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July 30, 2025
COMMENTARY: Insect-Sized Microdrones: A Tiny Vector for Big Biothreats
Recent demonstrations by China’s National University of Defense Technology, aired on state broadcast CCTV-7, revealed mosquito-sized robotic micro-unmanned aerial vehicles that are approximately two centimeters long and weigh 0.3 grams.
July 28, 2025
China’s military: How it went from obsolete to world-class
Dr. Phillip Saunders and Dr. Joel Wuthnow join Battle Lines, The Telegraph's Defence & Foreign Affairs Podcast.
INSS researchers join Battle Lines Podcast on the Chinese military
Dr. Phillip Saunders and Dr. Joel Wuthnow (CSCMA) joined Battle Lines for a three-part series focused on the Chinese military.
Bold New Bioweapons: Part 2 — Bold Bolstering of Deterrence and Defense
Last week’s Strategic Insights addressed how biotechnology has emerged as a foundational and formidable element in the evolving character of warfare. The integrative convergence of big data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and advanced bioengineering and manufacturing has created rapidly expanding dual-use capabilities that can be leveraged in both non-kinetic and kinetic engagements.
July 24, 2025
Russia Is Losing Its Near Abroad
Russia’s full-scale war on Ukraine is one piece of a broader campaign to restore a sphere of influence in post-Soviet Eurasia.
July 22, 2025
Drone Delivery of Bioweapons: Responsibilities for Force Readiness
The U.S. National Drone Association recently sponsored the inaugural international U.S. Military Drone Crucible Championship to provide a venue for American and allied military drone training, advanced piloting, operational utility, and countermeasure capability.
July 21, 2025
Bold New Bioweapons: Part 1 — The Burdens of Detection and Attribution
It has been more than fifty years since the ratification of the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) in 1972, which sought to provide a formalized venue for international control and prohibition of development, production, and stockpiling of biological and toxin weapons.
July 16, 2025
INSS joins Power Vertical Podcast to talk rising tensions between Russia, Azerbaijan
In this episode of The Power Vertical Podcast, host Brian Whitmore speaks with Jeffrey Mankoff about rising tensions between Russia and Azerbaijan following a brutal crackdown and arrests on both sides.
Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Geopolitics in the South Caucasus
Jeffrey Mankoff, a Distinguished Research Fellow in the INSS Center for Strategy and Military Power (CSMP), joined The Russian Roulette podcast.
July 15, 2025
Joint Force Quarterly 118 (3rd Quarter 2025)
This issue of Joint Force Quarterly addresses key strategic, operational, and doctrinal questions shaping the future of the joint force.