The Diplomatic Envoy

Allison Bennett Managing Editor   On February 19, the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey Team defeated Team Canada 2-1. This

There is a new kind of boom sweeping Washington, D.C. — not in real estate or politics, but in defense technology. From the Pentagon’s, to Arlington, to venture-capital-funded corridors, investors, engineers, and policymakers are pouring billions into what they see as the next huge national-security frontier: artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, quantum computing, and 5G-enabled battle networks.