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Afghanistan Is Becoming India and Pakistan’s Proxy Battlefield—Again

Masoud Andarabi

Afghanistan Is Becoming India and Pakistan’s Proxy Battlefield—Again

OPINION — On Oct. 15, 2025, Islamabad and Kabul announced a 48-hour ceasefire after days of shelling and cross-border clashes around Spin [...] More

AfghanistanAlternative PerspectivesAsia

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Forget Guerrillas and IEDs - The Next Asymmetric War Will Be Engineered

Dr. Dave Venable

Forget Guerrillas and IEDs - The Next Asymmetric War Will Be Engineered

OPINION — For most of modern history, asymmetric conflict conjured a familiar image: guerrillas in the hills, insurgents planting roadside bombs, or [...] More

Tech/CyberAlternative Perspectives

A Deniable Attack with Strategic Precision: Why the Red Hat Breach Looks More Like Statecraft Than Mere Crime

Gloria Glaubman

A Deniable Attack with Strategic Precision: Why the Red Hat Breach Looks More Like Statecraft Than Mere Crime

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — The timing was no coincidence.As the U.S. federal government ground to a halt at 12:01 a.m. EDT on October 1, 2025, a [...] More

Gloria GlaubmanTech/Cyber

National Cyber Defenses at Risk as Key Programs Expire Amid Government Shutdown

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

National Cyber Defenses at Risk as Key Programs Expire Amid Government Shutdown

OPINION — Ransomware attacks conducted by criminals are persistently hitting airports, schools, and 911 dispatch centers, while foreign adversaries [...] More

Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark MontgomeryTech/Cyber

Despite the Shutdown, Pentagon Has Billions from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

Walter Pincus

Despite the Shutdown, Pentagon Has Billions from the 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act'

OPINION — “The [Defense] Department [DoD] will continue to defend the nation and conduct ongoing military operations. It will continue activities [...] More

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Lawmakers ‘Bullseye and Bait’ in AI-Driven Deepfake Campaigns

Leah Siskind

Lawmakers ‘Bullseye and Bait’ in AI-Driven Deepfake Campaigns

OPINION — Elected officials are both the bullseye and the bait for AI-driven influence campaigns launched by foreign adversaries. They are targeted [...] More

Tech/CyberAlternative Perspectives

The Hidden Leverage of Digital Chokepoints

Jennifer Ewbank

The Hidden Leverage of Digital Chokepoints

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — When we think about the arteries of global power, images of oil pipelines or shipping lanes often come to mind. They are [...] More

Tech/Cyber

Former U.S. Cyber Chief: Crowdsource Cyber Defense

Chris Inglis

Former U.S. Cyber Chief: Crowdsource Cyber Defense

EXPERT INTERVIEW — Riyadh’s Global Cybersecurity Forum (GCF) in Saudi Arabia kicked off last week under the theme “Scaling Cohesive Advancement in [...] More

Tech/Cyber

Terror Comes Back to Manchester

Nick Fishwick

Terror Comes Back to Manchester

OPINION — In 2017 an Islamic suicide bomber detonated at a pop concert in Manchester, killing 22 people and injuring over a thousand others.Now [...] More

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Eighty Years On, Can the UN Meet Its Mission?

Ambassador Joseph DeTrani

Eighty Years On, Can the UN Meet Its Mission?

OPINION — The 80th ordinary session of the United Nations ended on September 8, 2026. During this year, the UN will have an opportunity to help [...] More

Ambassador Joseph DeTraniInternational

Seizing a 21st Century Cognitive Advantage

Dave Pitts

Seizing a 21st Century Cognitive Advantage

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — In 1943, a body washed up on a beach in Huelva, Spain. It was the body of a Royal Marine officer, Major William Martin. Martin [...] More

Dave Pitts

Europe Must Prepare for the Long War

David Kirichenko

Europe Must Prepare for the Long War

OPINION — Russian drones are forcing airports to close and fighter jets are breaching NATO airspace – clear signals of Moscow’s widening hybrid [...] More

David KirichenkoEuropeAlternative Perspectives

Why Nuclear Negotiations with Russia Are Worth It

Walter Pincus

Why Nuclear Negotiations with Russia Are Worth It

FINE PRINT / OPINION — “In order to prevent the emergence of a new strategic arms race and to preserve an acceptable degree of predictability and [...] More

RussiaNuclearWalter PincusFine PrintEurope