn from South Korea, which has been on the forefront of online disinfo.
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A Dictator Is Exploiting These Human Beings
Belarus’s ruler has used asylum seekers to destabilize the EU. And he’s not the only one profiting politically from their misfortune.
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Belarus Is Laying Tinder for a War. How Will NATO Respond?
The weaponization of migrants shows how gray-zone tactics flummox an alliance set up to deal with conventional or nuclear attacks.
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