Policy
New National Security Strategy Returns Focus to Rules, Partnerships, and American Leadership
China is a “pacing” threat, Russia just an “acute” one—but international partnerships, the old global order are key to beating both.
Ideas
Just How Long Should the US Send Aid to Ukraine?
History can help us understand whether Kyiv’s situation better resembles Afghanistan or Colombia.
Policy
VA Taking ‘Prudent’ Steps to Protect Employees Who Provide Abortions
The department announced its plans to continue offering abortions shortly after Roe v Wade was overturned in June.
Threats
Are You 'Choice-Paralyzed' About Protecting Your Critical Infrastructure? NSA Wants to Help
Simplifying decisions about hardening industrial control systems is the aim of new guidance from the NSA and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Ideas
Thousands of Troops Have Lost Access to Abortion. Biden Should Act to Protect the Rest
Biden should block Space Command's move to Alabama, to start.
Ideas
In NYC, a Bronx Cheer for Putin, Trump, and the Aging UN
As the General Assembly met for the first time since Russia invaded Ukraine, Biden warned against nuclear war and the UN’s growing irrelevance. Will he do more?
Policy
US Weighs Escalation Risk As Ukraine Asks for Longer-range Missiles
Will ATACMS become the latest weapon that Washington has initially withheld, but ultimately given?
Policy
Army Wants to Double Or Triple Some Arms Production As Ukraine War Continues
GMLRS, HIMARS, and artillery rounds top the list.
Policy
White House Announces New Restrictions on Foreign Investment in US Tech, Supply Lines
Administration will require investments to be weighed on whether they will put U.S. national security at risk.
Defense Systems
Space Chief Nominee Worried About Launchpad ‘Traffic Jams’
The Space Force will “need to look at other opportunities” as launch cadence grows, Lt. Gen. Chance Saltzman told lawmakers.
Ideas
10 High-School Questions for the Authors of the ‘Principles’ Open Letter
Actual civics students would demand more from the former SecDefs and retired four-stars who opined so vaguely on civil-military “best practices.”
Policy
Conservative Groups Urging Lawmakers To Vote ‘No’ On More Ukraine Aid
“This new package will prolong a fight that lacks an American dog, allowing regional allies to shirk their security responsibilities yet again,” one former Trump official said.
Policy
White House Asks Congress For $13.7B for Ukraine
The administration has used about three-quarters of the $40 billion Congress authorized in May.
Policy
Poll: Half of Americans Say Sending Troops to Afghanistan Was ‘A Mistake’
Less than one-quarter believe the two-decade conflict made America safer.
Ideas
FBI’s Mar-a-Lago Affidavit Reveals How Trump May Have Compromised National Security
A legal expert answers 5 key questions.
Threats
National Archives Recovered More than 100 Classified Documents from Trump in January
The 700-plus pages of classified material included documents relating to special access programs – some of the nation's most closely held secrets.
Policy
7 in 10 Americans Want To Send More Weapons To Ukraine, Poll Finds
Survey shows Americans want to keep supporting Ukraine for as long as it takes despite inflation concerns at home.
Policy
US Details Its Biggest Ukraine Arms Package Yet
The $3B package—announced on the country's independence day—includes more than 300,000 artillery and mortar rounds.
Threats
Sensing Russian Stall, US Rushing Arms to Help Retake Ukrainian Territory
The latest weapons package includes MRAPs with special landmine-clearing devices–and brings the total to $10.7 billion.
Business