America’s Culture Wars Are Rippling Through The Armed Forces
OPINION — As Congress moves the fiscal 2024 Defense Department authorization and appropriation bills forward with more money to help needed recruitment, a handful of […] More
military
Are We Ready for the Terror Threat Posed by El Niño?
OPINION — Imagine the U.S. government had credible information that a terrorist group was planning attacks in multiple cities across the globe. Attacks that could […] More
China’s Diplomatic Dance Comes Amid Plans for War
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — China’s newest U.S. ambassador took up his post Tuesday, less than four months after criticizing President Joe Biden’s “indiscriminate use of force” […] More
Managing Expectations for the Ukrainian Counteroffensive
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last year, the U.S. has allocated more than $75 billion in military, economic, and humanitarian support to Kyiv, in […] More
The Perfect Tool for Scaling U.S. Defense Investment
OPINION — In the global techno-competition, the Department of Defense (DoD) has finally fielded a tool to incentivize America’s capital markets to invest in the […] More
The World of Missile Defense Is Changing Rapidly
OPINION — The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC) Technical Center has its primary offices at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, although it has other […] More
Time May Be Running Short for Ukraine to Strike Back
CIPHER BRIEF REPORTING — Control of southern and eastern Ukraine – of which Russia has seized an estimated 40,000 square miles – could likely be […] More
America Has a Military Recruitment Problem. Some Are Trying to Fix It.
OPINION — “We [the Army] have a challenge connecting with America’s youth, or Generation Z. Most of today’s young adults are unaware of what it […] More
Ukraine’s Military Intelligence Chief Predicts How War Will End
Kyiv, Ukraine – As Ukraine announces a planned counteroffensive in the Spring, the head of the country’s Main Intelligence Directorate, Major General Kyrylo Budanov, is […] More
Balancing the Tightrope Between China and Russia is Serious Business
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang told reporters covering a parliamentary session in Beijing this week, that China is actively working to advance relations with Russia “as the […] More
Could the Wagner Group Be Facing New Competition?
The privately-owned military company Wagner Group under Yevgeny Prigozhin’s leadership, has served important Russian military and influence goals in Ukraine and elsewhere. The group’s march […] More
Is China Coming to Russia’s Rescue in Ukraine?
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said at an annual parliamentary session in Beijing this week, that China is actively working to […] More
The Wagner Group’s Route to Infamy
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: The privately-owned Russian soldier-for-hire group known as the Wagner Group once operated in the shadows but in the past year, it […] More
What We Should Have Learned About Groupthink from the Iraq War
OPINION – As we approach the 20th anniversary of the Iraq invasion, we should reflect on what lessons the United States may have gleaned from […] More
Russia’s Military still has a lot to worry about
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — On the eve of the one-year mark of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Andriy Chernyak, a representative of the Main Intelligence Directorate at […] More
Can Russia’s Military Recover in Ukraine?
EXPERT PERSPECTIVE — As the Russian war against Ukraine enters its 11th month, Moscow has fallen dramatically short of the military goals it set out last […] More
Is AI the right fit for predictive military maintenance?
OPINION — The DoD is continually challenged to provide battle-ready ground combat systems, ships, submarines and aircraft to its warfighters, spending nearly $90 billion each […] More
How the U.S. Military is Thinking about Supporting its Own
OPINION — “First, and foremost, we support the men and women who serve in the United States military in this bill. Most specifically, we serve […] More