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Over the past two decades, the United States has played a leading role in counterterrorism—from...
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Urban Warfare Project Case Study #16: Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
Liam Collins, Jayson Geroux and John Spencer | 11.26.25
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Read MoreTransition Period Warfare: How the US Army Should Organize to Fight in a Time of Rapid Change
Joshua Suthoff | 11.20.25
Military leaders and analysts consistently highlight the importance of predicting what the future...
Read MoreFrom Relic to Relevance: Why Obsolete Weapons Still Win Modern Wars
Lukáš Dyčka | 11.13.25
On a frosty night in eastern Ukraine, a German-made Gepard antiaircraft gun built decades ago and...
Read MoreAn Algorithmic Loosening of the Atomic Screw? Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Deterrence
Iskander Rehman | 11.11.25
“It did not take atomic weapons to make man want peace. But the atomic bomb was the turn of the...
Read MoreGuns and Ammo: The Ukraine War and NATO’s Ammunition Interoperability Problem
Eric Johnson | 11.07.25
If the war in Ukraine has reinforced one truism of modern warfare, it is that artillery remains...
Read MoreThe False Choice at the Heart of Netflix’s Nuclear War Thriller, “A House of Dynamite”
Joshua A. Schwartz | 11.06.25
In Kathryn Bigelow’s new film, A House of Dynamite, a nuclear missile streaks toward Chicago. The...
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