Content Posted in 2026
A Failure of Strategic Vision: U.S. Policy and the Doklam Border Dispute, James J. Przystup
Alliance in Evolution: The Biden-Suga Summit, James J. Przystup
Another Week; Another Missile Test: Inching Toward a Freeze – With Eyes Wide Shut?, James J. Przystup
A Phenomenologic Approach to the Warrior Experience and Ethos: Consideration of an Arc of Enchantment in the Formation of Individual Military Identity, Elise Annett and James Giordano
A Primer on Ukrainian Special Forces: Beyond Joint, Kevin D. Stringer and Taisiia Vivdych
Artificial Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword in Support and Subversion of the Biological Weapons Convention; Part One: Framing the Issues, Elise Annett, Diane DiEuliis, and James Giordano
Artificial Intelligence: A Double-Edged Sword in Support and Subversion of the Biological Weapons Convention; Part Two: Implications and Recommendations, Diane DiEuliis, Elise Annett, and James Giordano
Artificial Intelligence and a Reconfiguration of Military Power, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Aspiration vs. Reality: Where are We with the North Korea Denuclearization Process?, James J. Przystup
Autonomous Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict: Toward a Model of Strategic Integration, Ethical Authority, and Operational Constraint, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Beyond 1918: Bringing Pandemic Response into the Present, and Future, Diane DiEuliis, Peter Emanuel, Alexander Titus, and James Giordano
Beyond Mechanistic Control: Causal Decision Processing in Neuromorphic Military Artificial Intelligence, James Giordano
Beyond Mechanistic Control: Causal Decision Processing in Neuromorphic Military Artificial Intelligence, James Giordano
Beyond the Peninsula: What OPCON Transfer Means for the Indo-Pacific, Clint Work
Biodeterrence in an Era of Convergent Threats, James Giordano
Biotechnologies and the Treaty Gap: Why Biological Weapons Governance Is Falling Behind; and Some Thoughts on How to Fix It, James Giordano
Biotechnology in the FY 2026 NDAA: Strategic Implications — and Recommendations — for Joint Force Readiness, James Giordano
Bold New Bioweapons: Part 1 — The Burdens of Detection and Attribution, James Giordano
Bold New Bioweapons: Part 2 — Bold Bolstering of Deterrence and Defense, James Giordano
Brain Scanning: Assessing Emigration of U.S. Scientific Talent to Surveille Strategic Implications for China’s Dual-Use Technological Capabilities, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Breadth or Depth: The Ongoing Battle in Professional Military Education, Ryan Wadle and Heather Venable
China – Next Steps, James J. Przystup
China’s Military Diplomacy in Africa, Matt Kuhlman, Raina Nelson, and Dr. Phillip C. Saunders
China’s Russia Problem on North Korea, Joel Wuthnow
Cognitive Warfare 2026: NATO’s Chief Scientist Report as Sentinel Call for Operational Readiness, James Giordano
Cognitive Warfare and Organizational Design: Leveraging AI to Reshape Military Decision-Making, Michael Silver, Kellen Sick, Matthew Snyder, Justin Farnell, and Justin E. Farnell
Cognitive Warfare and the Changing Character of Engagement: A Neurostrategic Perspective, James Giordano
Collisions, Peter R. Carkhuff
Combating IUU Fishing in the South American Pacific: An Opportunity to Counter Chinese Influence Closer to Home, Alexander E. Goodno
Convergent Critical Technologies Part 1: The Integrative Transformation of Warfighting, James Giordano
Critical Technology Areas Part 2: Implications and Recommendations for the Warfighter and Warfighting, James Giordano
Decision-Based Artificial Intelligence and the Strategic Reordering of Military Power, Elise Annett
Defining the Palette of Biodeterrence: Appreciating a Broader Toolkit, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Europe's Responses to the Migration Crisis: Implications for European Integration, Irene Kyriakopoulos
Executive Summary, William T. Eliason
Fabrication at the Tactical Edge, Aubry J. Eaton and Dustin T. Thomas
Fortifying Technologic Innovation in National Defense: Strategic Security Imperatives for Research and Acquisition, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
How AI Can Help Enforce the Biological Weapons Convention, Elise Annett, James Giordano, and Brendan Melley
Influence by Design: A Network Strategy for Integrated Deterrence, Robert S. Hinck
