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Software-Defined Warships: The Navy’s Digital Future of Necessity
U.S. Navy warships received their first ever over-the-air software updates in combat. In the Red Sea, these upgrades improved ...
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How Can We Measure if Defense Innovation Works?
The Pentagon still lacks clear ways to measure if the organizations charged with innovation in the Department of Defense ...
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Rolling Back Naval Forward Presence Will Strengthen American Deterrence
Decades of global policing and crisis response have taken a toll on the U.S. Navy. If the United States wishes to deter China ...
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It’s Time to Overhaul Information Transfer in Army Training
In the fast-paced world of modern warfare, the U.S. Army faces an urgent challenge: effectively translating battlefield ...
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The Adversarial: Adapting to Changes in Washington and on the Ground
Welcome to The Adversarial. Every other week, we’ll provide you with expert analysis on America’s greatest challengers: China ...
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Risky Business: Assessing Risk to U.S. Strategy
The Net Assessment team discusses Frank Hoffman’s recent Joint Force Quarterly article about risk. They share concerns about ...
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Trump Has a Rare and Short Window to Solve the Iran Problem — Here’s How
Donald Trump is likely the last president that will get a chance to stop Iran from building a nuclear arsenal. Will he succeed? Tehran has been on the backfoot, having catastrophically misjudged the ...
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Rewind and Reconnoiter: The Arctic Threat is Not Frozen
In 2021, David Auerswald wrote, “A U.S. Security Strategy for the Arctic,” which argued America’s current strategy in the Arctic was not sufficient to take on threats by China and Russia. With these ...