Category: Technology
44 Articles
- Technology
The Fujian-class Aircraft Carrier: The PRC’s Challenge to the Indo-Pacific Order
On November 5, 2025, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) commissioned its most advanced aircraft carrier to date: the Type 003 Fujian. The ceremony was presided over by…
December 11, 2025
- Technology
Exporting the Great Firewall: The CCP’s Exposed Efforts to Spread Digital Authoritarianism
A massive September 2025 leak of data from the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) ‘Great Firewall’ offers the first verifiable technical evidence of how the Chinese…
November 21, 2025
- Technology
Authoritarian Learning: The Russia-PRC Convergence in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has transformed the drone from a reconnaissance tool into the centerpiece of twenty-first-century warfare. What began as a small-scale improvisation on both…
November 5, 2025
- Europe & Central Asia
- Technology
A First Point View: Examining Ukraine’s Drone Industry
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022, Ukraine’s drone industry has emerged as a key pillar of the country’s defense innovation apparatus. Drones have helped Ukraine…
May 15, 2025
- Intelligence & National Security
- Technology
Cyber Risk Manipulation: A Powerful Tool for U.S. Offensive Operations
The second Trump administration taking office initiated a renewed conversation about the utility of cyber deterrence as a policy to secure U.S. critical systems from. …
March 25, 2025
- Europe & Central Asia
- Technology
Advancing U.S. SMR Diplomacy for a Safe and Secure Energy Transition: Romania’s Pioneering Role
As the United States seeks to strengthen its global leadership in energy innovation, small modular reactors (SMRs) emerge as a powerful tool of diplomatic engagement in Europe.…
March 6, 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Technology
Silicon Savannah or Digital Debt Trap? Unpacking Foreign Tech in Sub-Saharan Africa
Foreign tech investments in Sub-Saharan Africa bring opportunities and risks. While fueling innovation and economic growth, they also raise concerns about neocolonialism and…
February 21, 2025
- Technology
The Digital Shield: Using Cyber Diplomacy to Strengthen National Cyber Resilience
In the modern security environment, unconventional, asymmetric security challenges become increasingly dangerous since adversaries seek cheap and easy ways to confront stronger…
February 9, 2025
- Intelligence & National Security
- Middle East & North Africa
- Technology
The Dehumanization of ISR: Israel’s Use of Artificial Intelligence In Warfare
“At 5 a.m., [the air force] would come and bomb all the houses that we had marked,” B. said, an anonymous IDF soldier. “We took out thousands of people. We didn’t go…
January 9, 2025
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- Technology
Bending the Baobab: AI’s Erosion of Security in the Sahel
Foreign, domestic, and non-state actors have manipulated the information landscape to secure their interests across Sub-Saharan Africa. Malign actors use information warfare to…
January 3, 2025