Erroneous Polling and Voter Suppression – By ASCF Senior Fellow Scott Tilley
November 2020 – They call economics the “dismal science” because economists’ predictions are rarely correct, and the models used to make the predictions are opaque at best. It’s an inherently...
A tale of two bridges: India and China vying for influence in the Maldives
In the heart of the Indian Ocean, a 2.1-kilometer (1.3-mile) bridge snakes out of an idyllic atoll, linking the Maldives’ capital Malé with its international airport. The China-Maldives...
Securing the final frontier: Digital twins, satellites and cybersecurity
The United States and our allies are increasingly dependent on unfettered access to space. However, it has become abundantly clear that our space systems have significant cybersecurity...
New US Defense System May Take Out Hypersonic Missiles
The U.S. military is developing Navy destroyers to take out hypersonic missiles and a ship off the coast of Hawaii has successfully tested the potential innovation, according to Warren Maven...
3 Nuclear Deterrence, Missile Defense Initiatives the Next Administration Should Continue
In a revived era of great power competition, the United States must face revisionist powers and rogue regimes with advancing nuclear forces and a greater willingness to use them than we...
Why Data Protection And Cybersecurity Can’t Be Separate Functions
Companies often separate cybersecurity and data protection by forming two independent teams and buying different software to address each of these issues apart. Maintaining and managing two...
Hundreds of Chinese, Once Attracted by Belt and Road Deals, Flee Ethiopian Civil War
More than 600 Chinese citizens have been evacuated from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region over the past two weeks after a conflict between separatist militants and Ethiopian federal forces broke...
Indonesia Deploys Special Combat Squad to South China Sea
Indonesia’s navy said this week that it plans to move its combat squad’s headquarters to the Natuna Islands in the South China Sea to defend Jakarta’s territorial interests from incursions by...
Spotlight on America: US to Use Proceeds from Iranian Fuel Seized by US Military to Aid Terror Victims
The Trump administration plans to use proceeds from the sale of fuel confiscated from Iranian tankers to benefit victims of terrorism, officials announced Thursday. The U.S. military in August...
Erroneous Polling and Voter Suppression – By ASCF Senior Fellow Scott Tilley
November 2020 – They call economics the “dismal science” because economists’ predictions are rarely correct, and the models used to make the predictions are opaque at best. It’s an inherently...
Report: Trump Administration Plans To Blacklist 89 Chinese Firms For Alleged Military Ties
The Trump administration is preparing to blacklist 89 Chinese aerospace and other companies, restricting their access to a range of U.S. goods and technologies due to their alleged ties to their...
Turkey protests German search of Libya-bound Turkish ship
Turkey summoned top diplomats representing the European Union, Germany and Italy on Monday after a German frigate that is part of a EU mission enforcing an arms embargo against Libya intercepted...