State of the Union
National Security Roundup for the 2023 State of the Union
National security highlights from President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union.
One of the great benefits of democracy is that politics impacts policy, even national security policy. Elections, confirmation battles, and legislative fights all affect the way the United States balances its competing priorities, interests and values as it conducts foreign and security affairs. National security professionals would therefore be wise to keep an eye on what candidates are saying about national security matters, how they are faring in the polls, and on which way the winds in Congress seem to be blowing the national security issues of the day.
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National security highlights from President Biden’s 2023 State of the Union.
Some policymakers are declaring non-U.S. tech companies, products, and services a risk to U.S. security—and proposing bans in response. But before barreling ahead, policymakers need to consider several questions.
Classifying information because it’s politically sensitive, as Gen. Milley did, undermines the public trust on which the entire system of national security secrecy rests.
There has been a recent bipartisan shift to frame economic issues—among many others—in security terms.
If a society does not value half of its population, the chances are that society and its leaders will not value international agreements or the rule of law.
Last month, the Justice Department announced the end of its highly controversial China Initiative. As the first public trial of an academic prosecuted under that Initiative gets underway, however, it remains unclear how much has changed.
Here’s an introduction to the revolutionary implications of artificial intelligence for national security, and a summary of recent articles in the space.
The Commerce Department’s addition of four entities to the export control Entity List highlights accelerated efforts to target companies providing cyber services to certain foreign governments—especially when human rights are at stake.
A House bill proposes a new mechanism for judicial review of war powers. Here’s how it works.
Cuomo’s resignation says something important about the Democratic Party’s commitment to anti-authoritarianism.