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Alliances, Ukraine, and China’s Growing Challenge
EXPERT Q&A — Evelyn Farkas has spent decades working at the center of U.S. national security and transatlantic defense policy. A former Deputy [...] More
Defending the Homeland: Pentagon Shifts Strategy on Drone Threats
OPINION — “This memorandum consolidates approximately ten separate outdated memoranda that were inadequate to address the current, complex unmanned [...] More
Media Literacy Isn’t Enough Anymore
OPINION — For years, media literacy has been treated as the solution to misinformation. I've advocated that position as well.Teach people to question [...] More
From the Monroe Doctrine to Maduro: The Precedent Problem in U.S.
OPINION — In 1895, Secretary of State Richard Olney sent a diplomatic note to Britain that contained one of the most remarkable sentences in American [...] More
Confidence, Interoperability, and the Limits of U.S. Decision Systems
OPINION — In recent months, U.S. policy debates have increasingly acknowledged that the decisive contests of the 21st century will not be fought [...] More
A Path to Understanding Autonomy in Defense Technology
Welcome to The Iron Triangle, the Cipher Brief column serving procurement officers tasked with buying the future, Investors funding the next [...] More
