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Artificial Intelligence Has a New Name. The White House Should Make Sure It Has the Same Oversight.
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North Korea’s Cryptocurrency Theft and Strategic Logic of Its Cyber Operations
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Escalating Conflict With Iran-Backed Houthis And The Future Of Mecca Defense Pact
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The RF Perimeter Has Changed: Why Critical Infrastructure Needs Full-Spectrum RF Awareness and Clear Response Authority
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Improving DOJ’s AI Use Case Inventory: Four Targeted Reforms
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Technology, Americas

Nov 6 , 2026

Policy Brief

Artificial Intelligence Has a New Name. The White House Should Make Sure It Has the Same Oversight.

The Department of Homeland Security now calls its online list of artificial intelligence (AI) use cases the Super Intelligence Use Case Inventory. A disclaimer banner on the webpage explains that the term “AI” was changed where appropriate following President Trump’s September 29 executive order (EO) rebranding the federal government’s AI

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Cybersecurity, Technology, Indo – Pacific

Nov 4 , 2026

Op-Ed

North Korea’s Cryptocurrency Theft and Strategic Logic of Its Cyber Operations

Introduction North Korea-linked state-sponsored malign activities in cyberspace have evolved over two decades, transforming the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) actors into multi-layered structures. Like China and Russia, North Korea has emerged as one of the most active state actors engaging in cyber operations. On October 29, 2026, North Korea-linked state-sponsored

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Defense & Security, Technology

Oct 28 , 2026

Policy Brief

The RF Perimeter Has Changed: Why Critical Infrastructure Needs Full-Spectrum RF Awareness and Clear Response Authority

A quiet radio frequency (RF) display can conceal a dangerous gap in a security plan. An approaching drone may be communicating outside the frequencies being monitored, using a signal the equipment cannot classify, or operating without a conventional radio-control link at all. In each case, the absence of an alert

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NextGen

Oct 21 , 2026

Projects

Turkey’s Evolving Strategy in the Horn of Africa among Middle East Power Competition

The Horn of Africa (HOA) and Red Sea region, situated along one of the world’s most critical maritime routes and chokepoints, holds an outsized geopolitical significance, as the Iran War has demonstrated the precarity of trade-route security and the importance of stable littoral states in keeping routes open. Long before

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Cybersecurity, Defense & Security, Technology

Oct 15 , 2026

Op-Ed

Improving DOJ’s AI Use Case Inventory: Four Targeted Reforms

During a panel at the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference in August 2026, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) chief AI officer Katie Noyes described 139 approved artificial intelligence (AI) use cases. The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) public 2025 inventory, released in January 2026, listed 50 FBI use cases. An FBI spokesperson later

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Cybersecurity, Defense & Security, Technology

Oct 13 , 2026

Podcast

Bill Edwards: The Perimeter Has Changed

In this OrionTalks episode, hosted by Suat Cubukcu, COL (R) Bill Edwards discusses his new book, The Perimeter Has Changed, and how drones, emerging technologies, and evolving threats are reshaping physical security. An Iraq War veteran and experienced drone and counter-drone professional, Edwards is a recognized thought leader in the

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Defense & Security, Europe & Central Asia, Middle East

Oct 12 , 2026

Policy Brief

Escalating Conflict With Iran-Backed Houthis And The Future Of Mecca Defense Pact

On August 7, 2026, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed the “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement” (MJDA), a trilateral defense pact that brought Turkey into a Saudi-Pakistan collective-defense deal. While the agreement considers “any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them

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Technology, Americas

Oct 5 , 2026

Op-Ed

Natural Gas-Reliant AI Data Centers are Vulnerable to Chokepoint Coercion

U.S. prosperity is increasingly interlinked with AI, accounting for nearly half of the S&P 500’s market capitalization. Sustaining America’s hard-won competitive AI edge hinges on uninterrupted access to natural gas, which now comprises approximately 40 percent of the power mix in U.S. AI data centers. To date, AI data centers

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Latest Research

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Technology, Americas

Nov 6 , 2026

Policy Brief

Artificial Intelligence Has a New Name. The White House Should Make Sure It Has the Same Oversight.

The Department of Homeland Security now calls its online list of artificial intelligence (AI) use cases the Super Intelligence Use Case Inventory. A disclaimer banner on the webpage explains that the term “AI” was changed where appropriate following President Trump’s September 29 executive order (EO) rebranding the federal government’s AI

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Defense & Security, Technology

Oct 28 , 2026

Policy Brief

The RF Perimeter Has Changed: Why Critical Infrastructure Needs Full-Spectrum RF Awareness and Clear Response Authority

A quiet radio frequency (RF) display can conceal a dangerous gap in a security plan. An approaching drone may be communicating outside the frequencies being monitored, using a signal the equipment cannot classify, or operating without a conventional radio-control link at all. In each case, the absence of an alert

READ MORE : {{post_title}}

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Defense & Security, Europe & Central Asia, Middle East

Oct 12 , 2026

Policy Brief

Escalating Conflict With Iran-Backed Houthis And The Future Of Mecca Defense Pact

On August 7, 2026, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Turkey signed the “Mecca Joint Defence Agreement” (MJDA), a trilateral defense pact that brought Turkey into a Saudi-Pakistan collective-defense deal. While the agreement considers “any armed attack against any one of the three States shall be regarded as an attack against them

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Defense & Security, Middle East

Sep 23 , 2026

Policy Brief

The Siege of the Republic of Iran

Following months of U.S. and Israeli attacks against Iran and repeated diplomatic efforts and ceasefires, the U.S. administration has shifted to a strategy of increased economic pressure against Iran under Operation Economic Outcast. The White House has framed the current strategic shift as primarily an economic campaign (with a dual

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Defense & Security, Terrorism & Extremism, Africa, Middle East

Sep 8 , 2026

Policy Brief

Evolving Nature of Terrorism since the September 11 Attacks: al-Qaeda and ISIS Affiliates

The terrorism threat landscape has changed substantially since September 11, 2001. Over the last quarter of a century, counterterrorism efforts disrupted terrorist networks and decapitate several senior leaders, including the founder of al Qaeda, Usama bin Laden, and his successors, as well as ISIS leadership. Despite al Qaeda being pushed

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Defense & Security, Technology

Sep 5 , 2026

Policy Brief

Folly, Persuasion, and Deceit: Artificial Intelligence and the Coming Crisis of Overconfidence in Strategic Nuclear Affairs

Introduction Artificial intelligence (AI) is seeping steadily into strategic nuclear affairs. In 2018, a RAND Corporation study reasoned that by 2040, an AI could advise humans on matters of escalation without connecting directly to nuclear launchers, based on the progress AI is making in “increasingly complex and poorly specified tasks.”[1]

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