Category: Technology

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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