The article argues that recent executive overreach and politicization have severely undermined established norms of U.S. civil-military relations. To restore professional standards, the incoming Congress must actively exercise its oversight powers, moving beyond mere criticism to demanding transparency in defense policy and personnel decisions. Key reforms include enforcing meritocratic promotion processes, requiring documented justification for senior officer removals, and preventing the partisan use of the military. These actions are crucial for bolstering public trust and ensuring the military remains a nonpartisan instrument of civilian control.
The U.S. Is Highly Vulnerable to Cyber Threats From China. Here’s What It Should Do
English Summary
The article argues that the U.S. faces extreme cyber vulnerability due to poorly secured critical infrastructure and a lack of cohesive national strategy, creating a widening asymmetry with China. This threat is amplified by the rapid development of advanced Large Language Models (LLMs), which accelerate offensive cyber capabilities. To counter this, the report recommends a multi-pronged strategy: enhancing private-sector visibility into Chinese campaigns, conducting targeted offensive cyber operations to impose costs, and fundamentally restructuring critical infrastructure resilience. Ultimately, the U.S. must rebuild federal government capacity to implement these structural reforms and maintain a credible deterrent.
中文摘要
本文提出，由於關鍵基礎設施的安全漏洞和國家戰略缺乏協調一致性，美國面臨極高的網路脆弱性，這與中國之間形成日益擴大的不對稱性。此威脅因先進大型語言模型（LLMs）的快速發展而加劇，進一步推動了攻擊性網路能力的提升。為應對此挑戰，報告建議採取多層次策略：包括提升私營部門對中國網路活動的能見度、執行目標性網路作戰以施加成本，以及從根本上重組關鍵基礎設施的韌性。最終，美國必須重建聯邦政府的能力，以實施這些結構性改革，並維持可信的威懾力。
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