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Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariescritical infrastructure, cybersecurity, economic destabilization, energy sector, force protection, intelligence failures, internal dissent, international standing, logistical shortcomings, Military Doctrine, national interests. , natural gas, Oil, psychological impact, Russia, sabotage, security strategies, supply chain disruptions, tactical miscalculations, Ukraine conflict, vulnerabilities

Russia’s Vulnerable Underbelly: The Failure of Force Protection on Critical Infrastructure

Joshua Thibert0 Comments

Russia’s military doctrine, honed through decades of sparse experience and adapted in the post-Soviet era, emphasizes the projection of power and the defense of its vast territory. However, the ongoing…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic Adversariesauthoritarian regime, Axis of Resistance, ballistic missiles, diplomatic pressure, domestic repression, economic hardship, hamas, Hezbollah, houthis, international agreements, Iran proxies, Middle East, military strike, nuclear program, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, regional destabilization. , regional influence, sanctions, Shiite Crescent, Shiite ideology, Taqiyya, US-Iran talks

US–Iran Talks: Unlikely to Succeed Absent a Military Strike

Ranj Tofik0 Comments

Indirect US-Iran talks are ongoing, with the first round held in Muscat, the capital of Oman, on April 12. Based on what was announced, the primary focus for the United…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & NonproliferationASEAN, AUKUS, Australia, China, Collins-class submarines, cruise missile, Deterrence, Euro-Atlantic, Extended nuclear deterrence, Henderson shipyard, HMAS Stirling, Indo-Pacific, NATO, Nuclear Planning Group, nuclear-armed, nuclear-powered submarines, precision strike capability, rotational presence, Russia, self-defense, slcm-n, SSN-AUKUS, strategic stability, submarine arms race, US Navy, Virginia-class submarines

SLCM-N, the Virginia-Class Submarine, and AUKUS

Natalie Treloar4 Comments

The sea-launched cruise missile–nuclear (SLCM-N) is a planned nuclear-armed cruise missile that is intended for deployment on US Navy submarines, potentially Virginia-class attack submarines, by 2034. Under Australia-UK-US (AUKUS) Pillar…

AI & Deterrence, Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversaries5GW, 5th-generation warfare, AI, Alouk water station, ambition, anti-satellite weapons, ASAT, autonomous drone strike, Beijing, Berlin Wall, biological warfare, Bollywood, China, CIPS, cold war, cyber networks, cyber sabotage, data, deepfake propaganda, Disinformation, drought, economic coercion, economic manipulation, espionage, false news, finance, financial system, food control, Hollywood, Huawei, hybrid influence operations, Hybrid Warfare, information dominance, K-pop, Libya, machine learning, manipulation, maritime terrorism. , military satellite market, narratives, One China Policy, Palau, pentagon, perception battle, quantum computing, Ren Zhengfei, Russia, sabotage, seabed, social engineering, South Korea, space dominance, subsea communication cables, SWIFT banking system, Syria, technology, telecom networks, THAAD missile defense system, US dollar, US sanctions, Venezuela, water scarcity

The 5GW Playbook: Silent Wars and Invisible Battlefields

Syeda Fizzah Shuja0 Comments

War no longer announces itself with the roar of fighter jets or the march of soldiers. It now lurks in the shadows where the front line is undefined. The recent…

Archive, Bonus Reads, Emerging ThreatsAbdullah Öcalan, authoritarianism, Azeri pan-nationalists, CHP, control, democracy, Ekrem İmamoğlu, election, Kurdish rights, Kurds, Newroz, Organization of Turkic States, PKK, power, protests, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, repression, spiritual geography, Turkey, Urmîyeh

From Repression to Expansion: Turkey’s Power Strategy

Loqman Radpey0 Comments

The political climate in Turkey is reaching a boiling point with the jailing of Ekrem İmamoğlu, the mayor of Istanbul and a key challenger to President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. İmamoğlu,…

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesArab states, Arab unity, ballistic missile capabilities, Bandar Abbas, civilian infrastructure, cyber disruptions, drone attacks, Egypt, financial isolation, geopolitical leverage, global shipping disruption, Horn of Africa, Houthi threat, intelligence cooperation, Iran-backed Houthis, Iranian support, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Israel airstrikes, maritime security, naval dominance, precision airstrikes, red sea, Red Sea Defense Compact, regional security, regional stability, Saudi Arabia, Saudi-UAE reconciliation, Socotra, special operations, Suez Canal, UAE, US bombing, US-Egypt defense cooperation, weapons smuggling, Yemen

