Books from 2026
Decision-Based Artificial Intelligence and the Strategic Reordering of Military Power, Elise Annett
Precision in Words, Precision in Warfare: Terminology and Control in Military Discourse on Unmanned Systems, Elise Annett, John Bitterman, and James Giordano
Artificial Intelligence and a Reconfiguration of Military Power, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Neuromodulating Mammals for Military Operations: Ethical Responsibility and Governance in Security Domains, Elise Annett and James Giordano
How AI Can Help Enforce the Biological Weapons Convention, Elise Annett, James Giordano, and Brendan Melley
Fortifying Technologic Innovation in National Defense: Strategic Security Imperatives for Research and Acquisition, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Laser-focusing Defense Capabilities, James Giordano
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
The Recent Rash of Biotechnology Risks: A Call to Fortify Force Capability, James Giordano
Books from 2025
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
Autonomous Artificial Intelligence in Armed Conflict: Toward a Model of Strategic Integration, Ethical Authority, and Operational Constraint, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Darwin Monkey: Next Generation Neuromorphic Computing and Competition for Cognitive Capability and Control, Elise Annett and James Giordano
The Agentic Database and Military Command: A Perspective on Autonomous C2 Systems, Elise Annett and James Giordano
The “Ins” and “Outs” of Cognitive Warfare: What’s the Next Move?, Elise Annett and James Giordano
The Logos and Limits of Artificial Cognition: The Exemplar of Military Use, Elise Annett and James Giordano
Major Concerns About Microelectronics, Elise Annett, Steven Hanson, and James Giordano
The Orb’s Eye: Seeing the National Security Implications of Iris Based ‘Proof of Humanity’, Elise Annett, James M. Keagle, and James Giordano
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
Super Soldiers or Social Burden? Ethical Exploration of the Benefits and Costs of Military Bioenhancement, Elise Annett, John R. Shook, and James Giordano
Expendable Drones: Appreciating the Evolving Technology – and Character – of War, John Bitterman, Elise Annett, and 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
Drones and Biotechnological Weaponry: Emerging Risks, Strategic Threats, and Viable Readiness, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Drones and Biotechnological Weaponry: Emerging Risks, Strategic Threats, and Viable Readiness, Diane DiEuliis 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
Biotechnology in the FY 2026 NDAA: Strategic Implications — and Recommendations — for Joint Force Readiness, James Giordano
China's Cockpit Advances Pose Challenges for U.S. Combat Pilots, James Giordano
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
Strategic Innovation in the DoD FY 2026 RDTE Budget: Leveraging Disruptive Technologies for Deterrence, Defense, and Command and Control, James Giordano
Winning the Future: The U.S. Military’s Need for Technological Dominance and Defined Strategic Vision, James Giordano
Drone Delivery of Bioweapons: Responsibilities for Force Readiness, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Dual use and gain-of-function research: a significant endeavor with biosecurity imperatives, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Insect-Sized Microdrones: A Tiny Vector for Big Biothreats, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Moving at WARP Speed Toward Developing the Cyborg Soldier, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Assessing Anomalous Health Incidents Of “Havana Syndrome”: Potential Utility - And Issues - Of Using Modular Integrated Artificial Intelligence, James Giordano, Diane DiEuliis, Ema Fitzgerald, Samaira Gautam, Aery Kim, Ashwika Mattam, Krishiv Naik, Yostina Shenouda, Tadas Simone, and Akhi Thangavelu
Bioethics and Brains, James Giordano and John R. Shook
Tiny Particles, Big Stakes: The Strategic Implications of Micro‑ and Nanoplastics, James Giordano and Ashok Vaseashta
Books from 2024
Chapter 20 - Assessing systemic benefit and risk in the development of BCI neurotechnology, Prashant Desai, John R. Shook, and James Giordano
Safely balancing a double-edged blade: identifying and mitigating emerging biosecurity risks in precision medicine, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Chem-bio, data and cyberscience and technology in deterrence operations, James Giordano
Directed Energy Remains Key Suspect Behind Havana Syndrome, James Giordano
Neuroscience, Neuroculture, and Neuroethics: Impacting Human Futures, James Giordano, John R. Shook, and Roland Benedikter
Small, smart, many and cheaper: Competitive adaptation in modern warfare, T.X. Hammes
Closed-Loop Neuronal-Computational Systems: Potentials And Problems, Hannah Kennedy, Anagha Hamsala, Gwen Riley, Katherine Mock, Sara Fotoohi, Jotroop Kaur, Denice Rosario, Leilani Renteria, John R. Shook, and James Giordano
CONCESSIONS TO THE LIMITED POWERS: Considerations of Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons, Asymmetrical Capability, and Extended Deterrence, Bob Williams and James Giordano
Submissions from 2023
COMMENTARY: Opening the Replicator Program’s Pandora’s Box, James Giordano
