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2084: The Future of War, AI, Climate Conflict—and Humanity’s Survival ...

Rather than seeking decisive battlefield victory, U.S. adversaries are using long-term pressure campaigns to erode American ...

War doesn’t always look like war anymore. Hybrid non-kinetic warfare is an increasingly popular means for threat actors to orchestrate prolonged campaigns aimed at achieving political and security ...

Events have moved faster than doctrine. Part 1 of this series diagnosed the rise of synthetic asymmetry, an era where technological convergence allows small actors to impose disproportionate costs on ...

One of the most consequential geopolitical and technological races underway is the competition to shape the future of large language models. For a moment, it looked like a race to build one dominant ...

Mark Munsell leads a non-profit effort to expand the geospatial technology ecosystem in St. Louis, MO. Previously, he held jobs as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s Chief Artificial ...

Colin P. Clarke is the executive director of The Soufan Center, where his research focuses on terrorism, counterterrorism, and armed conflict.

NO PRESS IN THE PRESS OFFICE: It’s not really a secret that this Pentagon doesn’t find much use for members of the press, even though the Secretary of Defense used to be one of them. In an exclusive, ...