President Donald Trump’s freewheeling use of tariffs as a tool of American power may have been more extensive than was publicly known, encompassing an array of national security goals as well as the ...

December 19, 2025 - As 2025 draws to a close, national security discussions on the surface continue to center on geopolitical rivalry, technological competition, and the pace of innovation. These ...

An undated photo of President Trump meeting with Jared Isaacman that Isaacman posted after being renominated to lead NASA Nov. 4. Credit: X @rookisaacman The Trump administration’s new national ...

October 03, 2025 - The term "dual-use technology" refers to innovation with both civilian and military applications. For decades, the epicenter of this innovation was unmistakably American. From DARPA ...

For decades, America’s chief adversaries, Russia and China, have been striving to upend the U.S.-led post-World War II international order. For just as long, the U.S. government has published national ...

On Sept. 2, when American military aircraft targeted a boat in the Caribbean and reportedly followed it with a strike to pulverize the shipwrecked survivors, it was a new assertion of U.S. imperial ...