A Russian serviceman prepares to launch a drone during a military exercise. Photo Credit: RIA Novosti. By: Madison Creery, Columnist The U.S. has spent nearly two decades dedicated to counterterrorism operations where it enjoyed significant qualitative and quantitative advantages over adversaries. In these conflicts, the U.S. was able to quickly gain local air, sea, and … Continue reading The Russian Edge in Electronic Warfare
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Beyond Huawei – 5G and US National Security
Illustrative image of a hacker. Photo Credit: Gettyimages. By: Daniel Zhang, Columnist The US government has launched a concerted campaign both domestically and internationally to block Huawei from building Next-Generation (5G) wireless networks. These efforts are, however, insufficient to address wider network security concerns. Keeping Huawei hardware out of the US 5G network does not … Continue reading Beyond Huawei – 5G and US National Security
Vulnerabilities Equities Process Revisited
Shadowy cyber figure. Photo Credit: Getty Images. By: Daniel Zhang, Columnist Publicly released in 2017 under the Trump administration, the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP) is an interagency framework used to determine whether the United States government should withhold or disclose zero-day vulnerabilities - unpatched software or hardware vulnerabilities often exploited by criminals, militaries, or governments … Continue reading Vulnerabilities Equities Process Revisited
NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat
The 2019 edition of the National Security Critical Issues Task Force (NSCITF) Report is now available for download here. The 2019 NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat: Are We A Threat Or An Opportunity? As insider threat prevention receives increasing attention, the National Security Critical Issues Task Force examined if Millennials–now the largest segment of … Continue reading NSCITF Report on Millennial Considerations on Insider Threat
Counterinsurgency as an Approach to Organized Crime in Latin America
Brazilian security services. Photo Credit: Getty Images By: Yuri Neves, Columnist The growing complexity and capabilities of criminal organizations in Latin America necessitate a new approach to fight crime in the region. The conditions that give rise to insurgencies, are similar to those that allow organized crime groups to prosper. Furthermore, both entities utilize similar … Continue reading Counterinsurgency as an Approach to Organized Crime in Latin America
A Nuclear (em)Powered Middle East: Why the United States Cannot Afford a Counterterror Only Approach to the Region
The Barakah nuclear power plant in United Arab Emirates is seen in an undated photo released by the state-run WAM news agency. Photo Credit: Arun Girija/Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation/WAM/AP By: Taylor Clausen, Columnist The most recent National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy heralded the return of great power competition. Before the documents’ release, Elbridge … Continue reading A Nuclear (em)Powered Middle East: Why the United States Cannot Afford a Counterterror Only Approach to the Region
Protecting the Polls from Russian Trolls: Why America Must Hack Back
Voters at the Topeka Civic Theater in Kansas last year during the midterm elections. The United States Cyber Command took a Russian troll farm off line on Election Day to block any potential interference. Photo Credit: Barrett Emke for The New York Times By Stan Sundel, Associate Editor for Terrorism and Counterterrorism Earlier this year, the Washington … Continue reading Protecting the Polls from Russian Trolls: Why America Must Hack Back
Don’t Discount the Threat Posed by Female Foreign Fighters
ISIS' all-female al-Khansaa brigade, a morality police, ensures women in the caliphate adhere to Islamic norms. Photo Credit: The Strait Times. By: Alicia Chavy, Columnist In December, the U.S. announced that it would withdraw its troops from Syria, to which Syrian rebel groups responded by threatening to release thousands of captured Western European and American … Continue reading Don’t Discount the Threat Posed by Female Foreign Fighters
Beijing-Moscow Relations Will Cool As the Arctic Heats Up
President Putin and President Xi. Photo Credit: AP By: Ezra Shapiro, Columnist In recent years, Russia and China’s growing collaboration on energy and shipping projects in the Arctic has caused some consternation among U.S policymakers. Despite the countries’ current cooperation, Moscow and Beijing’s long-term ambitions are fundamentally at odds with each other. Russia places a … Continue reading Beijing-Moscow Relations Will Cool As the Arctic Heats Up
Comparing PMCs and Their Private Force Antecedents
Battle of San Romano. Photo Credit: National Gallery By: Nikolai F. Rice, Columnist The last time private military forces were so widely employed as today, America was a confederacy without a constitution, every currency depended on the value of precious metals, and sailing ships were the fastest mode of transportation. Simply put, the two-hundred-year norm … Continue reading Comparing PMCs and Their Private Force Antecedents