• DRONESThe Drone Age Demands a New Theory of Military Protection

    By John Coyne

    Military protection has never existed simply to keep soldiers alive or platforms intact. Its enduring purpose has always been to preserve freedom of action: the ability of a force to maneuver, fight and impose its will despite enemy action. The changing character of war suggests that assumption, not the purpose of protection itself, should be re-examined.

  • DRONESHedgehog 2025: Prickly Logistics in a Transparent Battlefield

    By Travis Veillon

    In modern warfare, the front line no longer begins where supply trucks stop. It begins wherever a drone can see. NATO’slogistics system, built for secure rear areas and deliberate decision cycles, cannot survive in a battlefield defined by constant surveillance, rapid targeting, and cheap attritable drones.

  • AI & SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHSafeguarding AI Systems Used in Scientific Research

    As artificial intelligence becomes central to scientific discovery, researchers face a growing but often overlooked risk: the AI models, datasets, and automated systems they depend on can be compromised in ways that conventional cybersecurity tools are not designed to detect.

     

  • AI GOVERNANCEImmigration as a Test Case for Executive AI Governance

    By Camille J. Mackler

    DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. DHS deploys AI in immigration enforcement largely untested, undisclosed, and unreviewed, a preview of how AI could reshape executive power. These systems are being developed and normalized first on noncitizens before expanding to all. DHS is now deploying artificial intelligence (AI) systems that already exhibit many of the governance problems AI scholars warn could emerge as more capable systems enter government.

  • TERRORISMGuardrails Under Test: Terrorist Misuse of AI Models and the Open-Weight “Abliteration” Problem

    By Adam Hadley

    The most serious near-term threat posed by artificial intelligence to counterterrorism is what information and support AI models are willing to provide to terrorists, and that property is almost entirely unmeasured.

  • NUCLEAR POWERWorking to Automate Nuclear Plant Operations

    By Poornima Apte

    For nuclear to be considered as a viable clean energy source, it has to be competitively priced and economical to produce. Ph.D. student Lauren Fortier is building on the experience she gained operating a nuclear plant for the Navy to solve a critical hurdle in the wider adoption of the energy source.

  • AI & TERRORISMAl‑Qaida and the Islamic State Are Both Adopting AI – but Differ in How They Think About the Technology

    By Sara Harmouch

    Both movements use AI for many of the same practical purposes. The difference lies in how they understand the technology and the questions they ask beyond immediate use.

  • AI RISKSSafeguarding the Future in the AI Era: Q&A with Sella Nevo

    By Doug Irvin

    The most imminent risk, even if it’s not the worst-case scenario, is cyberattacks. We’ve seen rapid improvement in AI cyber capabilities, and the progress is not going to stop. Now, of course, this can also help defenders. But there are good reasons to think that, in the near term, these capabilities will be offense-dominant.

  • AI SCAREAn AI Busted Out and Ran Amok. We Should Be Scared

    By David Wroe and Justin Bassi

    Top AI company OpenAI has frightened the heck out of everyone. It announced that its top models, while being tested in a digital cage on their cyber skills, had broken out of the cage, got onto the internet, broken into another AI company’s systems and stolen tools to pass the tests in an ‘unprecedented’ attack.

  • AI SCAREOpenAI’s Models Autonomously Hacked a Tech Startup. It Signals a Seismic Shift in Cybersecurity

    By Hussein Abbass

    It is no longer a question of “if” AI agents go rogue and attack us by themselves. The Hugging Face incident is an early warning that we must accelerate our preparedness. The threat is real and here.

  • DEMOCRACY WATCHAI Tools That Can Steer Public Opinion Fall Outside Current Regulation, Study Finds

    A new study has found that AI tools used to write, edit and contextualize social media posts can subtly steer public opinion - a form of influence that current regulation does not yet address.

  • DRONE WARFAREThe Drone Revolution That Isn’t

    By Sandor Fabian

    Drones have indeed become indispensable military tools. They have democratized access to aerial reconnaissance, improved tactical precision, and lowered the cost of surveillance and strike missions. But the public discourse has drifted from acknowledging their importance to declaring them revolutionary. The conclusion that drones have changed warfare forever is only half correct.

  • AUTONOMOUS WEAPONSForce Multipliers: Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Ukraine and Gaza Conflicts

    By Vinayak Rajpurohit

    The use of Autonomous Weapon Systems has changed the dynamics of warfare in recent times. The rise of Artificial Intelligence has reshaped military power, strategies and decision-making in war. AI is transforming modern combat through greater speed, precision and low-cost deployment.

  • SHADOWBOXINGThe Antifa Terrorism Threat the Trump Administration Describes Does Not Exist

    By Jason M. Blazakis

    A September 2025 Trump’s executive order asserted an antifa enterprise into existence where none exists — and then declared war on it. After the organization was invented by the executive order, an enforcement machinery was built by presidential memorandum, and a foreign connection was manufactured by the State Department. Each step launders the previous one. The threat the administration describes does not exist in the form the administration describes it. One result is certain: Genuine threats from real terrorist groups — with real leaders, actual funding, and malicious intent — will get less attention from the U.S. and any ally co-opted to focus on antifa.

  • CHINA WATCHChinese Models Are on Track to Win the Agentic AI Price War

    By Alex Colville

    If Western companies don’t want to be left behind by their cheaper Chinese counterparts, they must find a balance between intelligence and affordability.