AI, the Future of the DoD, and Elon Musk
OPINION – “I think the thing that’ll be really important is how you make them [new unmanned aircraft], because this is another thing the [Pentagon] […] More
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The Fight for Journalistic Independence Just Got Scarier
OPINION — My first thought after reading last Friday that The Washington Post would not continue a long-standing tradition of publishing an editorial supporting a […] More
A Nuclear War is Unwinnable, So Why Do We Keep Preparing for One?
OPINION — “We must prepare for a world where constraints on nuclear weapons arsenals disappear entirely, modernizing U.S. nuclear capabilities today and preparing for future […] More
The Last Ten Yards of Hostage Negotiations
OPINION — “Based on everything we’ve been doing for these last now really six months – because starting in January, we believed and we continue […] More
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The World According to J.D. Vance
OPINION — “For 40 years, this country has made, largely, I would say, a bipartisan mistake. It has allowed our manufacturing might to get offshored […] More
The Senate Drives a Nuclear Spending Spree
OPINION — “America’s defense strategy and strategic posture must change in order to properly defend its vital interests and improve strategic stability with China and […] More
Six Key Words in Trump Immunity Ruling – and the Words That Were Missing
OPINION — Chief Justice John Roberts’ opinion in the Trump immunity case, released July 1, expanded extensively a President’s “outer perimeter” of official actions subject […] More
A Background Check Logjam Is a National Security Problem
OPINION — “It’s unacceptable how we got to where we are, and we need to turn this thing around…We’re eight and a half years into […] More
Boeing Has Military Problems, Too
OPINION — “Boeing is using new, automated manufacturing processes to drill holes prior to assembling the forward fuselage [of its F-15EX fighter aircraft]…According to [Air […] More
FBI Threat Assessment: Foreign, Domestic and Questions About Trump
OPINION — “Domestic and homegrown violent extremists are often motivated and inspired by a mix of social or political, ideological, and personal grievances against their […] More
Russia Sanctions 101 – Via a Top White House Advisor
OPINION — “Since the start of the [Ukraine] war, the liquid portion of the [Russian] national wealth fund has fallen by nearly half. Defense outlays […] More
Senators Take On the Navy’s Top Official – and He Fights Back
OPINION — “There seems to be management problems in all these [U.S. Navy shipbuilding] programs. Some of it is changing requirements on the ships so […] More
Inside the $95 Billion Foreign Aid Bill – and What It Took To Get It Passed
OPINION — “We have been focused on expanding the capacity of the industrial base for some time. What’s in that supplemental? As I said earlier, […] More
Buildup, Tuneup and Cleanup: Inside the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Program
OPINION — “The [U.S.] nuclear weapons program of record grew from five to seven systems this past year.” That’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator […] More
Should a U.S. President Ever Be Above the Law?
OPINION — “Making a former president immune from criminal prosecution could make the presidency itself a profound threat to national security, as it would permit […] More
The Army is Navigating a High-Tech, Highly-Complicated Future
OPINION – “In the Army we’ve gone through some good, decent transformation in recent years, with some game-changing systems coming online as a result – […] More
Upgrading the U.S. Military’s Nuclear Warheads
OPINION — “I want to ensure that I have a weapon system that will deliver the capabilities that I need to deliver. I also need […] More
‘Mirror, Mirror on the Wall’ and the Global Threat of Putin’s Nuclear Narcissism
OPINION — “Soviet nuclear weapon technology appears to be highly sophisticated and adequate for present delivery systems, but significant advancements can still be made through […] More
Where Are Bipartisan Congressional Leaders on National Security When You Need Them?
OPINION — “In order to allow Congress more time to reach consensus on how best to reform FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) and Section 702 […] More