What It Takes to Neutralize the Houthi Threat

Mohamed ELDoh3 Comments

The Red Sea has re-emerged as a vital fault line in the struggle for regional power, maritime security, and geopolitical leverage. At the center of this growing turbulence stand the Iran-backed Houthis…

Archive, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, Strategic Adversaries6th-generation aircraft, active protection systems, advanced technologies, AI copilots, airframes, American military primacy, artificial intelligence, battlefield awareness, China’s military, cybersecurity, defense budget, deterrence studies , directed energy weapons, electronic warfare, F-15EX Eagle II, F-35A, Hypersonic Weapons, industrial base, ISR drones, JADC2, M1A2 Abrams tanks, modernization, modular upgrades, multi-domain operations, network-centric warfare, open-architecture upgrades, peer threats, radar-absorbent materials, reconnaissance satellites, sensor fusion, stealth coatings, strategic intelligence, supply chain, sustainment costs, swarm UAVs

Maintaining American Military Primacy Without Breaking the Bank

Joshua Thibert0 Comments

Maintaining the United States’ position as the world’s premier military force will push the defense budget beyond the trillion-dollar mark. To ensure the long-term sustainability of the world’s most advanced…

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAlawite, Bashar al Assad, civil war, Damascus, Druze, governance, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Hizballah, ideological footprint, Iran, Iraq, Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Israel, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurds, Middle East, military proxies, Modafean-e Haram, Quds, regional actors, resistance axis., Russia, Sayyida Zaynab, self-determination, Sunni Islamist regime, Syria, transitional constitution, Turkey, unrest

Iran Can Reconfigure Its Foothold in Post-Assad Syria

Loqman Radpey0 Comments

Since the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Iran initially denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil, despite evidence to the contrary. Later, Tehran was forced…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAI, AI investment, AI supremacy, AI technical competency., AI training, artificial intelligence, Baidu, ChatGPT, China, Chinese aggression, data centers, decision dominance, deepfakes, DeepSeek, DoD, ERNIE model, Generative AI, gray zone conflict, hybrid conflict, Information Operations, joint force, large language models, malign information operations, military affairs, multidomain operations, Nvidia chips, open-source AI, Project Maven, psychological operations, Qwen, Spamouflage Dragon

China’s AI-Driven Information Operations Are Here: The US Needs an AI RMA

Matthew J. Fecteau0 Comments

The DoD must incorporate artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to counter the influence of China. Artificial intelligence will inevitably determine who shapes future conflicts. China is actively using these capabilities to…

Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAGM-183 ARRW, ambiguity, Arms Control, Avangard, coercive tool, confidence-building measures, conventional payloads, conventional prompt strike, defense, Deterrence, DF-17, escalation, first-strike role, FOBs, fractional orbital bombardment system, glide phase interceptor, global balance of power, hypersonic cruise missiles, hypersonic glide vehicles, Hypersonic Weapons, interceptor systems, international cooperation, international norms, long-range hypersonic weapon, Mach 5, military doctrines, miscalculations, missile defense, North Korea, nuclear payloads, nuclear strategy, radar detection, regulations, space-based tracking systems, SS-19, strategic adaptation, strategic competition, strategic security, strategic stability, transparency, warning times, Zircon

Hypersonic Weapons: Are We Entering a New Era of Vulnerability?

Brandon Toliver25 Comments

The advent of hypersonic weapons, with their unparalleled speed and maneuverability, ignited a global debate about the future of strategic security. Some argue these weapons unwittingly ushered in an era…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesconventional military capabilities, Drone Operations Command, Hyunmoo-4 missile, interception capabilities, Japan, military strategies, MIRV capabilities, missile defense, missile launchers, missile technology, NATO, North Korea, nuclear decoupling, Nuclear Deterrence, Nuclear Weapons, Pershing II missiles, Pyongyang. , regional deterrence, South Korea, Three-Axis System, US

Strengthening Nuclear Deterrence in the Far East

Ju Hyung Kim0 Comments

North Korea’s rapid advancements in nuclear miniaturization, missile technology, and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRV) capabilities are accelerating the risk of nuclear decoupling among the US, Japan, and South…