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America Is Digitally Fragile — and Our Adversaries Know It
OPINION — America has entered a moment in which it is fundamentally more vulnerable than at any point in modern history. For the first time, the [...] More
The Drone War’s Real Problem Isn’t Technology — It’s Speed
OPINION — When Steve Blank and I sat down over coffee a decade ago and realized that the customer discovery process in Lean was identical to what I'd [...] More
Cheap Drones, Expensive Consequences: The New Economics of War
OPINION -- The democratization of drone warfareWhen Ukrainian soldiers began destroying Russian tanks with inexpensive quadcopters, the economics of [...] More
Iran: War, the Abraham Accords, and the Psychology of Its Leadership
OPINION – As the war between Iran and America (plus Israel) enters its second week, a close examination of its asymmetric and higher-order effects is [...] More
Purpose-Built or Perilous: Congress Faces a Critical FBI Headquarters Decision
OPINION – Congress is weighing a decision with critical National Security implications for generations to come: where to locate the next FBI [...] More
Revisionist History – Aliens, Secrets and Conspiracies
OPINION – Over a decade ago, I was a public official and was at one of our commission meetings on the coast of California. A fellow commissioner and [...] More
