Tech Diplomacy Now: A New, More Offensively-focused, Cyber Strategy
The White House issued a new cyber strategy that shifted the focus away from purely defensive actions to efforts that impose cost on adversaries and criminals.
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Top News of the Week–– A New, More Offensively-focused, Cyber Strategy.
Last week, just before the United States launched its attacks on Iran, the White House issued a new cyber strategy that shifted the focus away from purely defensive actions to efforts that impose costs on adversaries and criminals.
Key points:
Federal government will rely more on private industry for cyber capabilities, including offensive cyber capabilities, as well as helping citizens and companies defend themselves from sophisticated national-state and criminal actors in cyberspace.
The strategy centers on six pillars: shape adversary behavior, promote common sense regulation, modernize and secure Federal Government Networks, secure critical infrastructure, sustain superiority in critical and emerging technologies, and build talent and capacity.
Rather than purely defensive, the strategy signals a greater reliance on offensive actions that impose real costs on the actors performing these attacks.
More on Background:
White House launching tech pilots, ‘Cyber Academy’ under new cyber strategy – FNN, March 10, 2026
Trump Administration Signals Greater Private Role in Offensive Cyber Operations – Wilmer Hale, March 9, 2026
White House Publishes Long-Awaited Cybersecurity Strategy – WSJ, March 6, 2026
White House Unveils President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America – The White House, March 6, 2026
President Trump’s Cyber Strategy for America – The White House, March 6, 2026
Iran’s Stryker Hack Shows Why Trump’s Cyber Strategy Matters
Krach Institute Advisory Council member Heather Nauert and Senior Advisor to the Chairman Len Khodorkovsky write about President Trump’s new Cyber Strategy in light of Iran’s hack of US healthcare company Stryker. Cybersecurity is national security.
Latest News
Oil market chaos to deepen as more Gulf giants cut output – Fortune, March 8, 2026
Laden Iranian ships depart Chinese port tied to key military chemicals – WaPo, March 7, 2026
On Iran, China Cares About the Region More Than the Regime – Foreign Policy, March 5, 2026
Why China Won’t Help Iran: Beijing Cares About the Oil, Not the Regime – Foreign Affairs, March 5, 2026
China spying arrests raise awkward questions about Labour Party links – FT, March 4, 2026
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream – Rest of the World, March 2, 2026
Technology Strategy and Policy
Senate approves Joshua Rudd as dual-hat leader of Cyber Command, NSA – Politico, March 10, 2026
Inside the Culture Clash That Tore Apart the Pentagon’s Anthropic Deal – Pirate Wars, March 6, 2026
Japan and Canada to establish economic security dialogue – Japan Times, March 6, 2026
Learning By Doing: Case Studies in Building the Infrastructure for Career Pathways – American Compass, March 5, 2026
Policy experts advise rethink of European Competitiveness Fund – Science Business, February 26, 2026
U.S. science agency moves to restrict foreign scientists from its labs – Science, February 25, 2026
Artificial Intelligence
Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over ‘Supply Chain Risk’ Label – NYTs, March 9, 2026
Anthropic Claims Pentagon Feud Could Cost It Billions – Wired, March 9, 2026
UK’s multibillion AI drive is built on ‘phantom investments’ – The Guardian, March 9, 2026
Iran War Imperils $300 Billion in Gulf AI Spending – The Information, March 8, 2026
‘It means missile defence on datacentres’: drone strikes raise doubts over Gulf as AI superpower – The Guardian, March 7, 2026
Trump administration drafts AI contract rules requiring companies to license systems for “all lawful use” – The Decoder, March 7, 2026
How AI Is Turbocharging the War in Iran – WSJ, March 7, 2026
