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Consider a scenario that plays out daily in modern conflicts: A soldier has clear authorization to engage hostile forces but chooses...

At the height of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, fuel convoys were among the most dangerous missions in theater. The Department of...

National security has always been a battle of ideas. That’s why, at the Security and Democracy Forum, we believe reading isn’t a break...

If we are to redefine patriotism for the digital age, it must still rest on the foundation of shared responsibility and earned respect.

The VET Act is a refreshingly strategic approach. It doesn’t just support veterans for their own sake. It aligns national workforce development with energy transition and national security.

In 2015, the novel Ghost Fleet  sent ripples through the Pentagon. Though marketed as fiction, it served as something else entirely, a...

On July 4, 1776, a group of men sat in a sweltering room in Philadelphia and did something extraordinary. They committed treason.

My four years at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point taught me a lot. I learned how to fire a weapon safely. I learned physics,...

When news broke that the United States had accepted a gifted Boeing 747 from Qatar to serve as the next Air Force One for President...

When Ukraine launched Operation Spider Web, it was more than just a bold intelligence maneuver. It was a blueprint for a new kind of...

This op-ed argues that U.S. efforts to “de-risk” critical mineral supply chains will fail without soft power, transparency, and long-term partnerships to replace dependence on China with genuine resilience.

Recent reports that the National Guard has been federalized in California to support immigration enforcement raise serious legal and...

At The Security and Democracy Forum , we believe that safeguarding democracy and advancing principled security requires not just...

In a time when security and democracy are too often treated as opposing forces, The Security and Democracy Forum  was founded on a...