UK national security review sensibly balances nukes, Ukraine, Pacific
Joshua Huminski, director of the Mike Rogers Center for Intelligence & Global Affairs, sees prudence in the UK's most recent strategic review, though challenges loom.
Afghan Aftermath: Will Pacific States See Weakened US?
India is the one country Sarang Shidore, an expert on South Asia and the Pacific, thinks will be truly worried about the Afghan collapse. "The US," he says, "will have to manage the Indian perceptions once the (Afghan) evacuations are finished."
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Navigation warfare is about the battle to assure positioning, navigation, and timing
The U.S. Army’s MAPS Gen II program of record for assured PNT provides an authoritative and reliable source of truth for combat vehicles in a highly contested battlespace.
France And EU Launch Strategic Reviews: China As ‘Systemic’ Rival
How to deal with the Chinese threat will probably be one of the most difficult questions for the European Union to address as it executes its first-ever strategic review, to be published in 2022 and called ‘’Strategic Compass.’
China Leads US In 3 Of 6 AI Areas: Bob Work
The US has a narrow edge in its talent pool, its hardware and its algorithms, but China is ahead in accumulating data, deploying applications, and integrating different functions.
US Must Relearn How To Contain China: Gen. Murray EXCLUSIVE
“The Chinese see competition as a whole of government effort [and] they're actually pretty good at it,” the Army Futures Command Chief told us. “We’re way out of practice.”
China—A Deadly ‘Infinite Game’: Army Chief McConville
Everything from social media to military advisors to open war is a potential tool of great power competition, Gen. James McConville writes — and the Army plays a vital role across that entire spectrum.
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AI is transforming pilot training and the aircraft they fly
Modeling and simulation get an AI upgrade for more realistic training and improved autonomous platforms.
‘Land Forces Are Hard To Kill’: Army Chief Unveils Pacific Strategy
A new strategy paper from Chief of Staff Gen. James McConville says forward-deployed Army forces will survive inside Chinese missile strikes and fatally disrupt the PLA's plans.
Special Ops Aren’t A Substitute For Strategy
Overused and overstretched in the “global war on terror” since 9/11, Special Operations Forces need Biden to give them a break so they can refocus on Russia, China, and the “grey zone.”
Army’s New Aim Is ‘Decision Dominance’
“Decision dominance … is the ability for a commander to sense, understand, decide, act, and assess faster and more effectively than any adversary,” said Army Futures Command chief Gen. John “Mike” Murray.
Faith In The Military Is Falling – Not Demand For Strong Defense: Reagan Institute
The Reagan Institute’s latest survey reveals confidence in the military has dropped seven percent a year for two years running. But dig deeper, and support for a strong defense remains.
Modern Tech in Indo-Pacific Operations
Explore how networked warfare, AI, and 3D-printed drones are reshaping US Indo-Pacific strategy.
INDOPACOM Drafts Regional Strategy For All-Domain Ops
The emerging Indo-Pacific Warfighting Concept has been drafted, but still has "a ways to go as far as working through the Department of Defense," says INDOPACOM's head of requirements, George Ka'iliwai.
France In The Indo-Pacific: A Mediating Power?
France has ramped up activity in the region in accordance with its 2019 Indo-Pacific strategy.
Hits & Misses In Biden’s Interim National Security Guidance
“Seemingly gone is the naivety of the Obama era” about Russia and China, writes the Heritage Foundation’s Tom Spoehr in this op-ed. But the retired three-star general still sees some worrying woolly-mindedness.
Senate Armed Services Stands By Afghanistan & Taiwan
"Seems Washington wants to stick around" in Afghanistan, said AEI's MacKenzie Eaglen, "even if veterans themselves are increasingly the ones calling for the full end of troop presence in-country."