Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology

A man holds a laptop computer as cyber code is projected on him in this illustration picture taken on May 13, 2017. Capitalizing on spying tools believed to have been developed by the U.S. National Security Agency, hackers staged a cyber assault with a self-spreading malware that has infected tens of thousands of computers in nearly 100 countries. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration - RTX35OS0

Cyber threats and how the United States should prepare

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Moto taxis gather at a bus station that migrants often arrive at in Agadez, Niger, May 7, 2016. Picture taken May 7, 2016. To match Analysis EUROPE-MIGRANTS/AFRICA REUTERS/Joe Penney - RTSS2RO

In the eye of the storm: Niger and its unstable neighbors

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, June 13, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump walks from Marine One as he returns from a day trip to Ohio at the White House in Washington, U.S., June 7, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts - RTX39IYT

On foreign policy, Trump isn’t a complete disaster

David Gordon and Michael E. O’Hanlon

Monday, June 12, 2017

A man carrying a Boko Haram flag walks past a group of 82 Chibok girls, who were held captive for three years by Islamist militants, as the girls wait to be released in exchange for several militant commanders, near Kumshe, Nigeria May 6, 2017. Picture taken May 6, 2017. REUTERS/Zanah Mustapha - RTS15P0S

Under the hot Sahel sun: “Post”-Boko Haram challenges in Niger and Nigeria

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Thursday, June 8, 2017

A California Gulf porpoise, also known as a vaquita, monument (R) is seen in San Felipe in Mexico's state of Baja California March 7, 2008, The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say. Picture taken March 7, 2008. REUTERS/Henry Romero(MEXICO) - RTR1YHEB

The vanishing vaquita and the challenges of combating wildlife trafficking

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Monday, June 5, 2017

U.S President Donald Trump (C) follows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May as NATO member leaders gather before the start of their summit in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke - RTX37MO6

Is Trump undoing trans-Atlantic relations?

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Israeli Air Force T-6 Texan II planes fly in formation during an aerial demonstration at a graduation ceremony for Israeli air force pilots at the Hatzerim air base in southern Israel December 29, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen - RTX2WV2E

Sun Tzu, Clausewitz, and the 1967 War

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

The lobby of the CIA Headquarters Building in Langley, Virginia, U.S. on August 14, 2008. REUTERS/Larry Downing/File Photo TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTX2UDJ7

The CIA’s overlooked intelligence victory in the 1967 War

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

A soldier carries blocks of cocaine to a pile for incineration at a naval base in Matamoros, in Tamaulipas state April 29. Mexican authorities today burnt a 9,871kg haul of Colombian cocaine which was found inside a tanker truck heading for the United states last week. They also incinerated 3,891kg of marijuana. The near ten ton haul represents almost a third of Mexico's average annual cocaine seizures. - RTXHK4Z

Hooked: Mexico’s violence and U.S. demand for drugs

Vanda Felbab-Brown

Tuesday, May 30, 2017

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks at the start of the NATO summit at their new headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 25, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst - RTX37MLB

On Trump’s Article 5 omission

Michael E. O’Hanlon

Thursday, May 25, 2017