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National Security Five Myths About Pentagon Weapons Programs, Defense One DoD and interagency group looking to step up collaboration on space technology, Space News The Pentagon Wants AI To Reveal Adversaries’ True Intentions, Defense One Judge eases feds’ case against NSA hoarder, Politico US says Russian hack did not compromise power grid, plants, Fifth Domain […]

National Security 5 Things You May Have Missed in the Homeland Security Reauthorization Bill, Nextgov What’s Next for Trump’s Border Wall?, The Atlantic Trump inspects US-Mexico border wall prototypes, Defense News Coats rolls out overhaul of top intelligence office, Politico Trump Finally Rolls Out Some (Limited) Russia Sanctions, Foreign Policy What Happened at the Thailand […]

Featured article: U.S. Northern Command Counterterrorism Response Force Requirement by Matthew D. Bartels Nassim Nicholas Taleb introduced the theory of a “Black Swan” event in 2007. It is described “as an event in human history that was unprecedented and unexpected at the point in time it occurred; however, after evaluating the surrounding context, domain experts can […]

National Security Pompeo: America ‘safe’ from Russia, Politico US officials say no added conditions for North Korea talks, The Associated Press Defense secretary says questions on meeting between U.S., North Korea should be handled by State Department, The Washington Post Let Trump and Kim Meet, The Atlantic U.S. says Broadcom review confirms security concerns, Reuters […]

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of the Cyber-Digital Task Force on February 20. The new task force is a reflection of the Department of Justice’s commitment to confronting cyber threats, and will examine the department’s current cyber efforts as well as identify how federal law enforcement can more effectively accomplish its mission. Sessions has called […]

National Security Tariffs risk national security, GOP senators warn Trump, Defense News Trump’s steel, aluminum tariffs exempt Canada, Mexico, Reuters The U.S. and North Korea Are Going to Talk, Government Executive What’s There to Talk About With North Korea?, The Atlantic US intel chief: North Korea is the ‘hardest intelligence collection target’, Defense News Nuclear […]

Featured article: Filling the Gap: A Strategy to Harmonize Joint and Interagency Planning by J. “Spyke” Szeredy How can providing a new planning strategy exert influence, align objectives, and harmonize activities between the Joint and Interagency environments? A simplified strategy for the integration of planning across the joint (Department of Defense [DoD] and integrated service components) and the interagency communities would […]

National Security Talk About Extremists, But Don’t Politicize the Debate, Defense One After reports of chemical attacks, White House considers new military action against Syrian regime, The Washington Post Senator James Risch Explains His Warning About ‘Biblical’ Conflict With North Korea, The Atlantic Expect North Korea to Add Nuclear Coercion to Its Provocation Playbook, Defense […]

National Security National Security Pros, It’s Time to Talk About Right-Wing Extremism, Defense One Whatever Happened to Trump’s Counterterrorism Strategy?, The Atlantic Ex-CIA chief warns of new Cold War with Russia, WMD threat from ISIS, CBS 6 counterterrorism lessons from the Syrian civil war, Brookings Space Corps Is At Least ‘Three to Five Years Away,’ […]

Featured article: USAID: What You Don’t Know by Vashaun Wrice The interagency (IA) relationship between the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and other government agencies is an important one. As such, the following article will examine a way of bridging the gap of IA coordination between such agencies, specifically that of USAID and […]