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Space Fortitude: Applying the Lessons of Operation Fortitude to Space Deterrence and Warfighting

Christopher Stone0 Comments

Published: July 28, 2026 Throughout military history, few deception operations have rivaled the strategic brilliance of Operation Fortitude. Conducted before the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944, Fortitude did not seek to…

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Economics & Trade, Emerging Threats, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesagility, alliance credibility, Australia, bilateral deterrence, cascading effects, China, competitive advantage, dynamic resilience, economic dependence, escalation management, friction engine, geopolitical risk, Indo-Pacific, military modernization, multipolar era, networked deterrence, nonlinear environment, nuclear deterrent, power distribution, security dependence, stability illusion, strategic compression, synthesis, systemic friction, trade interdependence, U.S. extended nuclear deterrence, vulnerability

The Impossibility of Strategic Stability in a Multipolar Era: From Brittle Walls to Dynamic Resilience

Natalie Treloar & Jean-Claude Meledje0 Comments

Published: July 27, 2026 For over a century, the primary objective of global diplomacy has been the pursuit of “stability.” From the Concert of Europe through the bipolar rigidity of the Cold War, stability was…

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Allied Autonomy Is Creating a New Seam in Extended Deterrence

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: July 23, 2026 In February 2026, more than 200 personnel from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States gathered on Australia's east coast for the latest AUKUS Maritime Big…

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The United States Did Not Lose the War Against Iran: The Harder Part is Postwar Peacemaking

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: July 21, 2026 Recently, it has become fashionable in news commentary and in political pronouncements by members of Congress, among others, to claim that the United States’ conflict with…

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NATO’s Sentry Operations Show Why the Indo-Pacific Needs a Nuclear Alliance

Natalie Treloar0 Comments

Published: July 20, 2026 NATO’s recent establishment of Baltic Sentry (2025), Eastern Sentry (2025), and Arctic Sentry (2026) reflects more than a response to Russian aggression. Collectively, these operations demonstrate…

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The Coming Crisis with North Korea

Nathan A. Heard0 Comments

Published: July 16, 2026 Is North Korea winning? Along with the country’s expanding nuclear arsenal and delivery systems, North Korea continues to develop and demonstrate expertise in cyber and space warfare that soon…

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The Iran War and Nuclear Weapons: Paths Forward or Backward?

Stephen Cimbala0 Comments

Published: July 14, 2026 The announcement of a mid-June 2026 agreement between the United States and Iran on a framework for resolving the conflict that began on February 28 promised immediate relief for…

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The Beijing Summit and The Future of Taiwan-US Relations

Muhammad Shahzad Akram0 Comments

Published: July 13, 2026 The central issue underlying the 2026 Beijing summit was not trade, agriculture, or aircraft purchases, but the future of Taiwan and the evolving structure of U.S.-China relations in the Indo-Pacific.…

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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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NATO 3.0 and the Nuclear Arsenal It Requires

Curtis McGiffin0 Comments

Published: July 6, 2026 Contemporary disagreements between the U.S. and its NATO allies have intensified over political, economic, and security issues. Disputes over trade, tariffs, defense spending, and expeditionary support reveal an unhealthy frustration with burden-sharing demands and…

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China’s Critical Mineral Strategy and the Structure of Strategic Competition

Holden Johansen1 Comment

Published: July 2, 2026 China's dominance of the rare-earth mineral supply chain gives Beijing a powerful tool of economic coercion against rival states. Vital rare-earth minerals like cobalt, copper, lithium,…