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Late-Phase Failure and the Erosion of Military Effectiveness in Prolonged Conflict

Allies & Extended Deterrence, Archive, Arms Control & Nonproliferation, Emerging Threats, Strategic Adversariesalliance unity, civil-military coordination, cumulative stress , cyber operations, demographic constraints, deterrence planning, energy infrastructure resilience, extended deterrence, Hypersonic Weapons, Indo-Pacific region, institutional endurance, institutional stress, interoperability, late-phase failure, logistics governance, military effectiveness, modernization programs, Nuclear Deterrence, operational performance, personnel systems, prolonged conflict, resilience, space-based surveillance, strategic credibility, strategic deterrence, technological developments

Late-Phase Failure and the Erosion of Military Effectiveness in Prolonged Conflict

Andrey Koval0 Comments

Contemporary defense analysis largely focuses on the opening phases of conflict. Initial force posture, technological advantage, and early operational momentum dominate planning assumptions. However, experience from recent high-intensity wars suggests…

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Understanding the Pakistan–Saudi Defense Agreement

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Understanding the Pakistan–Saudi Defense Agreement

Nawal Nawaz0 Comments

Pakistan and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) signed a strategic mutual defense agreement (SMDA) on September 17, 2025, cementing a decades-long security partnership between Islamabad and Riyadh. This new…

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What the Pukpuk Mutual Defense Treaty Tells Us about the Pacific Security Order

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What the Pukpuk Mutual Defense Treaty Tells Us about the Pacific Security Order

Fawad Afridi0 Comments

The declaration of the Pukpuk Treaty between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and Australia is a significant shift in the security order in the Pacific. Where small states were traditionally regarded…

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The Quiet Dismantling of America’s AI Warfighting Edge

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The Quiet Dismantling of America’s AI Warfighting Edge

Greg Sharpe0 Comments

Amid the global artificial intelligence (AI) arms race, elite adversaries such as China and Russia are actively strengthening their military tech structures without any barriers from their government. They are…

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FYI to the GOP on NATO

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FYI to the GOP on NATO

Alan Dowd1 Comment

By wielding his rhetorical skills and executive powers to revive America’s political and economic institutions, President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) transformed the first 100 days of a president’s administration into a…

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Bolstering Extended Deterrence

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Bolstering Extended Deterrence

William Atkins0 Comments

As the nuclear deterrence landscape continues to change, the United States must reinvigorate its alliances and partnerships to project power effectively and effectively hold adversaries at risk. The 2022 National…

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India’s MIRV Development – A Latent Counter-space Capability

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India’s MIRV Development – A Latent Counter-space Capability

Maryyum Masood0 Comments

In March 2024, India conducted a test of its multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicle (MIRV) capability by placing miniaturized warheads onto its Agni-V intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), which has a…

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