Ideas
Mueller: Russia Interfered, Trump Obstructed. Now It’s Up to Congress.
Read our report, says the special counsel: the evidence does not exonerate the president.
Science & Tech
Russia's Would-Be Windows Replacement Gets a Security Upgrade
For sensitive communications, the Russian government aims to replace the ubiquitous Microsoft operating system with a bespoke flavor of Linux, a sign of the country's growing IT independence.
Ideas
Can Congress Use Fines to Pry Loose the Full Trump-Russia Report?
The legal framework governing situations such as this is seldom used and little known.
Business
US: We’ll Pay Countries to Ditch Russian, Chinese Arms
The State Department wants to go global with a program originally aimed at ex-Warsaw Pact members.
Science & Tech
Nuclear Weapons Are Getting Less Predictable, and More Dangerous
Facing steerable ICBMs and smaller warheads, the Pentagon seeks better tracking as the White House pursues an unlikely arms-control treaty.
Science & Tech
Moscow to Weave AI Face Recognition into Its Urban Surveillance Net
City authorities say the planned system will have access to all 160,000 existing cameras.
Ideas
Russia Has Americans’ Weaknesses All Figured Out
Election interference is one front in Moscow’s larger campaign to undermine the U.S. without prompting a military response.
Threats
What’s Great Power Competition? No One Really Knows
It’s the “trillion-dollar question,” one Marine Corps planner says.
Ideas
Once Again, Trump Fails to Press Putin on Electoral Interference
No one in government other than Trump denies the Russian attack. That makes his May 3 phone call even more surreal.
Ideas
Ep. 43: Nuclear weapons awareness in the 20th and 21st centuries
We explore the public’s changing awareness of nuclear weapons, and efforts to get young people to engage.
Policy
House Lawmakers To Ask Justice Department to Investigate Erik Prince
‘Very strong evidence’ that Blackwater founder committed perjury, says Intel chairman Schiff.
Ideas
Five Things I Learned From the Mueller Report
A careful reading of the dense document delivers some urgent insights — including a surprising revelation on the counterintelligence front.
Ideas
Trump's Approach to National Security: Whatever Benefits Me
This president stands apart from his government, but from Russia to DHS, his selective silence on security matters has policy effects.
Ideas
Did Russia Just Concede a Need to Regulate Military AI?
After years of Kremlin efforts to derail international guidelines on militarized artificial intelligence, a national-security leader appeared to signal a new course.
Science & Tech
Russians Will Soon Lose Uncensored Access to the Internet
A new law allows the Kremlin to spy on, filter, and control the country’s online activity, alarming human-rights watchdogs.
Policy
All Those Mueller Report Redactions Mean the US is Still Investigating Moscow's Online Meddling in 2016
There's still a lot the public doesn't know about Russian interference operations.
Policy
Mueller’s Damning Portrait of Trump
The special counsel’s report shows a president who lies, acts rashly, and is routinely ignored by his own staff.
Ideas
Ukraine’s Election Is an All-Out Disinformation Battle
Ahead of the presidential election, the campaigns themselves have become combatants in the information war. That’s exactly what Russia wants.
Business
Army Secretary Reveals Weapons Wishlist for War with China & Russia
Army Secretary Mark Esper says he wants to shift money away from light vehicles and cargo helicopters made for “different conflicts” of the past.
Policy