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Armenia’s AI Strategy and Emerging Power Shifts in the Caucasus

Vikramaditya Shrivastava0 Comments

Published: October 29, 2026 Armenia’s rapid turn towards artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping the strategic landscape of the South Caucasus. The country’s pursuit of advanced computing capacity, defense‑oriented innovation, and…

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The Next Chapter of Unmanned Warfare Has Arrived

Michael Connor & Yoni Tobin0 Comments

Published: October 27, 2026 Drone warfare is expanding from the skies to the seas, and the United States must be ready. The Russia-Ukraine war, which has become synonymous with aerial…

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The Cauldron Never Empties: Synthetic Narratives that Create Strategic Opportunity

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

Published: October 19, 2026 The most dangerous Russian information operation may not begin with a lie. It may begin with something true. A legitimate news report. An authentic photograph. A…

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The Politics of Global AI Governance

Shaza Arif0 Comments

Published: October 13, 2026 The growing gap between rapid advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and inadequate verification mechanisms has created several challenges for the technology. In this context, global AI…

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Large Language Models Will Not Enhance National Security Decision Making

Alexis Schlotterback1 Comment

Published: September 22, 2026 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, launched the first conversational large language model (LLM), ChatGPT, in late 2022 with only a short post on X. It has…

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Explainability, Not Speed, Will Define the Next Military AI Race

Maheen Butt1 Comment

Published: September 21, 2026 A soldier who fires on a target must be able to reason “why” afterward. Similarly, a commander who authorizes a strike must be able to justify…

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Cognitive Warfare at America’s Edge

Greg Sharpe1 Comment

Published: August 27, 2026 The State Department’s “Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism” report and the independent assessment by resilience and resistance interdisciplinary scholar Dr. Robert Burrell both address important but differing views. The State Department examines how Havana converted limited conventional power into…

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Information Influence in AI-Assisted Hybrid Warfare in the U.S. Industrial Complex

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

Published: July 7, 2026 Abstract Artificial Intelligence (AI)-assisted hybrid warfare increasingly relies on information-influence engineered to appear legitimate. The objective is not mass persuasion through provocatively aggressive propaganda, but the…

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The Interconnection of Nuclear Energy and Quantum Technology

Hira Bashir0 Comments

Published: June 16, 2026 One might think nuclear energy and quantum technology as unrelated. One concerns power plants, uranium, and electrical grids. The other revolves around next-generation computers, ultra-precise sensors,…

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Why the “First AI War” is Still a Human Struggle

Matthew J. Fecteau0 Comments

Published: June 8, 2026 The label of the “first AI war” obscures the reality that Operation EPIC FURY is still a conflict in which human judgment remains central to targeting. Artificial intelligence (AI) has not replaced human…

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Navigating the AI and Nuclear Nexus

Muhammad Shahzad Akram0 Comments

Published: June 1, 2026 As the world gears up for the 2026 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, a new and multifaceted factor is complicating the global strategic calculus: Artificial…