Rachel Ansley
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
Why NATO's Cyber Operations Center is a Big Deal
NATO’s newly announced cyber operations center will allow the Alliance to “respond more effectively” to cyber attacks by integrating cyber measures...

Russo-Ukraine War
Should the United States Arm Ukraine?
While analysts agree that diplomacy is the ideal route to ending the conflict in eastern Ukraine, they disagree on whether the United States sending...

Military Strategy
Zapad: A Window into Russia's Military Mind?
Russia’s large-scale military exercise to be conducted in September can provide critical insight for NATO allies seeking to improve their readiness...

Terrorism
"Political Will" Needed to End War in Syria
As US sanctions on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s regime have failed to end the war in Syria, the international community must exercise the...

Defense Budget
Lawmakers: Trump's Budget Will Weaken National Security
US President Donald J. Trump’s draft budget, which proposes to increase defense spending by slashing funding for the US Department of State and...

Cyber Warfare
Tallinn Manual 2.0: Defending Cyberspace
(from left) Jason Healey, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council's Cyber Statecraft Initiative, moderates a discussion with Michael Schmitt, director...


Terrorism
ISIS Puts Turkey in Its Crosshairs
Though Turkey’s engagement in the war in Syria has resulted in a series of attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) over the course of...

Terrorism
The War on ISIS: Trump's "Steep Learning Curve"
The United Nations’ Syria envoy, Staffan de Mistura, called on US President-elect Donald Trump to work with Russia in the fight against the Islamic...

Grand Strategy
Defining an Arctic Strategy
The national security challenge posed in the Arctic by the growing presence of Russia and China as well as climate change makes it imperative for the...

The U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Umbrella
By Peter Huessy • RealClearDefense
The Islamic Republic Can Lose the War and Still Win
By Nima Gholam Ali Pour • RealClearDefense
Talent Ecosystems: Building a Scalable National Security STEM Workforce
By Payuna Uday • RealClearDefense
The Underground Cloud
By Ben Poulin • RealClearDefense
Trump's Disrupt First, Negotiate Second: Greenland in Focus
By Meda Parameswara Reddy • RealClearDefense

U.S. Navy to Begin Testing for USS Lyndon B Johnson (DDG 1002)
By Naval-Technology
Marine Corps Moves To Expand Maven Smart System Account Access
By DefScoop
Navy F/A-18 Spotted With New AIM-174B And AIM-260 Long-Range Missiles
By TWZ
Pentagon’s 6th Generation Stealth Fighter Will Control Drone Swarms
By Warrior M.
Air Force Needs 1,509 Combat-Ready Jets by 2035
By Michael Marrow, Breaking Defense
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