Siri and Alexa were only the beginning. As voice recognition and speech synthesis technologies continue to mature, the days of typing on keyboards to interact with the digital world around u… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Oct 13, 2023 View in browser… Read More

From the SitRoom to the E-Ring, the inside scoop on defense, national security and foreign policy. Oct 03, 2023 View in browser… Read More

LONDON (AP) – Western fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent have eased but not disappeared.Diplomatic efforts to avert war got new energy this week after Russian Preside… Read More

LONDON (AP) – Western fears that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is imminent have eased but not disappeared.Diplomatic efforts to avert war got new energy this week after Russian Preside… Read More

Why Are We Repeating History?  by C. A. Matthews  Happy Black History Month! Last year, we spent several weeks in the month of February discussing various topics that are of… Read More

Pentagon eyes Boeing F-15X.The Pentagon is planning to apply for $ 1.2 billion to buy 12 Boeing F-15X fighter jets, the most recent version of the legendary Eagle. This request will be inclu… Read More

Officially, China is helping Cambodia to expand its naval base in Ream, the country’s biggest naval base. On Wednesday (June 8), officials from both countries attended a groundbreaking… Read More

Here we are again, facing the real possibility that events we can't control will overcome our desire to avoid going to war. And, when Pres. Joe Biden suggests Russia has committed "war crim… Read More

Exclusive: When two hijacked planes hit the twin towers of the World Trade Center like a pair of missiles on September 11, those caught above the point of impact appeared almost certain as d… Read More

Knowledge is power. And we’re aiming to have our power levels go over 9,000! One of the best infotainment features on Bored Panda is our biweekly article about the ‘Today I Learn… Read More

We just held our fifteenth session of our new national security class Technology, Innovation and Modern War. Joe Felter, Raj Shah and I designed a class to examine the ne… Read More

When Jim Mattis resigned as secretary of defense in December 2018, he was widely lauded and lamented as “the last grown-up” in the Trump administration. The tributes were comment… Read More

In a speech commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s rule, Chinese President Xi Jinping has a message to his own 1.4-billion Chinese people, and the world, e… Read More

A Morally Bankrupt Society...This is what it looks like in a morally bankrupt society. -- Lee Camp This week we consider what it means to be a morally bankrupt society. Our featured writer t… Read More

NEW DELHI: Forging “a strong political connect” to further propel the expansive India-US defence cooperation will be the underlying theme when Nirmala Sitharaman meets James M… Read More