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June 10, 2025
2025 Annual Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Symposium
The Institute for National Strategic Studies’ Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction at National Defense University invites you to join us on 16-17 July 2025 for our Annual Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Symposium, entitled: "Deter, Counter, and Defeat: WMD Challenges for the Joint Warfighter."
Wartime transfer of command and South Korea's original nuclear armament theory
Dr. Clint Work provided media commentary on the U.S.-ROK alliance for the Asahi Shimbun, one of Japan's oldest daily newspapers.
June 5, 2025
Dual use and gain-of-function research: a significant endeavor with biosecurity imperatives
Drs. Diane DiEuliis and James Giordano published a new paper entitled “Dual use and gain-of-function research: a significant endeavor with biosecurity imperatives,” in the international, peer-reviewed journal mSphere.
May 29, 2025
Naval power: American shipbuilding capacity and competition with China
T. X. Hammes, Distinguished Research Fellow in the INSS Center for Strategic and Military Power, joined Defense Priorities for a panel discussion on the reality of American shipbuilding and naval competition with China.
Dr. Clint Work quoted in Financial Times article on US-South Korea alliance
Dr. Clint Work, a Research Fellow for Northeast Asia in the INSS Center for Strategy and Military Power, was recently quoted in the Financial Times article "The ‘quiet’ crisis brewing between the US and South Korea."
May 28, 2025
INSS Presents at Northeast Asia International and Operational Law Conference in Seoul
Mr. Todd Pennington provided a presentation on Space and Law in Competition and Conflict at the Northeast Asia International and Operational Law Conference, presented by the Korea Tri-Command SJA Office on 21 May and 22 May 2025.
May 27, 2025
How China Could Counter U.S. Intervention in War Over Taiwan
Has Beijing found a new “assassin’s mace” to keep the U.S. military out of a fight over Taiwan?
May 22, 2025
T.X. Hammes quoted in The Economist on US shipment of missiles to the Philippines
T.X. Hammes, a distinguished research fellow in the INSS Center for Strategy and Military Power, was quoted in The Economist.
Winning the Future: The U.S. Military’s Need for Technological Dominance and Defined Strategic Vision
This blog post explores how our Joint Force, its constituent Services, and our Allies and Partners can rise to meet this Operational Environment challenge through the “prioritized strategic integration of AI and battlefield autonomy within U.S. military systems” — tempered by “human agency and accountability.”
May 20, 2025
The South Korea-US Alliance Is Due for an Overhaul
At a time of growing U.S.-China competition, the purpose of the alliance is once again becoming a subject of debate.