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What Do We Know About China’s Newest Missiles?
Much can be gleaned from open sources, from official announcements to commanders’ online bios.
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China’s Military-Civil Fusion Strategy: What to Expect in the Next Five Years
Even as the term has all but disappeared from official documents, its tenets are being strengthened and extended.
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Three Steps to Fight Online Disinformation and Extremism
The long-term solution recommended by experts is rarely discussed by pundits and politicians.
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Superspreader Down: How Trump’s Exile from Social Media Alters the Future of Politics, Security, and Public Health
Platform companies have finally come to grips with their roles as owners of battlefields.
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Misinformation 2020: What the Data Tells Us About Election-Related Falsehoods
Here are urgent lessons from the year’s most-spread false themes — and the ones going viral right now.
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Three Ways to Clean Up the Toxic Minefields of Social Media
Safeguarding the social media ecosystem from hate speech and disinformation is all about tracking data and empowering users.
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How China Is Working to Quarantine the Truth About the Coronavirus
The authoritarian playbook — censor, distract, lie — is on full display.
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As Coronavirus Spreads, China’s Military Is Largely MIA
The PLA’s anemic participation is odd given its past performance, planning, and pronouncements.
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What Insurgency Will Look Like in 2030
The author of “Ghost Fleet” has some guesses — and some questions that U.S. defenders will have to answer.
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The US Needs a Cybersecurity Civilian Corps
Like the auxiliaries that arose during WWII, a new volunteer organization will help face today’s threats.
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National Security Pros, It’s Time to Talk About Right-Wing Extremism
We have been too quiet about a threat that is regularly killing our fellow citizens.
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What We Didn't Learn from Twitter's News Dump on Russiagate
The social-media company downplayed its role in Russia's election meddling. But it's still more transparent than Facebook.
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Cybersecurity’s Human Side: How Can We Solve Our People Problem?
First, stop undermining our own efforts to fill crucial jobs. Second, cast a wide net for useful lessons.
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What the 2016 Presidential Candidates Get Wrong About the Future of War
They fail, they lack, they misunderstand, they pander, they don’t get, and they just don’t know national security – not according to our Future of War roster of experts.
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2016 Predictions: A Look Ahead at the Future of War
New America polled former Navy SEALs, Pentagon officials, technologists, historians — and here’s what they expect.
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Here’s the Defining National Security Question of Our Time
We asked 20 experts whether great powers might ever go to war again.
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