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Turkey, Israel and the Dangerous Vacuum in Post-Assad Syria

Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Strategic AdversariesAbu al-Duhur, Air Defense, ambiguity, Ankara, border security, buffer zone, communication, conflict management, conflict-avoidance, contested territory, Damascus, diplomatic channels, escalation, geopolitical rivalry, historical friction, influence, intent, Israel, Jerusalem, managed rivalry, Middle East, military footprint, military presence, post-Assad, power vacuum, regional powers, security theories, strategic ambiguity, strikes, Syria, Turkey

Turkey, Israel and the Dangerous Vacuum in Post-Assad Syria

Yashwant Singh 0 Comments

Published: September 7, 2026 The strikes at Abu al-Duhur matter less for what happened than for what they revealed. Strip away the incident report and what is left is familiar…

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Cognitive Warfare at America’s Edge

AI & Deterrence, Archive, Strategic Adversariesauthoritarian durability, China, cognitive pressure, cognitive warfare, Cuba, Cyber Espionage, cyber staging, diplomatic cover, ecosystem, espionage, exploitation infrastructure., foreign assistance, hemispheric access, influence, information laundering, Information Operations, infrastructure access, Intelligence, Iran, media partnerships, narrative convergence, narrative localization, political subversion, proxy relationships, regime resilience, regional relationships, Russia, sanctions, security institutions, Spanish-language messaging, strategic access, telecommunications, U.S. adversaries

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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Applying the Olympus Mons Problem-Solving Model to Defeat Iran in the Gray Zone

Archive, Emerging Threats, Strategic AdversariesAI-enabled operations, calibrated escalation, cognitive architecture, cognitive battlefield, cognitive dominance, cognitive readiness, complex adaptive systems thinking, cultural mindsets, Cynefin sensemaking framework, ecosystem analysis, Global Mindset, gray zone, Here is a comma separated list of keywords from the article: Olympus Mons Problem-Solving Model, human terrain, human-in-the-loop, influence, Information Advantage, information domain, Information joint function, Information Warfare, intellectual capital, Iran, kinetic overmatch, large language models, long-term competition, maximum lethality, mindset development, National Security, operational information environment, operational planning, peace through strength, PESTLE analysis, professional military education, propaganda, proxy warfare, psychological capital, social capital, strategic communication, strategic competition, strategic foresight, U.S. Department of War, wicked problems

Applying the Olympus Mons Problem-Solving Model to Defeat Iran in the Gray Zone

Oshawn Jefferson0 Comments

Published: June 3, 2026 In an age of persistent great power competition, the fight for influence is the decisive precursor to any potential conflict. Adversaries like Iran, who cannot compete…

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