What would the Federalist Papers say if they were written in the 21st century? What challenges would they speak to? What roadmap might they lay out? These are the questions that the ambitious, …
Update on The National Reconnaissance Office’s Evolving Mission in Space
The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is transforming its mission to stay ahead in a contested space environment, focusing on resilience through emerging technologies and partnerships. More compute …
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NIST’s AI Risk Management Framework: A Tool To Comprehend and Mitigate Issues
In July 2024 The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released results of collaboration with a broad range of stakeholders designed to help mitigate issues in AI called the "AI Risk …
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Strategy for Migrating to Automated Post-Quantum Cryptography Discovery and Inventory Tools
To stay ahead of emerging threats, federal agencies must proactively adapt their cryptographic systems to withstand future quantum computing capabilities. This strategy outlines how automated tools …
Cyber and Tech Diplomacy “Move from the Periphery to the Center” of International Relations
Nate Fick serves as the inaugural U.S. Ambassador at Large for Cyberspace and Digital Policy, leading the State Department's Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy (CDP, which was launched in 2022). …
Rearming for the Future
There’s been a lot of talk lately about replenishing U.S. military stockpiles drained by our support for Ukraine and Israel. That’s true—our reserves of everything from missiles to artillery shells …
The U.S. Needs to Cut – Not Add To – It’s Cyber Bloat
Recently, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill designed to combat the cyber threat against critical infrastructure posed by nation states, and especially …
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Convergence is AIxBio: AI and the Bioeconomy
The future of biotechnology points to opportunities for advantage created by the exponential disruption of the industrial base (including that of defense) coupled with exponential biotechnology …
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Addressing the Threat of Political Violence in the 2024 Elections
Brian Michael Jenkins pulled together a series of workshops in 2024 focused on the ways to anticipate, plan for, and mitigate issues of election violence. He captured the results of this work with …
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Supply Chain Disruption? What You Need to Know About the ILA and the USMX
To date, OODA Loop coverage of U.S. port labor and supply chain disputes has been focused on the West Coast-based International Longshoremen and Warehousemen Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime …
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