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On July 11, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the establishment of a Task Force on Market Integrity and Consumer Fraud. President Trump signed an executive order establishing the task force on the same day. The new task force will investigate and prosecute crimes of fraud committed against the U.S. government or the American people, recover […]

Featured article: Digital Age Superiority …or the Digital Dark Age Collapse by William B. Scott Cyber may be one of the most consequential national security challenges in a generation, and it will not grow easier with time. Our adversaries now believe that the reward for attacking the United States in cyberspace outweighs the risk. — […]

National Security FEMA Acknowledges Flaws in Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane Effort, Government Executive The Self-Inflicted Demise of American Power, Defense One 12 Russian Agents Indicted in Mueller Investigation, The New York Times Trump Sides With the Kremlin, Against the U.S. Government, The Atlantic Moon presses Trump, Kim for breakthrough in nuclear talks, The Associated Press Behind […]

National Security Sharing the burden without sharing a strategy, Brookings Donald Trump Didn’t Kill NATO, But…, Defense One The Trump-Putin Summit: Issues at Stake, Council on Foreign Relations It Still Doesn’t Get Worse Than Afghanistan, Foreign Policy Trump tweets ‘very nice note’ from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, The Associated Press North Korea reportedly pushed […]

Last month the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) released a study on the pre-attack behaviors of active shooters. The new report is Phase II of a previous study on active shooters that was published in 2014 and examined 160 active shooter incidents that took place in the United States between 2000 and 2013. Whereas Phase I […]

Featured article: “Sovereignty-in-Being”: A Dangerous New Model for Territorial Expansion in the 21st Century by Russell Handy, Michael J. Forsyth and Joseph Kunkel The basis by which nation-states “declare” sovereignty is being challenged in ways our current generation has not experienced. Non-state entities have historically ignored the concept of borders and move with near impunity […]

The Department of Defense (DoD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have proposed a new regulation that would allow them to seek small contracts after a cyberattack or natural disaster. The proposed rule amends the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act, and would allow the agencies to better respond in the event of an […]

National Security As Trump pushes Space Force, support quietly builds for ‘Space Guard’, Politico Launching the sixth branch of the US armed forces, Defense News The National Security Rationale, NPR North Korea Submarine Development Signals Increased Nuclear Threat, The Wall Street Journal Analysis: Pentagon continues to underestimate al Qaeda, downplay ties to Taliban, FDD’s Long […]

National Security Another Death Knell for the Iran Nuclear Deal, Time How the ballooning federal debt threatens U.S. defense, Brookings The Pentagon’s latest budget is its largest counter-drone budget ever, C4ISR Net Drone activity soaring at the US-Mexico border, Washington Examiner Unpacking Overmatch: Three Crucial Questions About U.S. Military Superiority, War on the Rocks What […]

Featured article: The Business of War: Private Military and Security Companies in Armed Conflict by Kenneth A. Segelhorst In war-torn countries around the world, thousands of rough men stand ready to do violence on behalf of those unable or unwilling. They are equipped with the most advanced military technology available: assault-rifles with holographic and laser […]