Author: Benjamin Jensen

Make Them Fight! If You Want a More Lethal Military, Have Generals Compete in Wargames

Benjamin Jensen | 05.29.25 | Commentary & Analysis

The lights dim, and the screens flicker to life. Across the room, a dozen general officers lean...

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The Convergence Conundrum: Achieving Mass in the Era of Artificial Intelligence

Benjamin Jensen and Jake S. Kwon | 04.01.25 | Commentary & Analysis

Mass has long been a cornerstone of military strategy. Traditionally defined as the concentration...

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Wrestling with the Future of US-China Competition

Daniel Byman and Benjamin Jensen | 07.09.24 | Commentary & Analysis

Although US government officials and pundits alike loudly proclaim an era of US-China rivalry,...

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Tracking Competition in Cyberspace: Announcing the Dyadic Cyber Incident Dataset Version 2.0

Ryan C. Maness, Brandon Valeriano, Kathryn Hedgecock, Jose M. Macias and Benjamin Jensen | 10.14.22 | Commentary & Analysis

What does cyber conflict actually look like? Do adversary states exhibit patterns of behavior in...

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