Back to alleged hacks and cyberattacks emanating from Beijing: The Czech Republic this week blamed Beijing for just such an attack, one that officials in Prague said began in 2022 and targeted the country’s “critical infrastructure.” Military Correspondent Mike Glenn has all the details.

The attack was launched by APT31, a cyberespionage group associated with China’s Ministry of State Security, officials said. Multiple Czech security agencies conducted probes that led to a “high degree of certainty” that Beijing was behind the cyberattack, they said.

NATO blasted the alleged Chinese attack and said in a statement it is deeply concerned about “the growing pattern of malicious cyber activities stemming from the People’s Republic of China.”

The big takeaway from the China Aerospace Studies Institute report is that the U.S. Space Force needs to build countering space weaponry that can be used to target and destroy Chinese satellites. Such steps are needed, the study warns, because the Chinese military surely will conduct attacks on U.S. satellites and their support structures during a future conflict. Such attacks will be difficult to deter, according to the study from CASI, an Air Force think tank.

National Security Correspondent Bill Gertz dives into the new warnings about Beijing’s space capabilities. Specifically, the report calls for policymakers to consider developing and deploying: communication jammers and spoofers, high-powered lasers, high-powered microwaves, co-orbital capabilities and new cyber capabilities.

Still, building up enough U.S. space power to dissuade China from attacking satellites may be impossible, the report said.

Some Canadian officials aren’t happy about Mr. Trump’s latest suggestion: Canada should become America’s 51st state, and in exchange, enjoy free protection from the U.S.-built Golden Dome missile shield. Mr. Trump made the suggestion in a Truth Social post Wednesday, immediately adding new fuel to his longstanding push for Canada to join the U.S.

Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, took exception to the comments.

“In another context, this would (be) called a ‘protection racket,’” he said.

Beyond talk of whether Canada will become the 51st state, there are deeper issues at play around Canada’s role in the construction and eventual operation of the cutting-edge Golden Dome. As parts of the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, the U.S. and Canadian militaries have worked closely together on North American defense for decades. That cooperation would need to continue for the Golden Dome to operate at peak effectiveness. For its part, Ottawa has expressed willingness to collaborate with the Trump administration on the project.

Retired Air Force Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, former NORAD commander, delved deep into the issues of North American defense during a fireside chat at the recent Threat Status “Golden Dome for America” event in Pentagon City. 

The bill brought together Republicans and Democrats on Capitol Hill, the White House, and leading Big Tech companies such as Meta. And in the process, the Take It Down Act proved that it’s possible to regulate artificial intelligence and AI-driven content without crushing innovation.

Annie Chestnut Tutor, a policy analyst for the Center for Technology and the Human Person at The Heritage Foundation, makes that case in a new op-ed for The Times. The new law, she writes, criminalizes publishing nonconsensual intimate images online, whether real or AI-generated. And the law requires platforms to provide a clear and conspicuous process for victims to request that these types of images be removed and mandates that platforms comply with those requests within 48 hours.

“Targeted regulations of these use cases and design features will mitigate abuse without undercutting the benefits of innovation,” she says. “The strategy behind the Take It Down Act offers a blueprint for success: bipartisan support, bicameral leadership, executive approval, industry endorsement and persistent public pressure.”

• May 29-30 — Imagine AI Live ‘25, Imagine AI Live

• May 30-June 1 — IISS Shangri-La Dialogue (Singapore), International Institute for Strategic Studies

• June 2-4 — AI+ Expo, Special Competitive Studies Project

• June 3 — CNAS 2025 National Security Conference | America’s Edge: Forging the Future, Center for a New American Security 

• June 4 — The Future of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East with Sen. James Risch, Hudson Institute

• June 25 — The New IC, Intelligence and National Security Alliance