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In Brief: The Rise of “Non-Traditional” Defense Companies
Oct 16, 2024 · A lot happens every day. Alliances shift, leaders change, and conflicts erupt. With In Brief, we’ll help you make sense of it all. Each week, experts will dig deep on a single issue happening in the world to help you better understand it.
What Thucydides Teaches Us About War, Politics, and the Human …
Aug 9, 2017 · Thucydides is on a roll these days. The ancient Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War, who lived almost 2,500 years ago, makes the title of Graham Allison’s prominent new volume, Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides’s Trap? The great historian merits this because his analysis of the causes of the ancient war between the Athenians and the Spartans provides the ...
What Would Be Japan’s Role in a New Korean War?
Oct 3, 2024 · Japan in the Korean War. Shortly after North Korean troops crossed the 38th parallel on the morning of June 25, 1950, they employed their version of Blitzkrieg, forcing South Korean forces to retreat all the way to Pusan in the southeastern part of the peninsula. Although President Harry S. Truman announced on June 27, 1950 that U.S. forces would intervene under the auspices of a U.N ...
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A New National Security Strategy for the Trump Administration
Nov 21, 2024 · Episode Reading. Nadia Shadlow, “How America Can Regain Its Edge in Great-Power Competition,” Foreign Affairs, October 9, 2024. “Indonesian president says he will safeguard sovereignty in South China Sea,” Reuters, November 13, 2024. Paolo Tamma, “Brussels to free up billions of euros for defence and security from EU budget,” Financial Times, November 11, 2024.
The Russia Contingency with Michael Kofman - War on the Rocks
The Russo-Ukrainian War in 2025, Part 2; The Russo-Ukrainian War in 2025, Part 1; Russia’s Weakened Economic Outlook in 2025; Russia’s Woes in Syria: The Consequences of Assad’s Fall for Russian Ambitions
Mastering Human-Machine Warfighting Teams - War on the Rocks
Nov 8, 2024 · The Need For Teams. Because the mechanics behind how machine intelligences work greatly differ from the underpinnings of biological intelligence, humans and machines bring different strengths and weaknesses to a combined human-machine team.
Escaping Russia’s Backyard: Armenia’s Strategic Defense Shift
Nov 5, 2024 · Leonid Nersisyan is a defense analyst and a senior research fellow at the Applied Policy Research Institute of Armenia. He focuses on military reform, defense technologies, and the interplay of geopolitical and regional stability. His research interests include Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States countries’ armed forces, defense industry and technology, armed conflicts, and ...