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Russia’s $11 Billion Soft Power Gamble
I was sitting in the front seat of a “Yandex Taxi” in Moscow in the summer of 2018, dropping off some friends after we had drinks together at a local [...] More
The Space Age Needs New Rules
Space is no longer a place we visit to plant flags. It is where the global economy and national security now live — and our rulebook is nearly sixty [...] More
When Hackers Get AI Co-Pilots: Frontier AI and the National Security Clock
Five intelligence services rarely speak with one voice. When they warn the window of vulnerability has narrowed to months, the real question is [...] More
AI Agents Need Accountability That Travels With Them
Most enterprise AI agents today are still being deployed in controlled environments. They sit inside a platform, perform a defined task and operate [...] More
Congress Questions Pentagon Spending—and the Future of Trump’s Battleship
“I’m deeply concerned that the Presidential proposal for $350 billion mandatory funding [to be carried in a reconciliation bill and not an [...] More
America's Empty Counterterrorism Chair
The world's counterterrorism chiefs are meeting in New York this week. We brought a list of demands and not much else.A plot hatched in a chat room [...] More