Responding to Future Pandemics: Biosecurity Implications and Defense Considerations, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
Imagining the Future of Landpower, Frank Hoffman
AI’s impact on war’s enduring nature, Frank Hoffman and Axel D'Amelio
Assessing Russian Cyber and Information Warfare in Ukraine: Expectations, Realities, and Lessons, Jaclyn A. Kerr
Books from 2022
PRISM Vol. 10, No. 1, Center for Complex Operations
Perspective: The Rapidly Expanding Need for Biosecurity by Design, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Regarding and Reducing Risks of the Biotechnology Revolution, Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano
Addressing the Threats of Emerging Biotechnologies, James Giordano and Diane DiEuliis
The PLA’s Strategic Support Force and AI Innovation, Amy Nelson and Gerald L. Epstein
Submissions from 2021
China’s Hypersonic Weapons, Paul I. Bernstein and Dain Hancock
PRISM Vol. 9, No. 3, Center for Complex Operations
Taking Stock of the National Stockpile: Modernizing for a Dynamic Response, Diane DiEuliis and Patrick Terrell
Want to Grow the Economy? Try Fermenting It Instead, Peter Emanuel, Brian Feeney, and Diane DiEuliis
Quantum Sensing's Potential Impacts on Strategic Deterrence and Modern Warfare, Sarah Jacobs Gamberini and Lawrence Rubin
A Weapon of Mass Destruction Strategy for the 21st Century, Al Mauroni, Zak Kallenborn, Seth Carus, and Ron Fizer
Cyber Threats and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Shane Smith
Books from 2020
PRISM Vol. 8, No. 3, Center for Complex Operations
PRISM Vol. 8, No. 4, Center for Complex Operations
PRISM Vol. 9, No. 1, Center for Complex Operations
An Affordable Defense of Asia, T.X. Hammes
Contemporary Great Power Technological Competitive Factors in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, T.X. Hammes and Diane DiEuliis
Contemporary Great Power Technological Competitive Factors in the Fourth Industrial Revolution, T.X. Hammes and Diane DiEuliis
Social Media Weaponization: The Biohazard of Russian Disinformation Campaigns, Sarah Jacobs Gamberini
The biosecurity benefits of genetic engineering attribution, Gregory Lewis and Gerald L. Epstein
The rise of the futurists: The perils of predicting with futurethink, Alexander H. Montgomery and Amy J. Nelson
Innovation and Its Discontents: National Models of Military Innovation and the Dual-Use Conundrum, Amy J. Nelson
Inevitable bedfellows? Cooperation on military technology for the development of UAVs and cruise missiles in the Asia-Pacific, Amy J. Nelson and T.X. Hammes
Modernizing biotechnology for the fight against COVID-19 and the future of pandemic response, Alexander Titus, Michelle Rozo, and Diane DiEuliis
Embrace experimentation in biosecurity governance, Sam Weiss Evans and Gerald L. Epstein
Books from 2019
PRISM Vol. 8, No. 2, Center for Complex Operations
Books from 2018
PRISM Vol. 7, No. 4, Center for Complex Operations
Books from 2017
Peril and Promise: Emerging Technologies and WMD, Natasha E. Bajema and Diane DiEuliis
PRISM Vol. 7, No. 2, Center for Complex Operations
Books from 2016
Will Technological Convergence Reverse Globalization?, T.X. Hammes
Books from 2014
Policy Challenges of Accelerating Technological Change: Security Policy and Strategy Implications of Parallel Scientific Revolutions, James Kadtke and Linton Wells II
Books from 2013
Chance favors only the prepared mind:” The Proper Role for U.S. Department of Defense Science and Engineering Workforce, Timothy Coffey
Suggestions for Evaluating the Quality of the Army’s Science and Technology Program: The Portfolio and Its Execution, John W. Lyons, Richard Chait, and James A. Ratches
External Collaboration in Army Science and Technology: The Army’s Research Alliances, John W. Lyons and James A. Ratches
Some Recent Sensor – Related Army Critical Technology Events, James A. Ratches, Richard Chait, and John W. Lyons
Critical Technology Events (CTEs) that Support the Rationale for Army Laboratories Based on Science and Technology Functions Performed, James A. Ratches and John W. Lyons
Books from 2012
Globalization of S&T: Key Challenges Facing DOD, Timothy Coffey and Steven Ramberg
Constructive Convergence: Imagery and Humanitarian Assistance, Doug Hanchard
Report of an Army Workshop on Convergence Forecasting: Mechanochemical Transduction, Douglas Kiserow, David Stepp, Stephen Lee, and Peter Reynolds
Reflections on Over Fifty Years in Research and Development; Some Lessons Learned, John W. Lyons
Enhancing Army S&T Vol. II: The Future, John W. Lyons and Richard Chait
Chemical and Biological Defense Test and Evaluation (T&E) Future Challenges, James J. Valdes and Ewelina Tunia
Books from 2011
Small Nuclear Reactors for Military Installations: Capabilities, Costs, and Technological Implications, Richard B. Andres and Hanna L. Brett
Elevating the Role of Socioeconomic Strategy in Afghanistan Transition, Michael Baranick, Albert Sciarretta, Cyrus Staniec, and John Applebaugh
The Use of High Performance Computing (HPC) to Strengthen the Development of Army Systems, John W. Lyons, Richard Chait, and Charles J. Nietubicz
Assessing Army Power and Energy for the Warfighter, John W. Lyons, Richard Chait, and James J. Valdes
Deterrence and Escalation in Cross-domain Operations: Where Do Space and Cyberspace Fit?, Vincent Manzo