How will US respond to China’s hypersonic threat?
China's hypersonic vehicle test showed it can deliver a nuclear weapon from space in violation of its 1967 Outer Space...
Stephen Bryen
Senior Fellow
Stephen Bryen is a leading expert in security strategy and technology. He has held senior positions in the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill and as the President of a large multinational defense and technology company.
Dr. Bryen has 50 years of experience in government and industry. He has served as a senior staff director of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the Executive Director of a grassroots political organization, as the head of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy, as the founder and first director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, as the President of Finmeccanica North
Stephen Bryen is a leading expert in security strategy and technology. He has held senior positions in the Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill and as the President of a large multinational defense and technology company.
Dr. Bryen has 50 years of experience in government and industry. He has served as a senior staff director of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, as the Executive Director of a grassroots political organization, as the head of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs, as the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Trade Security Policy, as the founder and first director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, as the President of Finmeccanica North
US-funded Wuhan gain of function research has been going on since before 2015
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What about China’s hypersonic missile?
The Financial Times originally reported on October 16 that China had tested a hypersonic nuclear missile in late August that was launched...
Biden’s China diplomacy blunder
President Joe Biden, on Tuesday, October 5th, said that he had spoken to Chinese President Xi Jinping and both of...
What the US should do about Taiwan
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A new way to defend Taiwan
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The Quad Summit is bizarre political theater
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North Korean weapons advance; negotiations stalled
The Biden administration wants 'discussions' on Pyongyang's nuclear program, but the regional situation is extremely complex Negotiating with North Korea...
2001: A terrorist odyssey
I got a note this morning, September 10, from a professor and friend who told me that he had worked...
The Afghanistan debacle: What it means for Americans with Dr. Stephen Bryen and Kyle Shideler
In this edition of The Bill Walton Show, Walton holds an in-depth look at the implications of the Afghanistan debacle with Kyle...
Why did the Pentagon agree to the withdrawal from Afghanistan?
In the Trump administration the Pentagon vociferously opposed President Donald Trump’s plans to pull out of Afghanistan and Syria. In the Biden administration the...
Kabul airport bombing puts Biden in a hot seat
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A collective NSC has to replace Biden as a singular commander in chief
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The ironical end of the war in Afghanistan
Without the airpower the US Air Force mostly hates, the rapid collapse of Afghanistan was inevitable There is a great...
Dr. Stephen Bryen: Technology security and cyber insecurity
Center Senior Fellow Stephen Bryen spoke to the Westminster Institute and discussed technology security and cyber insecurity. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfduSUtjkS0&t=2410s
The reason why China threatens to “nuke Japan continuously”
In perhaps the most reckless threat ever made, China has threatened to "nuke Japan continuously" if Japan supports the US...