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Revival will depend on adoption of tools such as small modular nuclear reactors, greater automation and new logistics systems that make maritime transport more efficient and commercially attractive.
The Department of Defense has assembled the operating architecture for the most consequential defense acquisition reform in a decade.
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.
Golden Dome is unaffordable, technologically unachievable and strategically destabilizing because opponents can deploy more offensive capability at less cost.
Producing defense-grade metals and magnets requires chemical and metallurgical processes that take years to develop, qualify and scale.
U.S. policymakers increasingly recognize that foreign adversaries can exploit commercially available sensitive data about military personnel.
Pressure to rapidly implement and deploy artificial intelligence systems often comes at the cost of security.
The 2025 conflict between India and Pakistan marked an important chapter in testing the S-400 air defense technology.
Russia’s economic fundamentals argue strongly that engaging in business ventures with Russia now would be a bad idea.
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