In this edition of Wilson Center NOW we are joined by Wilson Center Diversity & Inclusion Council Co-chair Shahrazad Hired, Wilson Global Fellow Michael Forster, and Chief Diversity,...

Kevin Baron President Joe Biden came to office promising to renew the spirit of the Western alliances born after World War II. It’s his deliberate...

Brandi Vincent Deployment of the private 5G wireless network that will underpin the Defense Department’s experimentation with an array of cutting-edge technologies through its forthcoming...

Nathan Strout A geospatial imagery and analytics provider to the intelligence community is going public following an expected $1.5 billion merger with an investment group,...

Leo Shane III In remarks to world leaders on Friday, President Joe Biden vowed that America remains committed to its foreign military alliances and promised to work...

Andrew Eversden The list of IT issues awaiting the U.S. Defense Department’s next chief information officer is filled with pressing concerns to harness the power...

EVAN MONTGOMERY Is it really possible for the United States to maintain its extensive global security commitments while dealing with four serious rivals across three separate regions? https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/defense-strategy-and-the-empire-state-of-mind-how-preparing-for-the-best-can-leave-washington-vulnerable-to-the-rest/

Lt. Col. (ret.) Michael Segall, Jerusalem Center - Iran Desk On February 16, 2021, the Biden administration removed the Houthi rebels (Ansar Allah) in Yemen from...

BARNETT RUBIN President Joe Biden will soon have to decide whether to withdraw the remaining 2,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan by May 1, as stipulated by the February 2020 Doha agreement. https://warontherocks.com/2021/02/how-to-bargain-with-the-taliban/  

Daniel Rakov, Yochai Guisky High-level political dialogue might identify the slim common ground to curb cyber-hostilities, with quid-pro-quos not necessarily confined to the cybersphere. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-joe-biden-should-start-cybersecurity-dialogue-russia-178422

Klon Kitchen Access to Americans’ data through apps like TikTok and companies like Huawei is a real problem. https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-america-needs-clear-policy-deal-chinese-cyber-security-concerns-178434

Rachel Bucchino The former president has been on a digital hiatus ever since he left the White House last month, but Donald Trump effectively ended...

David Keane, Dan Negrea Instead of making Russia a scapegoat, America should seek to drive a wedge between it and China. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-chart-new-course-russia-178416

Dov S. Zakheim The White House insists that Biden’s delay in phoning Netanyahu was not a deliberate snub. https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-did-biden-finally-call-netanyahu-178473

Mike Andrews, Alexander Whalley We have witnessed significant changes in economic geography over the last years. However, little is known about the spatial concentration of...

Leticia Abad , Noel Maurer While the COVID-19 pandemic seemed to have affected the 2020 US presidential elections, it had remarkably little effect on the...