Stephen D. Bryen

Stephen D. Bryen

Stephen D. Bryen is a former U.S. Defense Department deputy undersecretary.

His books, available on Amazon, include:

*East-West Trade and Technology Transfer: New Challenges for the United States (with Richard Perle and William Schneider)
* Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy, Vol 1 (with Shoshana Bryen and Rebecca Abrahams)
*Essays in Technology, Security and Strategy, Vol 2 (with Shoshana Bryen and Rebecca Abrahams)
*How Technology Security Supports Security Assistance
*Technology, Security, and National Power: Winners and Losers

Less costly Israeli weaponry improves U.S. defense

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen   WASHINGTON, DC. — If necessity is the mother of invention, Israel has come up with missile defense systems that meet its necessities and which others are now keen to deploy. On Israel’s southeast, the Hamas arsenal includes mortars and rockets including the upgraded Qassam, Katyusha, GRAD and the new […]

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Russian air-defense missiles may broaden Syrian War

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The delivery of Russian S-300 air defenses to Syria threatens to broaden the war, as these advanced systems could allow wider scope for a conflict with Israel. By announcing this delivery, to be made in the coming two weeks, the Russian military appears to be on

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U.S. should draw line in sand with Iran over Yemen

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yemen’s political-military mess cannot be solved now, or anytime in the foreseeable future, despite the UN announcement of another negotiated deal to halt the fighting – for now. Iranian-backed Houthi rebels will continue their assault on the Saudi/UAE-backed Yemeni government in what appears to be a horrendous

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Iran swarms torpedo boats against USS Nitze

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States was humiliated this week when the USS Nitze came under simulated attack by four Iranian missile and torpedo-equipped speedboats in international waters. Despite American warnings, radio calls, flares and foghorns, two of the boats came within a few hundred yards of the Nitze.

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Tap military reserves, not Silicon Valley, for cyber help

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the establishment of the Defense Innovation Unit Experimental (DIUX), Secretary of Defense Ash Carter is putting a lot of effort into building a relationship with Silicon Valley, hoping some — but not too much — of the region’s entrepreneurial, cutting-edge methods rub off on the

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Belgium terror proves need for internal airport security

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Do you know who is selling you that souvenir T-shirt in the airport? You might want to. In the late 1970s, it became known to international security agencies that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) owned a variety of duty-free shops in airports across Africa. They didn’t

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Silicon Valley has traded away U.S. security for profits

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — One great disconnect afflicting American society is between earning a profit and safeguarding our national security. On one side are those who support free trade in the belief that open markets and shared technology trade strengthen the economy. On the other hand, there is something categorically

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Did Obama sell missiles to Iran via Cuba?

By Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Hellfire anti-tank missile — a weapon launched from Predator drones in anti-terrorism operations, among other uses — found its way into the hands of Cuba’s government in 2014. But the route it took, twice crossing the Atlantic, was less mysterious than the U.S. government’s

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