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Gutting U.S. Government Humanitarianism Makes the Defense Department’s Job Harder
To paraphrase J. Robert Oppenheimer and Gen. James Mattis, some 64 years later, the United States learns again and again that ...
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The Polish Paradox: Gen. Kazimierz Sosnkowski and the Ban on Biological Warfare
It was July 4th, 1944 in London and the end of the war in Europe was finally in sight. The previous month, the Allies had liberated Rome and landed in ...
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Forging Minds for Future Wars
In a time of rapid change and global danger, how should the warriors of the future be educated? Ryan sat down with Vice Adm. Peter Garvin, president of ...
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Japan Must Adapt to Defend Itself From North Korea
In his 2023 article “Japan's Strategy to Confront North Korea's Nuclear and Ballistic Missiles,” Tokuhiro Ikeda asserted that ...
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High-Risk AI Models Need Military-Grade Security
The race to develop artificial general intelligence is accelerating, but America’s approach to securing it remains ...
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A Tricky Balancing Act for Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian countries have long tried to balance relations between China and the United States — seeking to maintain ...
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Is Warfare Becoming More Performative?
In the span of three weeks this June, the world witnessed three extraordinary military operations: Ukraine’s decimation of ...
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Drones Aren’t Swarming Yet — But They Could - War on the Rocks
Despite the hype, drone swarming doesn’t exist yet. That’s because the U.S. Department of Defense has been focused on platform capability inputs like hardware, manufacturing, and GPS, while so far ...