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July 5, 2025
China’s Military Diplomacy in the New Era
Military diplomacy — including senior-level visits, port calls, and joint exercises — has become a vital tool of Chinese statecraft.
July 1, 2025
The Orb’s Eye: Seeing the National Security Implications of Iris Based ‘Proof of Humanity’
As recently reported in the cover story of Time magazine, the launch of The Orb — a beach‑ball‑sized biometric device developed by Tools for Humanity (co‑founded by Sam Altman) — marks a paradigmatic shift in digital identity and biosecurity technology and its implications.
June 30, 2025
The German Defense-Industrial Zeitenwende: Implications for Transatlantic Security
The Zeitenwende, or “watershed moment”—announced by Chancellor Olaf Scholz in February 2022, days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—outlined a set of policy shifts, including the development of Germany’s first-ever National Security Strategy, that appeared to signal a greater role for Germany in the defense and security of Europe.
INSS Presents to Visiting Delegation from National Defence College of India
On 11 June, Dr. Tom Lynch (INSS) gave the feature presentation on "Evolving Great Power Strategic Competition and Implications for India and South Asia Security" to the visiting delegation from the Indian National Defence College (NDC), New Delhi.
June 24, 2025
Brain Scanning: Assessing Emigration of U.S. Scientific Talent to Surveille Strategic Implications for China’s Dual-Use Technological Capabilities
Intensifying global competition in science and technology (S/T), particularly in fields with considerable disruptive potential - such as artificial intelligence (AI), quantum computing, synthetic biology, and neurotechnology—has become a defining feature of 21st-century geopolitical dynamics.
June 23, 2025
China's Military Diplomacy
Chinese military diplomacy serves both strategic and operational goals. The main strategic goals are supporting Chinese foreign policy and shaping the strategic environment; operational goals include supporting People’s Liberation Army (PLA) modernization and collecting intelligence on foreign militaries. Military diplomacy is a tool for building foreign relations and an indicator of the quality of China’s bilateral relationships. When relations are strained, military-diplomatic engagements decrease or stop; when relations are good, engagements tend to increase.
June 16, 2025
The “Ins” and “Outs” of Cognitive Warfare: What’s the Next Move?
INSS has relaunched Strategic Insights. Read the latest post by Elise Annett and Dr. James Giordano.
June 11, 2025
INSS' WMD Center participates in Nordic-Baltic Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Engagement in Finland
Mr. Paul J. David-Justus (INSS-CSWMD) and Dr. Casey Ellis (INSS-CSWMD) participated in the Nordic-Baltic Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) Engagement in Helsinki, Finland.
Re-examining National Missile Defense Strategy: Defending Against China
Dr. Kathleen Ellis, CSWMD Senior Policy Fellow, authored a National Institute for Public Policy (NIPP) Occasional Paper, “Re-examining National Missile Defense Strategy: Defending Against China,”
June 10, 2025
Dr. Clint Work featured on Korea 24 Radio Show
On 10 June, Dr. Clint Work provided commentary on potential changes in the U.S. force posture on the Korean Peninsula for Korea 24.