Tag: Defense One

(USA) We Need to Know Who Is Getting Vaccinated (Erin Kissane, Defense One)

A year into the coronavirus pandemic in the United States, we still lack a complete understanding of who is getting sick, and where, and...

(USA) Feds Can’t Buy Chinese-Made Drones Through GSA Anymore (Aaron Boyd, Defense One)

The General Services Administration—the federal government’s central buyer—will no longer include drones in its suite of offerings, except those previously approved by a small...

(USA) ‘Once You Engage in Political Violence, It Becomes Easier to Do It Again’ (Naomi Schalit, Ore Koren, Defense One)

Before the November 2020 election, Ore Koren  — assistant professor of political science at Indiana University — wrote a story for The Conversation about the likelihood of election-related violence in...

(USA) IGs Ask: How Well Do Feds Share Cyber-Threat Info? (Mariam Baksh, Defense One)

Just as reports of hackers accessing government systems were emerging, the Commerce Department’s inspector general office announced it would immediately begin assessing agencies’ information-sharing...

(USA) Aging ICBMs Must Be Replaced, Not Refurbished, STRATCOM Chief Says (Patrick Tucker, Defense One)

Amid reports that the Biden administration may scale back a planned 30-year, $1.2 trillion nuclear-modernization plan, the leader of U.S. Strategic Command wants everyone to know: America’s...

USA/DOD – Two-Thirds of DOD’s Major IT Projects Are Behind Schedule, GAO Found (Mila Jasper, Defense One)

Defense officials say lack of talent is slowing the adoption of cybersecurity best practices. https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/01/two-thirds-dods-major-it-projects-are-behind-schedule-gao-found/171169/

USA – After COVID, What Should American Foreign Policy Do? (William Inboden, Defense One)

The pandemic reminds us that American leadership can determine whether the arc of history bends toward something better or something worse. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/world-covid-made-what-should-american-foreign-policy-do/171162/

USA/CYBERSPACE – Everybody Spies in Cyberspace. The U.S. Must Plan Accordingly (Amy Zegart, Defense One)

Because all countries engage in espionage, intrusions like Russia’s latest data hack are devilishly hard to deter. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/everybody-spies-cyberspace-us-must-plan-accordingly/171112/

PANDEMIC – The Mutated Virus Is a Ticking Time Bomb (Zeynep Tufekci, Defense One)

There is much we don’t know about the new COVID-19 variant—but everything we know so far suggests a huge danger. https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/mutated-virus-ticking-time-bomb/171115/

USA – The Hidden Dangers in Biden’s Foreign Policy (Ryan P. Burke, Defense One)

President-elect Joe Biden is a product of the 20th-century U.S. foreign policy establishment and a Cold War-era hegemonic ideologue who voted for the Iraq war. He...