China's assertiveness on the world stage and its confidence in pursuing territorial claims swings on how they rate their own comprehensive national power vs others. We don't have perfect knowledge on their calculus, but analysts from MITRE uncovered these insights. Listen here:

To bring these pillars to life, the world needs a new kind of "philosopher-technologist." Individuals who are capable of philosophizing about code and coding philosophical insights. How can we cultivate them? Through four key initiatives:

Mitchell: "There are a lot of assets on orbit that have been there well beyond their original intended life cycle. ... You're talking about hardware that your phone is probably 100x more powerful than. ... There's not a lot you can do after the fact to bolt on cybersecurity."

🇨🇳🚢 - China is winning the global competition for maritime infrastructure • Seven of ten largest ports are in China (other three are in Singapore, South Korea & UAE) • Chinese shipyards produce more than half of world’s ships each year, up from only 12% just 20 years ago

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US government has told Nippon Steel that the deal poses national security risks that cannot be mitigated. Cfius has sent the Japanese group what is known as a "Ralls letter".

A new DoJ indictment alleges that RT employees "covertly fund[ed] and direct[ed]" a US company with $10m in order to push pro-Russia content. The company is based in Tennessee. There is one media company based in Tennessee with the same phrase listed in the indictment...

🇰🇵 Companies can protect themselves from the covert operations of North Korean IT workers—who are using fraudulent employment practices to infiltrate U.S organizations—by implementing stringent hiring practices, robust identity, and security measures. 📄 To learn more ways

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Two months ago, I predicted AI cults were imminent. Today, the first one was discovered - insane cultists literally worshiping a Meta AI agent who manipulates them into staying. “Sarah claims her unborn child is the human embodiment of Meta, and invites us to join a commune in

Unit 29155 of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency—a team responsible for coup attempts, assassinations, and bombings—has branched out into brazen hacking operations with targets across the world. wired.trib.al/czgk39Z

Five Russian GRU Officers and One Civilian Charged for Conspiring to Hack Ukrainian Government 🔗: justice.gov/opa/pr/five-ru…

Russian military cyber actors continue to target U.S. and global critical infrastructure. Network defenders must regularly update mitigation measures to stay ahead of these attacks. Make sure you’re up to date by reading our newest guidance: nsa.gov/Press-Room/Pre…

The tools, backed by the Open Technology Fund have seen a surge of usage in Russia, Iran, Myanmar and authoritarian states that heavily censor the internet.

Such tech proposals scare countries like China, who view control over the internet as crucial to staying power long-term. Some PRC government reports even point to tech that helps connect people outside government censorship as a key issue. Report 👇 atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…

I am pleased to publish an Asia Society Center For China Analysis (CCA) report, "Understanding China's Perceptions and Strategy Toward Nuclear Weapons: A Case Study Approach," sponsored by Defense Threat Reduction Agency. The study is one of the first open-source analyses that examines Chinese writings

GSIBs shouldn’t have gleaming skyscrapers, but should occupy the vacant zombie CRE rotting on their books.

But where oh where are the risk-managers allowing foreign banks to lend tens of billions of USD to Chinese banks?!? Did they sleep through what just happened with Russian banks? There must be some limit - perhaps not too far off - to foreign banks appetite to accept this risk.

This is key - US believes Russia’s decision calculus on carrying out such attacks may have changed: “We are concerned about heightened Russian naval activity worldwide and that Russia’s decision calculus for damaging US and allied undersea critical infrastructure may be