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The 2025 National Security Strategy called for a “military capable of denying aggression anywhere...
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LatestClass of 2006 Modern War Conference: Deterrence in the Pacific, 23-24 September 2026
Deterrence in the Pacific The Class of 2006 War Studies Conference is the culminating event of a...
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American Tercio: A Vision for Infantry Drone Integration
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Today the jury is still out on whether or not drones will usher in the next military revolution....
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Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux, John Spencer and Amanda Zhao | 10.28.26
One historian wrote that it “presaged urban combat as it was to be waged . . ....
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Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux, John Spencer, and Amanda Zhao | 10.28.26 The Battle of Shanghai...
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Rachael Hoagland | 10.27.26
During my time in Ukraine I saw more than a country at war. I saw a defense innovation ecosystem...
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Ben Blane and Robert G. Rose | 10.26.26
“We are not going to get involved militarily in any way on the Island of Formosa,” announced...
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Michael Carvelli | 10.23.26
Israel’s renewed military presence in southern Lebanon puts an old military problem back in...
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