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Feb. 24, 2024
CSR's Dr. Tom Lynch Participates in the Inaugural Quad Think Tank Forum
24 February — Dr. Tom Lynch participated in the Inaugural Quad Think Tank Forum in New Delhi, India.
Feb. 23, 2024
CSR's Dr. Tom Lynch Participates in the Ninth Annual Raisina Dialogue
21-23 February — Dr. Tom Lynch participated in several panel breakouts in the Ninth Annual Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi, India.
Jan. 12, 2024
Why China can't invade despite it's Taiwanese rival being elected
China is rewriting war plans and could have the military capability to invade Taiwan in ‘four or five years’, Dr Philip Saunders tells Frontline on Times Radio
Dec. 11, 2023
Imagining the Future of Landpower
Book review of The Arms of the Future: Technology and Close Combat in the Twenty-First Centry by Jacking Watling.
Dec. 4, 2023
AI’s Impact on War’s Enduring Nature
Despite the remarkable progress in generative AI, the authors contend that war’s essential nature will be impacted to a degree but will not be substantially altered.
Dec. 1, 2023
Assessing Russian Cyber and Information Warfare in Ukraine
This article examines Russian use of cyber and information capabilities to influence the course of the Ukraine war by analyzing prior expectations, public knowledge of wartime realities, potential reasons for disparity between the two, and the distinct and sometimes contradictory takeaways that have been drawn to date within the analytical community.
Nov. 6, 2023
Maneuver Warfare is not Dead, but It Must Evolve
The attrition versus maneuver argument is an irrelevant distraction.
Nov. 2, 2023
Toward Integrated Deterrence: Sweden's Role on NATO's Northeast Flank
This study evaluates Sweden’s potential contributions to the US concept of Integrated Deterrence in northern Europe as Sweden and Finland prepare to join the NATO alliance.
Autonomous Weapons are the Moral Choice
To succeed in the battlespace, the United States must field autonomous weapons.
Sept. 29, 2023
Agile and Adaptable: U.S. and NATO Approaches to Russia's Short-Term Military Potential
Russia’s war in Ukraine has triggered the worst security crisis facing Europe since the end of the Cold War. It brought a major conventional war of aggression to the European continent and enormous human suffering, but in doing so it has also unified and reenergized the NATO alliance and accelerated efforts to reconstitute transatlantic defense and deterrence.