Author: Morgan Bazilian

The Chokepoint We Missed: Sulfur, Hormuz, and the Threats to Military Readiness

Morgan Bazilian, Macdonald Amoah and Jahara Matisek | 03.13.26 | Commentary & Analysis

The cascading effects of disrupted maritime chokepoints are no longer the subject of simulations;...

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Logistics Left of Boom: Understanding Adversary Threats to the Defense Industrial Base Ahead of Conflict

Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek | 02.06.26 | Commentary & Analysis

“Amateurs talk tactics, professionals study logistics.” Recent wargames, studies, and operational...

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Minerals, Magnets, and Military Capability: China’s Rare Earth Weaponization Should Be a Wake-Up Call

Macdonald Amoah, Morgan Bazilian and Jahara Matisek | 07.10.25 | Commentary & Analysis

When China imposed export controls on seven of the seventeen rare earth elements in April 2025, it...

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As America’s Military Rearms, It Needs Minerals—and Lots of Them

Gregory Wischer, Morgan Bazilian and Macdonald Amoah | 11.29.23 | Commentary & Analysis

The US military is attempting to quickly replenish diminished weapons stocks in its largest...

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What If America’s Mineral-Intensive Military Runs Out of Minerals?

Macdonald Amoah, Gregory Wischer, Juliet Akamboe and Morgan Bazilian | 11.10.23 | Commentary & Analysis

Minerals have defined key periods in technological development for much of warfare’s history. The...

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