Google joins Microsoft in telling users Anthropic is still available outside defense projects – CNBC, March 6, 2026
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry” – Harvard Business Review, March 5, 2026
Pentagon Notifies Anthropic It’s Deemed Firm a Supply-Chain Risk – Bloomberg, March 5, 2026
Telecommunications Networks and Infrastructure
TikTok Gets Green Light to Stay in Canada, Reversing Earlier Ban – Bloomberg, March 9, 2026
The FBI said it has addressed ‘suspicious activities’ on its networks – WSJ, March 6, 2026
Google says spyware makers and China-linked groups dominated zero-day attacks last year – The Register, March 5, 2026
Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters – AP, March 3, 2026
Iran attack a ‘wake-up call’ for China on electronic warfare and intelligence – SCMP, March 2, 2026
EU launches new toolbox to strengthen ICT supply chain security – European Commission, February 13, 2026
Critical Minerals
Why China’s critical mineral dominance is still disrupting US supply chains – SCMP, March 9, 2026
Rare earth yttrium hits new high, up 140-fold in 1 year on China curbs – Nikkei Asia, March 6, 2026
How China’s Rare Earth Ban Backfired into a U.S. Tech Breakthrough – Oil Price, March 2, 2026
China OKs several Japan-bound rare earth exports under tightened controls – Kyodo News, February 6, 2026
Synthetic Biology
Why ‘quantum proteins’ could be the next big thing in biology – Scientific American, March 8, 2026
The €25B vs €219B Problem: Europe’s Plan to Fix Biotech – Where Tech Meets Bio, March 7, 2026
NSCEB Applauds ITC Investigation into Unfair Chinese Economic Practices to Distort the Biotechnology Market – NSCEB, February 27, 2026
Quantum
Japan’s Investment Targets Include AI, Quantum Computing – Bloomberg, March 10, 2026
Xanadu and AMD Accelerate Quantum Computing for Aerospace and Engineering – Quantum Insider, March 10, 2026
Quantum Computing Isn’t Just Coming for Bitcoin—It Threatens Messaging Apps Too – Emerge, March 10, 2026
The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. – WSJ, March 6, 2026
Robotics
Nvidia and ABB launch partnership for AI-enabled autonomous robots – FT, March 9, 2026
OpenAI robotics leader resigns over concerns about surveillance and autonomous weapons amid Pentagon contract – Fortune, March 7, 2026
Fact check: Are China’s robot soldiers just AI fakes? – DW, February 22, 2026
Advanced Aerospace Technology
LUCAS Kamikaze Drones Lauded As “Indispensable” By U.S. Admiral In Charge of Iran War – TMZ, March 5, 2026
China’s Growing Armada Of Spy Satellites Is Pushing Space Force To Go On The Offensive – TMZ, February 26, 2026
Semiconductors and Microelectronics
Nexperia China says it has begun producing its own chips – Reuters, March 9, 2026
China warns of global chip shortages as Nexperia dispute escalates again – Reuters, March 7, 2026
Chasing the Chip Smugglers – The China Wire, March 1, 2026
Energy and Climate
Why Vladimir Putin is the biggest winner from the war in Iran – Politico, March 9, 2026
How America’s Oil and Gas Dominance Has Weakened Iran – Allysia Finley, WSJ, March 8, 2026
China’s Solar Industry Enters Painful Reset – Caixin Global, March 5, 2026
Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It – Gizmodo, March 5, 2026
Opinion and Commentary
Why Vladimir Putin is the biggest winner from the war in Iran – Politico, March 9, 2026
How America’s Oil and Gas Dominance Has Weakened Iran – Allysia Finley, WSJ, March 8, 2026
China’s Solar Industry Enters Painful Reset – Caixin Global, March 5, 2026
Bill Gates’ TerraPower Finally Has a Permit for a Nuclear Reactor, but No Reliable Way to Fuel It – Gizmodo, March 5, 2026
The Last Word
“Today, artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, digital platforms, and emerging technologies are reshaping the global landscape at extraordinary speed. It free, societies, there tools can expand opportunity and unlock human potential.”
— Keith J. Krach, Chairman of the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue
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