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How to make military decision-support software reliable when comms go down

Armed forces need greater robustness from the systems they are increasingly using to support combat decision-making. The...

Hybrid Navy: Building the Maritime Operating System

To implement the Hybrid Navy, the Royal Navy must follow the example of other successful technology transformations and ...

Australia can lead middle-power support for US – and make itself indispensable

In a world influenced by competition between great powers, middle powers’ best path forward is to join forces in coaliti...

Due to need for "absolute success," China delays critical Moon launch to 2027

"The Chang’e 7 mission does not meet the conditions for launch."

Trump’s “57 nukes” and the hollowing out of North Korean denuclearisation

If Trump treats North Korea’s arsenal as a baseline fact, he hands Beijing the outcome it already wants.

Building Australia’s Asia capability in practice

Genuine immersion studying abroad is still basis for serious engagement with the region.

Making trade with Indonesia disruption-proof

If shipping goods is already cumbersome enough during peacetime, there is no guarantee that a conflict situation will ma...

Trump didn’t cause America’s retreat from Asia – he’s the symptom

A multipolar world matters more than one man’s antipathy to alliances.

War-warning assessment in Australia’s ‘most dangerous times’

Before 2020, Australian defence strategy was predicated on a planning assumption that we would have at least 10 years’ w...

Trump's space transportation policy calls for new spaceport on federal land

"We probably need another site that's capable of heavy and super heavy launch capability."

Pressure Points: Economic Strain, Allied Discord, and War Fatigue

Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: ...

How an Emerging Industrial Protocol Family Could Put OT at Risk

New research shows how attacks against some unprotected TSN protocols could allow attackers to disrupt or manipulate phy...

What it feels like under a Russian missile attack, and what the US can do about it

An Atlantic Council fellow shares her first-hand account of being under attack in Kyiv as ballistic missiles struck. The...

Space war 2040: SPACECOM preps for attacks on ground segments, eyes cislunar ops

The Space Warfighting Environment 2040 is unique because it “was deliberately written to be warfighter-first, not techno...

OWASP Flags Top AI Skill Risks in New Security Blueprint

The Open Worldwide Application Security Project has a brand-new top 10 security list tailored for the modern era, and it...

From manufacturing to AI, Thailand must reinvent its growth model

Thailand is at an economic crossroads. Slowing growth and rising structural pressures are exposing the limits of its man...

Currency policy options for the Palestinian economy

The Palestinian economy conducts much of its daily interactions in a currency it does not issue or control. Is there a v...

The future of money in Palestine

Gaza needs more than billions in reconstruction funding. It needs a financial system that can move that money securely t...

Calling on Cyber Pros to Help Defend City Hall

Government agencies with smaller budgets need support — and here's how you can help.

OpenAI Adds Controls That Should've Been There Already

The new AI security controls follow the Hugging Face incident last month, though experts say many of these additions sho...

It’s Time to Reengage North Korea

The U.S. and South Korea have their annual joint military drills (Ulchi Freedom Shield) from August 17-27, focusing on c...

Hardware Makers Implement Post-Quantum Cryptography as Security Threats Near

The coming threat of super-powerful computers capable of cracking today's algorithms requires upgrading encryption now. ...

China’s Research Espionage Threat Is Hiding in Plain Sight

Western universities and laboratories are on the frontlines of a battle over talent and technology. This assertion may s...

Beyond Military Interoperability: The Coalition Challenge of Limited War

In our last two articles for The Cipher Brief, Sami Omari and I explained why modern limited wars are so challenging for...

North Korean Hackers Tied to Rust Supply Chain Attack

Cybersecurity researchers have linked a malicious backdoor in compromised Rust packages to previous North Korean supply ...

Ur-Energy makes first shipment from Wyoming uranium project

Ur-Energy has made the first shipment of uranium from its Shirley Basin uranium mine, marking the project's transition t...

Blue Ghost to carry nuclear power source to the Moon

Firefly Aerospace and Zeno Power Systems have announced a commercial payload agreement that will see a radioisotope heat...

Russia plans to add 30 GW nuclear capacity, expand exports

President Vladimir Putin has set out the goals for Russia's nuclear energy sector and said that new capacity, including ...

New Agent Tesla Malware Variant Boosts Evasion Capabilities

An Agent Tesla v4 malware campaign used novel emoji-based code obfuscation to evade detection, KnowBe4 has revealed

Rocket Report: SpaceX makes its mark on the Moon; ULA names new boss

Taiwan's effort to develop its own satellite launcher hit a setback this week.

Doosan Enerbility contracted for Natrium components

Doosan Enerbility of South Korea has signed a contract for the supply of key equipment for TerraPower's first Natrium so...

State Department seeks $3 million projects to counter North Korean propaganda

The U.S. State Department is planning to fund efforts to document human rights abuses in North Korea and counter the reg...

IAEA project focuses on research reactor testing of fuels and materials

A four-year project aims to develop technical guidance to help produce more effective, safer and efficient testing of ne...

The invisible passenger in your car

Kaspersky expert has discovered new Android malware designed to serve ads and build a proxy botnet. It's delivered throu...

ECB Consumer Expectations Survey results – July 2026

A Rock and China’s Three-Sea Problem

Two rocks surrounded by coral, with a total land size of less than 10 square meters (approximately 108 square feet) at h...

Mental Health Is a Warfighting Readiness Problem for the U.S. Navy

“You cannot be at mental peace always. You will be worried. So even my family — they are scared all the time, and they w...

Pro-North Korea newspaper chief in Japan returns to foreign-policy polemics

Kim Ji Yong, the chief editor of the Choson Sinbo, has resumed writing bylined opinion columns rebutting Washington, Tok...

Germany’s second China shock

Mark Leonard welcomes Janka Oertel and Andrew Small to discuss how China’s industrial rise is shaking Germany—and Europe...

Kim Yo Jong mocks ‘puppet’ Seoul as Trump cuts short U.S.-ROK military drills

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, derided South Korea on Thursday for scaling back...