James Kraska is Charles H. Stockton professor of international law and chair of the Stockton Center for International Law at the U.S. Naval War College and John Harvey Gregory lecturer on world ...

Al-Shabaab’s territorial gains come as Somalia is entering a period of profound political and institutional transition. With elections looming and international donor support wavering, the state is ...

As often happens, however, updating the policy did not fully address three myths and misunderstandings that had built up over time: First, there is a myth that the directive prohibits either some or ...

Justin Johnson spent over a decade working on defense budgets and policy on Capitol Hill and at the Heritage Foundation before spending four years in a variety of senior positions in the Pentagon from ...

Autonomy in Software and Hardware Makes Readiness Possible It is clear that intelligent systems are changing how militaries fight across the spectrum of conflict. Advances in artificial intelligence, ...

Why Middle East Conflicts Are So Conducive to the Use of Weaponized AI The Middle East and North Africa are arguably the most conflict-ridden and militarized regions in the world. Four out of 11 of ...

We come together as a unique writing team: military lawyers from the U.S. and Taiwanese armed forces. We seek here to explore China’s ongoing legal preparations for the use of force against Taiwan and ...

There is nothing fantastical about a European mission in Ukraine. France and the United Kingdom are considering such a proposal and, as recent reporting suggests, have discussed it during President ...

To be sure, some recent analyses have pondered on such factors as the legal basis for a possible NATO response to a war over Taiwan, the implications of a Taiwan war for U.S. capability requirements ...

As an aside, it is worth highlighting that much of this is driven by wider factors. The approaches in a defense industrial strategy remain interconnected with defense planning and wider grand strategy ...

In a protracted global war against multiple adversaries, the fact that the U.S. military has been sized to fight a single war means that it may need to expand by hundreds of thousands, if not millions ...

The Decisive Battle Bias As most U.S. observers agree, China is the rightful pacing challenge for the United States due to its economic growth, military strength, and revisionist ambitions. Despite ...