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National Security Five Eyes intelligence alliance builds coalition to counter China, Reuters A Fatal Abandonment of American Leadership, The Atlantic Drones swamp US-Mexico border but federal agents powerless to stop them, Washington Examiner Military Leaders Are Starting To Freak Out Over Russia’s Information Warfare Dominance, Task & Purpose Tyndall Air Force Base a ‘Complete Loss’ […]

National Security US indicts Chinese spy for trying to steal aviation trade secrets, Deutsche Welle Beijing accuses U.S. of weaving accusations ‘made out of thin air’ against arrested Chinese spy, The Associated Press In Pacific, US Army Shifts Training from Disaster Relief to War, Defense One How FEMA’s tough 2017 lessons are informing disaster response, Federal […]

Featured article: A Century of Humiliation: The Power of Economic Warfare by Sam Ku A free people ought not only to be armed but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well digested plan is requisite: And their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories, as tend to render them independent on […]

National Security Takeaways from the Trump administration’s new counterterrorism strategy, Brookings Trump: ‘Progress made’ on North Korea denuclearization, meeting with Kim Jong Un ‘in the near future’, Washington Examiner Why the Department of Energy is worried about turbine hacking, Fifth Domain Pentagon Accuses China of Dumping Products to Undermine U.S. Security, Foreign Policy The decline […]

National Security South Korea reveals plan to break stalemate in U.S.-North Korea talks, The Washington Post The U.S. Just Tore Up a Six-Decade-Old Treaty With Iran, The Atlantic Pompeo backs away from denuclearization goal for North Korea, The Associated Press DHS Secretary: No Sign China’s Trying to Hack Midterm Vote, Nextgov ‘Last pocket of ISIS’ […]

A former Department of Defense official recently authored a report on the threat of cyber weapons on the U.S. electrical grid. Paul Stockton served during the Obama administration as Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland Defense and Americas’ Security Affairs, and currently serves as senior fellow at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory. The report examines how […]

The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed by voice vote the Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) Act of 2018. The CWMD Act would permanently establish the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) CWMD Office, which was established in December 2017 and aims to counter attempts by terrorists and other threat actors to carry out attacks against […]

Featured article: Will Russian Exploitation of Open Press Destroy U.S. Democracy? by Nicholas Kane A democracy is only as resilient as its people. An informed and engaged citizenry is the fundamental requirement for a free and resilient nation. For generations, our society has protected free press, free speech, and free thought. — U.S. National Security […]

National Security U.S. to Close Consulate in Iraq, Citing Threats From Iran, The Wall Street Journal State Department: Don’t forget about threat of nuclear terrorism, Washington Examiner Border Agency Didn’t Secure Drone Surveillance Video, Photos for 2 Years, Nextgov China Has a ‘Space Force.’ What Are Its Lessons for the Pentagon?, Defense One Is ISIS […]

National Security DoD faces scrutiny on mission creep in Syria to ‘counter Iran’, Military Times Bolton Puts Mattis in a Tight Spot on Syria, Foreign Policy DHS Aims to Replace Slow, Outdated Bioterror-Detection System, Defense One What Disasters Like Hurricane Florence Teach Policymakers, Government Executive Why is Trump accusing China of election interference?, Brookings Pompeo warns […]