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The Long Shadow of the Ladakh Crisis
Peace seems to have broken out between India and China. On Oct. 23, 2024, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese leader Xi Jinping had their first bilateral meeting since 2019. Statements from the foreign ministries of both…
A Blueprint for Digital Transformation at the Department of Defense
At a roundtable with industry and academia at the Defense Innovation Unit, I met a CEO whose company had developed a language translation app that was providing critical support across the Department of Defense. He shared that the…
The Battle for Brilliant Minds: From the Nuclear Age to AI
On December 18, 1944, Moe Berg — a Princeton graduate, Major League baseball star, and Office of Strategic Services operative — discreetly took his seat in a cramped conference room in Zurich. Masquerading as a studious physics graduate,…
The Adversarial: A World in Transition
<!-- category --> January 10, 2025 Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, and jihadists. Read more below.…
Mending Fences: Strengthening Homeland Defense through Integrated Civil-Military Air Surveillance
A 1953 advertisement for the U.S. Air Force’s civilian Ground Observer Corps described America’s air defenses as a “10 mile high fence full of holes.” Seventy years later, the United States again finds itself unable to reliably detect and…
Machine Failing: The Linkage Between Software Development and Military Accidents
<!-- category --> January 10, 2025 Rick Landgraf talks with Jeffrey Ding, author of “Machine Failing: How Systems Acquisition and Software Development Flaws Contribute to Military Accidents,” featured in Volume 8, Issue 1 of…
Rewind and Reconnoiter: When Will Guam Become a Priority?
<!-- category --> January 9, 2025 In 2021, Rear Adm. (ret.) Mark Montgomery wrote “Fully Fund the Guam Defense System,” where he argued that the U.S. government was failing to prioritize Guam’s defense, leaving the United States…
Exploring the Implications of Precise Mass
Back from their holiday break, Chris, Melanie, and Zack discuss Michael Horowitz and Joshua Schwartz’s recent War on the Rocks’ article, which considers whether and how the United States and its allies should incorporate new technologies…
U.S. Free Association with Greenland: A Bad Deal
In a press conference on Jan. 7, President-elect Donald Trump declined to rule out using military force to acquire Greenland. Previously, he proclaimed that American “ownership and control” of the semi-autonomous island, which is part of…
In Brief: How Long Until Defense Tech Limited Partners See Returns?
This is a special edition of our members-only newsletter, In Brief, where each week, experts will dig deep into a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it. To receive In Brief directly in your inbox, and to gain…
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