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Why Have Chinese Cyberattacks Declined?

26 October 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mara Hvistendahl MIT Technology Review Last summer, an audience of government officials, military personnel, and foreign ambassadors gathered in Aspen, Colorado, to hear John Carlin, then an assistant attorney general, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’

12 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

On the Brink of an Artificial Intelligence Arms Race

6 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Anja Kaspersen World Policy Journal The machines rise, subjugating humanity. It’s a science fiction trope that’s almost as old as machines themselves. The doomsday scenarios spun around this theme are […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

Developing Pragmatic Military Strategy

30 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andrew J. Bacevich Foreign Affairs During the Cold War, the United States preferred to husband, rather than expend, its military power. The idea was not to fight but to defend, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Hidden Costs of America’s Addiction to Mercenaries

15 August 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Sean McFate Defense One As President Obama prepares to hand off combat operations in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and elsewhere, to his successor, he’s also bequeathing a way of war […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

America’s Youth and the Long-Term Viability of the Armed Forces

25 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Mary E. Landry The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs According to the Department of Defense, 71 percent of all young Americans between the ages of 17 and 24 are unable […]

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NATIONAL SECURITY

How a Malaysian Playboy Controlled the Most Powerful Naval Force on the Planet

26 May 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Matthew Gault War is Boring It was the middle of September 2013 and the U.S. Justice Department had laid a trap. Its target was the Malaysian millionaire defense contractor […]

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