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Cutting Cyber Intelligence Undermines National Security

OPINION — America’s cyber intelligence capabilities are being eviscerated while the threats to national security emanating from cyber space are increasing. The latest cuts to the cyber capabilities [...] More

Expert Q&A: Taiwan Prepares for China’s Next Move

EXPERT Q&A — Taiwan’s recent Han Kuang military exercises tested the island’s responses to a potential full-scale Chinese invasion. The drills not only simulated military strikes and blockade [...] More
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More from Rear Adm. (Ret.) Mark Montgomery

An Urgent Call to Close the Loopholes on Chips and China

EXPERT PERSPECTIVE / OPINION -- The core lessons from the Cold War should guide us as we face the new “Axis of Aggressors” today. First among these, [...] More

NATO Wins Will Have an Impact

A Cipher Brief Expert Q&A [...] More

NATO's Critical 1.5 Percent

OPINION -- This week's NATO Summit will focus on the proposal that each member raise its overall defense spending to 5 percent of gross domestic [...] More

By Land, Sea and Air, U.S. Military Faces Cyber Threats to Mobility

OPINION — A direct military engagement between the United States and a near-peer adversary would require the swift mobilization and deployment of a [...] More

Expert Q&A: DOGE May Be a Cybersecurity Nightmare

OPINION — The so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made headlines regularly in recent weeks, as it works to slash the federal [...] More

Cybersecurity: A Bipartisan Imperative in a Dangerous World

OPINION — In an increasingly interconnected and hostile world, cybersecurity has never been more critical. And at this critical moment, we're [...] More

Expert Q&A: Guam ‘No Safer Today’ Despite US Efforts

EXPERT Q&A — The U.S. has been pursuing a new integrated missile defense system for Guam, a U.S. territory in the Western Pacific that plays a [...] More

Trump is Right to Prioritize Homeland Missile Defense

OPINION — President Trump issued an executive order, “The Iron Dome for America,” on January 27, jumpstarting a major effort to deploy and maintain a [...] More

Biden Started a Process to Protect US National Security from China. Trump Should Finish It. 

OPINION — For years, warning lights have been flashing around the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) drive to assert global dominance and reshape [...] More