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
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,
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
As of mid-September, the Houthis, after capturing Mokha, the Hanish Islands, and Mayun, hold physical control over the approaches to Bab el-Mandeb, the chokepoint through
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
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
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
The war in Ukraine is exposing a fundamental change in modern conflict. Low Earth orbit (LEO) constellations are no longer simply a supporting layer that
As both the U.S. and Iran have climbed the escalation ladder, the Strait of Hormuz — and with it, international maritime trade and energy markets
Since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury, the United States spent about forty days in major combat operations against the Republic of Iran, followed by
