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Many people look at a map of the Indo-Pacific region and assume that—characterized as it is by...
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Could Emerging Technologies Have Helped to Avoid the Tragic Killing of Humanitarian Workers in Gaza?
Larry Lewis and Daphné Richemond-Barak | 04.25.24
The killing of seven employees of World Central Kitchen in Gaza is as deplorable as it was...
Read MoreThe Illusion of Conventional War: Europe Is Learning the Wrong Lessons from the Conflict in Ukraine
Sandor Fabian | 04.23.24
For more than two years, Western observers have produced a seemingly infinite number of articles...
Read MoreSweden, Finland, and NATO’s First-Class Airpower Upgrade
Paul Cormarie and John Hoehn | 04.19.24
In 2016, RAND ran a series of wargames examining a contingency in the Baltics. NATO did not do...
Read MoreMWI Podcast: How Iran’s Missile and Drone Attack Was Defeated
John Amble | 04.18.24
When Iran launched more than a hundred ballistic missiles, dozens of cruise missiles, and at least...
Read MoreThe Costs of Comms: Adapting for the Communications-Restricted Battlefield
Tom Gaines and Dave Lucas | 04.17.24
For decades, the cost of communicating for the Army has been almost entirely measured in dollars....
Read MoreIran’s Neutralized Counterstrike: Israel’s Air Defense Operation Was Effective—Just Not Necessarily Replicable
Peter Mitchell | 04.15.24
Iran directly moved against Israel over the weekend with a three-pronged saturation attack...
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