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Survival Is Not Victory: How Iran Is Trying to Outlast a Militarily Superior Coalition

Mohamed ELDoh0 Comments

Published: November 3, 2026 The renewed early September exchange of attacks between Iran and the US, including US strikes on three Iranian tankers after missiles targeted American warships, has not…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAI infrastructure, AI strategy, Armenia, artificial intelligence, asymmetric defense, autonomous systems, Azerbaijan, Blackwell GPUs, defense innovation, Deterrence, Firebird AI Factory, geopolitical realignment, intelligence analysis, Iran, military modernization, Nagorno-Karabakh, National Security, NVIDIA, regional power shifts, regional stability, Russia, South Caucasus, technological diversification, Turkey, Western technology partnerships

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…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesamphibious landings, autonomous maritime warfare, autonomous military platforms, Black Sea, CJADC2, contested logistics, defense acquisition, distributed operations, drone boats, expendable systems, Israel, joint all-domain command and control, logistics resupply, Manned-Unmanned Teaming, naval drones, one-way attack drones, Pacific war, Russia-Ukraine war, surveillance, Taiwan, U.S. Navy, Ukraine, Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs), Unmanned warfare

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…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Government & PoliticsArms Control, Article 36 reviews, autonomous target selection, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW), design-centric prohibitions, disarmament, dual-use technology, effect-based regulation, effective human control, explainability, functional approach, Group of Governmental Experts (GGE), human-in-the-loop, international humanitarian law, legally binding instrument, Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS), Pakistan, predictability, preemptive regulation, state responsibility

Pakistan’s Functional Approach to Regulating LAWS

Atta Ullah0 Comments

Published: October 26, 2026 International humanitarian law (IHL) takes an “effect-based” approach to regulating/banning Lethal Autonomous Weapon Systems (LAWS). This “outcome-driven,” or result-oriented, approach is based on real-world results of…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Bonus Reads, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesartificial intelligence, attribution, cognitive warfare, counterfeit media, credibility, decision-making, democratic institutions, Disinformation, fabricated personas, foreign information manipulation and interference, information manipulation, misinformation, narrative reframing, propaganda, Russian information operations, societal resilience, strategic ambiguity, synthetic narratives, Ukraine, verification

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…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Diplomacy, Energy, Government & Politicsanalog-to-digital modernization, critical communication nodes, cyber exploitation, cyber-nuclear nexus, cyber-nuclear workforce, cybersecurity, defense contractors, Early Warning Systems, extended deterrence, governance, Great Power Competition, independent civilian oversight board, interactive complexity, legacy systems, military organizations, national center of excellence, NC3 modernization, normal accidents theory, nuclear command control and communications, Nuclear Deterrence, nuclear modernization, organizational decision-making, organizational risk, program management, resilience, risk management, software monoculture, system vulnerabilities, technical complexity, third-party software, tight coupling

Managing Organizational Risk in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Modernization

Nathan A. Heard0 Comments

Published: October 15, 2026 Digital modernization is shaped by numerous interacting variables, including how and why organizations make decisions, leadership preferences, technical considerations, and individual user behavior. System vulnerabilities can…

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Defense & Security, Emerging Threats, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesadvanced semiconductors, AI Act, AI safety, artificial intelligence regulation, capacity building, China, compute infrastructure, data governance, digital infrastructure, European Union, export controls, Generative AI, geopolitical competition, Global AI governance, Global South, global supply chains, institutional influence, international organizations, multilateralism, polycentric governance, private-sector power, regulatory fragmentation, structural dependence, technical standards, technological sovereignty, UN Global Digital Compact, United States

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…

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Geopolitics in Deterrence, Strategic Adversariesartificial intelligence, artillery, biological weapons, chemical weapons, coercive leverage, covert delivery, crisis escalation, CRISPR, cyber operations, Deterrence, dual-use infrastructure, gene editing, Kim Jong Nam assassination, Kim Jong Un, military logistics, Pacific security, Pyongyang. , rockets, Russia–North Korea relations, special forces, theater nuclear posture, VX nerve agent, weapons of mass destruction

North Korea Has Options

Nathan A. Heard0 Comments

Published: October 12, 2026 In 2017, two people unknowingly working as proxies for North Korean intelligence approached Kim Jong Nam at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport. In what they thought…

Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Defense & Security, Strategic Adversariesballistic missile, Basij, civilian leadership, Deterrence, Diplomacy, economic recovery, Government, Gulf Cooperation Council, hardliners, Hormuz Strait, internal power struggle, Iran, IRGC, military, nuclear program, President Masoud Pezeshkian, regime survival, regional hegemony, regional integration, regional security, sanctions, security doctrine, strategic depth, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, Supreme National Security Council, US-Iran relations

The Political Power Battle in Tehran

Mohamed ELDoh0 Comments

Published: October 1, 2026 As Iran signals its willingness to pursue fighting, one of the most important power struggles to watch in the Middle East today is not between Iran…

Archive, Defense & Security, Deterrence & Foreign Policy, Strategic Adversariesadversary, AI-enabled systems, assurance claim, autonomous systems, BEA, Bureau of Economic Analysis, cascading failures, CISA, continuity costs, continuity plan, continuity planning, continuity target, critical infrastructure, Critical Infrastructure Security and Resilience Agency, cross-sector scenarios, denial, dependency structure, Deterrence, disruption, dynamic resilience, electric power, empirical testing, Federal Continuity Directive 2, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA, governance, inoperability, input-output accounts, interconnected systems, interdependence model, mission essential functions, National Critical Functions, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, NIST SP 800-82, operational data, operational parameters, recovery rates, service floors, systemic damage, systemic loss, telecommunications

Resilience Never Activated, Deters No One

Burak Oktenli0 Comments

Published: September 28, 2026 Deterrence by denial rests on a practical promise. An attack on a state’s infrastructure will not produce the effect an adversary expects. Resilience contributes to that…

Archive, Defense & Security, Strategic AdversariesAlaska, Arctic, Arctic Edge 2026, Arctic security, Coast Guard, DF-27, Fort Greely, Golden Dome, Great Power Competition, homeland defense, ICE Pact, icebreakers, Ivan Papanin, Jin-class submarines, JL-3, Kalibr cruise missiles, Kola Peninsula, Liner missiles, long-range missiles, maritime patrol, missile warning, Nome port, NORAD, North Pacific, Northern Sea Route, nuclear deterrent, Russia, Sineva missiles, Sino-Russian cooperation, strategic cohesion, submarine warfare, U.S. missile defense

China’s Long-Range Missiles, Russia’s Arctic Bastion, and the Alaskan Gap

Jack Lindstrom0 Comments

Published: September 24, 2026 The Cold War made the High North a proving ground for nuclear strategy. Even though the powers and weapons have changed, the same geography matters again.…