Intellectual Overmatch Is Impossible If We Teach Only Half the Team: A Call for Professional Civilian Education, Laura J. Junor Pulzone and Justin Lynch
Joint Force Quarterly, Issue 119, 4th Quarter 2025, National Defense University Press
Laser-focusing Defense Capabilities, James Giordano
Leave Mountain People Alone, T.X. Hammes
Major Concerns About Microelectronics, Elise Annett, Steven Hanson, and James Giordano
Moscow Advances Ties to Iran's Regional Rivals, John W. Parker
Moving at WARP Speed Toward Developing the Cyborg Soldier, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Neuromodulating Mammals for Military Operations: Ethical Responsibility and Governance in Security Domains, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Political Objectives, Nuclear Forces, and the Enduring Value of U.S. Intercontinental-Range Ballistic Missiles, Michaela Dodge
Precision in Words, Precision in Warfare: Terminology and Control in Military Discourse on Unmanned Systems, Elise Annett, John Bitterman, and James Giordano
Prospects for U.S.-Japan Cyber Cooperation: Critical Infrastructure Protection and Joint Operations Perspectives, Keisuke Mizuhiro
Putin Heads For Riyadh, John W. Parker
Qassem Soleimani: Moscow's Syria Decision – Myth and Reality, John W. Parker
Quantum Technologies, Part One: Focusing a Bit Upon Realities, James Giordano
Quantum Technologies, Part Two: Recognizing Risks and Threats to National Security and Defense, James Giordano
Ready or Not: Regaining Military Readiness during COVID19, Diane DiEuliis and Laura J. Junor
Re-constructing and Construing the Warfighter: The Intersection of Bioengineering and Identity in Neurotechnologically Enhanced Military Personnel, Elise Annett, John R. Shook, and James Giordano
Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, Nalonie J.M. Tyrell
Strategic Assessment 2025: Evolving Great Power Competition at Mid-Decade, Thomas F. Lynch III, Richard Andres, Natalle Cawston-Gibson, William T. Eliason, Douglas Farah, Liana Fix, T.X. Hammes, Benjamin Harris, John Hickman, Jeffrey Mankoff, Jeremy T. Mathis, Dawn C. Murphy, Marianne Richardson, Phillip C. Saunders, and Joel Wuthnow
Strategic Innovation in the DoD FY 2026 RDTE Budget: Leveraging Disruptive Technologies for Deterrence, Defense, and Command and Control, James Giordano
Taking Stock of the National Stockpile: Modernizing for a Dynamic Response, Diane DiEuliis and Patrick Terrell
Tell-Tale MRAPS, Christopher J. Lamb
The Agentic Database and Military Command: A Perspective on Autonomous C2 Systems, Elise Annett and James Giordano
The Arctic is a Strategic Distraction, T.X. Hammes
The Cyber Deterrence Dilemma: Parallels Between Cyber and Intelligence Special Operations, Jorge R. Kravetz MSc
The Gilet Jaune Crisis, Steven Philip Kramer
The “Ins” and “Outs” of Cognitive Warfare: What’s the Next Move?, Elise Annett and James Giordano
The Mueller Report: The Missed Accelerants to Putin’s Interference, John W. Parker
The National Defense Strategy Commission Calls Attention to the “Quiet” Cross Functional Team Revolution in the National Security System, Christopher J. Lamb
The Orb’s Eye: Seeing the National Security Implications of Iris Based ‘Proof of Humanity’, Elise Annett, James M. Keagle, and James Giordano
The Recent Rash of Biotechnology Risks: A Call to Fortify Force Capability, James Giordano
The State and the Soldier, Lindsay L. Rodman
Tiny Particles, Big Stakes: The Strategic Implications of Micro‑ and Nanoplastics, James Giordano and Ashok Vaseashta
Today the Spratlys and Paracels, Tomorrow…, James J. Przystup
Ukraine, the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, and the Elusive Crisis-Era Munitions Production Surge, Bryce Loidolt
Understanding Space Frontier Areas: Strategy in Cislunar Space and Beyond, Todd W. Pennington
U.S. Arctic Sea Lines of Communication (SLOC): The Imperative for a Maritime Complex and Corridor in the Bering Region, Samuel A. Krakower and Troy J. Bouffard
Vice President Pence in Indonesia: U.S. Interests in the South China Sea, James J. Przystup
Visualizing China’s Military Diplomacy, Raina Nelson, Matt Kuhlman, and Phillip C. Saunders
Want to Grow the Economy? Try Fermenting It Instead, Peter Emanuel, Brian Feeney, and Diane DiEuliis
We Can’t Buy Our Way Out: It’s Time to Think Differently, T.X. Hammes
What’s Old Is New: LSCO Casualty Evacuation in the 21st Century, Jonathan S. Pederson
Why Is Xi Still Purging His Generals?, Joel Wuthnow
Xi’s military purges will make him wary of invading Taiwan, Phillip C. Saunders