NSA Deputy Director Warns China Is Closing the Gap in Artificial Intelligence and Intelligence Competition
The deputy director of the National Security Agency delivered a pointed warning about the pace and stakes of artificial intelligence...
Power Competition
Taiwan’s Defense Budget Climbs to $35 Billion as Cross-Strait Pressure Mounts
Taiwan has submitted a record-breaking defense budget proposal of $35 billion, the largest in the island's history, as Taipei seeks...
Chinese Rocket Firms Are Recovering Reusable Boosters — and the Pentagon Should Be Paying Attention
China's commercial space sector has demonstrated repeated success recovering reusable orbital-class rocket boosters, a milestone that carries consequences well beyond...
Washington Uses Iran Sanctions to Force a Reckoning With Beijing Over Oil Purchases
The Trump administration's renewed maximum-pressure campaign against Iran has evolved into something broader: a direct economic confrontation with China over...
How the Trump Administration’s AI and Technology Push Is Reshaping U.S. Military Readiness and the Contest With Beijing
The Trump administration's push to accelerate artificial intelligence and emerging technology across the federal government is reshaping how the U.S....
SPACECOM Pushes to Expand Ground-Station Networks While Targeting Enemy Infrastructure in Orbit
U.S. Space Command is pursuing a dual-track strategy: spreading its own ground-based satellite control infrastructure across more locations to reduce...
Microsoft Scales Back China Operations as Geopolitical Pressure Reshapes Big Tech’s Asia Strategy
Microsoft is pulling back from China in ways that would have seemed unthinkable just a few years ago, according to...
Fewer US Warships Are Transiting the Taiwan Strait — and That Shift Is Drawing Scrutiny
The United States Navy is sailing through the Taiwan Strait less frequently than it once did, a trend that is...
Space Command Lays Out Five Operational Priorities It Says Are Essential for Future Conflict
U.S. Space Command has publicly identified five capability areas it considers essential to prevailing in future high-end conflict, a rare...
Gulf and Levant States Feed Weapons to Both Moscow and Kyiv as the War Enters Its Fifth Year
Multiple Middle Eastern countries are simultaneously supplying weapons and materiel to opposing sides of the Russia-Ukraine war, according to Forbes...
