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America's Veterans Are a Defense-Tech Asset — We're Wasting Them
I spent my formative adult years in service to my country—from seventeen to twenty-nine—and the core of how I identify myself remains that of a [...] More
The Future of Intelligence Space Assets: SAR, Electro-Optical and AI Fusion
The combination of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and electro-optical reconnaissance is changing modern intelligence collection. What was once a [...] More
Russia’s Taliban Embrace Signals a New Power Shift in Afghanistan
Sometimes the only thing more frightening than Afghanistan’s problems is the Taliban’s solutions and the recently signed Russia-Taliban [...] More
Governance Failure and Civil Resistance in Azad Jammu and Kashmir
The June 2026 events in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) are the most recent example of a larger governance issue rather than a singular political [...] More
Qatar's New Online Influence Machine
For years, Qatar has positioned itself in Washington as a trusted American partner: a host to major U.S. military assets, a mediator in hostage [...] More
Invisible Conflict: Defending Against Hybrid Non-Kinetic Warfare
War doesn’t always look like war anymore. Hybrid non-kinetic warfare is an increasingly popular means for threat actors to orchestrate prolonged [...] More
