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Dr. Jennifer Jefferis is a Teaching Professor and the Director of Curriculum for the Security Studies Program, in the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. 

Benjamin H. Friedman (<a href="http://twitter.com/BH_Friedman" target="_blank">@BH_Friedman</a>) is the policy director at Defense Priorities. He was previously a research fellow in defense and homeland security studies at the Cato Institute and a doctoral candidate in political science and an affiliate of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He writes about counter-terrorism, homeland security and defense politics, with a foc...

The Department of Defense’s new overarching principle, U.S. strategic competition, will likely replace great power competition in the next National Defense Strategy, set to be released in 2022. In the latest installment of the Defense Rapid Reaction series, experts from MEI's Defense & Security Program weigh in with their thoughts on what strategic competition means for the U.S. and how it should go about implementing it in practice.

China is in the midst of a rapid expansion of its strategic and nuclear weapons systems, and its progress has alarmed U.S. national security officials.

WBAL Radio 1090 AM - China's reported hypersonic weapon test raises security concerns

Zoya RusinovaTASS via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Reports that China may have tested a new hypersonic weapon have grabbed the world's attention and divided national security experts about its strategic significance and whether the U.S. was falling behind in a new arms race. But it also raised basic questions about the new technology, what it all means, and what it is that China may have tested. "The U.S. does not currently have the ability to even track this weapon, much less defeat it,&...

Is China's new hypersonic weapons test a game changer? What does it really mean?

China built a village in territory also claimed by the kingdom of Bhutan, echoing its aggressive tactics at the border with India and in places much farther away.

UNITED NATIONS: As the 20-year-old occupation of Afghanistan came to an inglorious end last week, there were heavy losses suffered by many– incl

Bulletin Virtual Program May 27, 2021 12-1 p.m. CDT | 1-2 p.m. EDT Join the Federation of American Scientists’ Hans Kristensen and MIT’s Heather Williams in conversation with The Guardian’s Julian Borger to discuss the United Kingdom’s decision to increase its nuclear stockpile limit. Hear how that choice fits into global trends towards nuclear modernization but also what can be done to keep on the path of disarmament. Speakers Hans Kristensen Hans Kristensen is the director of the N...