Through its publications INSS provides cutting-edge research, analyses, and innovative solutions on critical national security issues in support of the joint warfighter and Department of War stakeholders.
Aug. 7, 2026
Greater North America: A New Strategic Map for Homeland Defense and Hemispheric Interests
This half-day conference convenes policymakers, military leaders, regional partners, industry and analysts to assess how DoW is operationalizing GNA, as well as GNA’s strategic implications for the hemisphere. Discussions will focus on practical approaches and burden-sharing to defend the Homeland, protect critical infrastructure and key terrain, and enhance warfighting readiness.
Aug. 3, 2026
Don Quixote as Morality Play: Lessons for Warfighter Identity and Ethos
Professional Military Education (PME) has long been anchored in the canonical insights of Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, foundational thinkers whose frameworks continue to inform an understanding of strategy and operational engagement. In their latest Open Journal of Philosophy article, Dr. Elise Annett and Dr. James Giordano contend that Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote offers a profound and unconventional lens for PME pedagogy and leader development, particularly when regarded as a meditation on identity, virtue, and the tension between ideals and lived realities.
July 30, 2026
NEURINT in the Age of Generative Agentic AI: A Proposed Paradigm for Left-of-Bang Strategic Deterrence
Contemporary competition is becoming ever more focused upon discerning how adversaries perceive, decide, adapt, and influence others. As warfare progressively entails persistent competition in the cognitive domain, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance must likewise evolve.
July 27, 2026
Unmanned Vehicular Systems: Why Cost as a Strategy Undermines National Power
The current definition of attritability as relevant to the viability and value of employing unmanned vehicular systems is laden with inaccuracies that can affect calculation(s), planning, tolerances and thresholds for military operational engagements.
July 20, 2026
Cognitive Engagement as a Strategic Imperative of Irregular Warfare
Irregular warfare is one of the most enduring modalities of human conflict; persisting across epochs because it exploits asymmetries inherent in human cognition, sociopolitical organization, and technical capability.
July 16, 2026
The Silent Service: Assessing PLAN Influence in the Central Military Commission
Despite its impressive expansion, the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) is more of a "decision-taker" than a "decision-maker," with its growth driven by top-down political directives from leaders like Xi Jinping rather than by its own institutional influence.
From Pandemic to Purges: China's Military Diplomacy from 2018 to 2025
The China Military Studies Review has published “From Pandemic to Purges: China's Military Diplomacy from 2018 to 2025” by INSS China Center Director Dr. Phillip Saunders and research intern Samuel King.
July 10, 2026
Managing the Long-Term Russian Threat to Europe
INSS Distinguished Fellow on Russia, Eurasia, and the Arctic Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff published a CSIS report titled "Managing the Long-Term Russian Threat to Europe" on 9 July, 2026 that discusses European security and learning the right lessons from the war in Ukraine.
July 8, 2026
Space, Military Justice, and the Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps in 2050
In his latest article in The Space Review, Todd Pennington, INSS Senior Fellow on Space Strategy and Policy, explores what the Air Force JAG Corps might look like in the future as it evolves to address a growing Space Force while it also adapts to the decline of the military justice system.