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Why Ideology Matters in Irregular Warfare
By David Guenni
Ideology matters, as I learned from surviving 18 years under the Chavista regime in Venezuela. The United States pretended otherwise for three...
Space mining: corporate autocracy or global solidarity?
by Nikola Schmidt and Martin Švec
This text was originally written in the Czech language as a policy paper at the Institute of International Relations...
The US Navy’s dynamic sub-hunting duo
The US Navy envisions future submarine-hunting operations with seamless data sharing between robot and human-piloted aircraft, and a boost from artificial intelligence to make...
Space-based solar power: A new frontier in US energy security
by David Steitz and Sowmya Venkatesh
Space-based solar power (SBSP) represents a crucial component for meeting tomorrow’s global energy needs. At a congressional staff briefing...
F-47 will have 70% better combat radius than F-22
The Air Force’s F-47 fighter jet will fly some 70 percent farther without refueling than today’s F-22s, allowing tankers to stay farther from the...
Golden Dome push sets stage for telecom battle over spectrum access
The wildly ambitious Golden Dome missile-defense vision is turning up the heat on a long-running fight between the Pentagon and the telecommunications industry for control of...
The China Challenge in Critical Minerals: The Case for Asymmetric Resilience
By Pascale Massot
China is the dominant player in global critical minerals supply chains, especially in the midstream segments. The country controls, on average, two-thirds of the...
SPARK: Secure By Design – Formal methods for an insecure world
In January 2025, four U.S. government agencies – the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Office of the...
Space commerce: face the risk, seize the opportunities
by Norm Mitchell
Imagine it’s 1625 and you’re an ambitious young entrepreneur. The world’s most powerful nations have pushed wooden shipbuilding technology to unprecedented heights....
US Air Force begins ground testing for CCA program
The US Air Force has started ground-testing its prototype robot wingmen ahead of their first flight the previous Summer.
The tests of the collaborative combat aircraft will...
Renewing Shipbuilding Will Require a Culture Change
By Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles W. Bowen (Retired)
The U.S. naval shipbuilding crisis imperils national security and undercuts economic vitality. But...
The US Army has rolled out a generative AI workspace to improve daily operations
The US Army's new generative-AI workspace enables users to apply large language models to daily tasks and boost productivity. But it takes a lot...
