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.
AI and the New Age of Bioweapons
English Summary
The convergence of AI, biotechnology, and bioengineering is radically democratizing bioweapon development, lowering the barrier to entry for lethal pathogens to non-state actors. This allows groups with minimal expertise to use advanced AI models to design novel strains (e.g., modified influenza) and coordinate their production remotely, rendering traditional state-level deterrence obsolete. Policymakers must therefore abandon prevention-only strategies and instead adopt a doctrine of 'deterrence by resilience.' This requires building integrated national systems for early warning, rapid threat attribution using advanced technologies, and swift public health and industrial recovery to minimize catastrophic damage.
中文摘要
人工智慧、生物技術與生物工程的匯合，正在徹底民主化生化武器的開發過程，大幅降低了非國家行為體獲取致命病原體的門檻。這使得即使具備極少專業知識的團體，也能利用先進的人工智慧模型設計新型菌株（例如改良型流感），並遠程協調其生產，從而使傳統的國家層級威懾機制形同虛設。因此，政策制定者必須放棄單純的預防策略，轉而採納「韌性威懾」學說。這要求建立整合性的國家系統，用於早期預警、利用先進技術進行快速威脅歸因，以及迅速執行公共衛生和產業復原，以將潛在的災難性損害降到最低。
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