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Hollow Ranks & Ghost Soldiers: Nigeria’s Corruption-Fueled Security Collapse

Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Government & Politics, Strategic Adversariesair power deficit, alternative governments, Arman Sidhu., armed drones, bandit networks, Boko Haram, Borno State, Burkina Faso, civilian casualties, coup risk, defense budget, defense sector, drone warfare, economic collapse, external intervention, fingerprint-based verification, ghost soldiers, governance, insurgency, intelligence gap, international assistance, ISWAP, JNIM, Kebbi, Lake Chad Basin, Lakurawa, maintenance, Mali, military base overruns, military corruption, military desertion, military procurement, Multinational Joint Task Force, Niger, Nigeria, night-vision gear, organizational failure, personnel costs, President Tinubu, public trust, ransom economy, reform, Sahel, security crisis, security emergency, Sokoto, state legitimacy, Sudan, Tomahawk missile strikes, transparency, U.S. Military

Hollow Ranks & Ghost Soldiers: Nigeria’s Corruption-Fueled Security Collapse

Arman Sidhu0 Comments

Published: May 11, 2026 Nigeria’s worsening security crisis is, at its core, a story of military breakdown. The Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) overran at least 15 military bases…

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Beyond the Next Administration: Building Enduring Tech–Government Alliances for National Power

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threatsaccountability, advanced analytics, advisory councils, AI safety frameworks, AI-enabled national preparedness, Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), biosecurity infrastructure, bipartisan engagement, co-stewardship of national resilience, codifying capabilities in law, Congress as strategic partner, continuity across administrations, critical infrastructure, data protection, defense planning , democratic oversight, Department of Energy (DOE) quantum networks, disaster response, distributed quantum networking testbed, economic competitiveness, Economic Security, entanglement distribution, ethics, experimental infrastructure, federal guidance, intellectual property protections, international norms, ion-trap quantum computer, mission-driven portfolios, multi-stakeholder governance, multi-year funding, National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), national power, National Quantum Initiative (NQI), national resilience, Navy quantum RDT&E, near-term use cases, nontraditional vendors, Other Transaction Authority (OTA), oversight boards, pilot programs, public trust, public-private partnerships, quantum communications, quantum communications corridor, quantum networking testbeds, quantum-resilient communications, quantum-resistant secure transmission, RDT&E portfolio, responsible technology use, safety, security, stable appropriations, statutory roles for key technologies, strategic competitiveness, streamlined oversight, supply-chain monitoring, supply-chain security, tech–government alliances, threat detection, transparency, Trust in government, workforce opportunity

Beyond the Next Administration: Building Enduring Tech–Government Alliances for National Power

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

The tech industry can increase the nation’s trust in government by becoming a reliable and visibly accountable partner for securing America’s technological edge. Specifically, the tech industry can help Congress…

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TikTok: Security Threat or Political Pawn

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversaries2020 ban, 2024 return, American buyer, ByteDance, Chinese government, data privacy, democracy, Donald Trump, electoral politics, foreign influence, National Security, political pawn, political rhetoric, pragmatic governance, public good, public trust, security threat, Social Media, technology policy, TikTok, transparency

TikTok: Security Threat or Political Pawn

Justin Miller0 Comments

In modern politics, decisions often seem driven more by narrow interests than by a genuine concern for the public good. A prime example of this is the evolving stance on…

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