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“Resilience” means designing ground systems that can survive a contested environment, adapt to changing commercial offerings and still deliver reliable communications.
Across Iran, demonstrations persist despite executions, mass arrests and militarized repression. This level of endurance reflects organization and deep popular support.
Justin Sanchez • JANUARY 5, 2026
Elevating AI and chips to national priorities is essential, but it’s also time to give biotechnology and biosecurity the same strategic focus. The U.S. should stop treating biosecurity as a low-visibility, high-impact endeavor and recommit to biotechnology as a launchpad for economic prosperity, with biosecurity as the guardrails that keep us accelerating in the right direction into the future.
U.S production for key UAV electronic components, airframes and propulsion systems remains fragmented, with limited capacity for rapid surge.
The reality is that the U.S. lacks a reliable method for sharing mission data across allied forces quickly and securely.
AFRICOM is uniquely positioned to forge and strengthen the partnerships essential for building long-term stability and prosperity.
The military’s zero trust approach redefines security principles with a focus on drastically reducing attack surfaces.
Warfighters may be unknowingly revealing sensitive patterns of strategic thought through their interactions with commercial AI systems.
The Trump administration argues the strikes are necessary to stem the flow of drugs to the U.S., but the law is not simply whatever the president deems it to be.
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