Center for Strategic and International Studies

The growing role of open source intelligence in national security strategy

Federal News Network interviewed agencies, associations and institutions about how they are integrating open source intelligence into national security…

Federal Insights

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How companies can protect themselves and the country in an era of cyberwarfare

Commentary

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rhyan Acey performs maintenance on the AN/TSQ-180 Milstar Communications Vehicle July 30, 2021, at the 233rd Space Group, Greeley Air National Guard Station, Greeley, Colorado. The 233rd Space Group was the first National Guard unit to assume a U.S. Space Command mission. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Amanda Geiger)

Space National Guard would have low initial price tag

Space Operations

Air Force/Darryl Bolden Jr.

While advocates await new DoD data on military food insecurity, researchers suggest solutions

Defense

Federal News Network

Space Force, Space National Guard, soldier

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

DoD Reporter's Notebook

A long-time defense analyst joins the defense industry

Budget

How much does inflation actually matter to DoD and can it be fixed?

Defense

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Interpreting the Biden administration’s Defense budget request

Defense

What will it be for DoD: Force structure or soft power?

Defense

DoD spending data tells us how serious the Pentagon is about a shift to great power competition

Defense

Senior Master Sgt. Paul Kalle, 723d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron first sergeant, speaks with a family during a Deployed Spouses Dinner Feb. 18, 2020, at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The monthly event is a free dinner at Georgia Pines Dining Facility designed as a ‘thank you’ for each families’ support and sacrifice while their spouse is deployed or on a remote assignment. The dinner, occurring on every third Tuesday of the month, provides an opportunity for spouses to interact with other families of deployed Airmen, key spouses and unit leadership, as well as provide a break for the spouse while military sponsor is deployed. The next Deployed Spouses Dinner will be March 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Erick Requadt)

DoD taking steps to scope military hunger issue

Defense

FILE - This March 27, 2008, file photo, shows the Pentagon in Washington. Reports of sexual assaults across the U.S. military increased by a very small amount in 2020, a year when troops were largely locked down for months as bases around the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. officials. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

The Biden administration’s proposed Defense budget is going to force some tough choices

As the Biden administration had been signaling for some time, its proposed Defense budget for 2022 is essentially flat. Should it come to pass, it would…

Budget

DoD potentially vulnerable to private military companies controlled by other nations

U.S. armed forces could find themselves in hot conflict with PMCs – then what? Marine Corps Lt. Col. Joe Moye offered some answers on Federal Drive with…

Defense

DoD is still unbalanced on readiness, but is it trying to do too much?

Defense

The National Defense Strategy asks DoD to counter near-peer competitors, Iran, North Korea and terrorism.