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Sebastian Sprenger

Sebastian Sprenger
Sebastian Sprenger is managing editor of National Journal's Global Security Newswire, where he also reports primarily on chemical-weapons disarmament and WMD-cyber security. Before joining the Newswire, he led coverage of national-security policymaking and defense spending as chief editor of Inside the Pentagon, an independent investigative weekly. A native of Siegen, Germany, Sebastian got his start in journalism covering local news for the now-defunct Westfälische Rundschau in Kreuztal. He studied at Universität Trier and elsewhere.
Cybersecurity

Expert Wants Nuclear Plants Taken 'Off the Table' in Cyber-Warfare

Bruce McConnell says nuclear information security is a "signature security issue of the information age."

  • By Sebastian Sprenger, Global Security Newswire
Emerging Tech

U.S., Japan to Cooperate on Nuclear-Material Removal, Energy Research

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz called the bilateral agreement with Tokyo a "very significant nuclear-security pledge and activity."

  • By Sebastian Sprenger, Global Security Newswire
Digital Government

Pentagon Aims to Boost Accuracy of Ballistic Missile Defenses

New investments would give missile defenses 'a high degree of confidence.'

  • By Sebastian Sprenger, Global Security Newswire