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A Marine holds security during a live fire range at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan March 28.

April 15, 2020

Building a Marine Corps for Every Contingency, Clime, and Place

Marine Commandant Gen. David Berger’s recently published Force Design 2030 has riled up both the

Soldiers from People’s Liberation Army listen to briefing in preparation for search and extraction exchange during 13th annual U.S.-China Disaster Management Exchange at Camp Rilea Armed Forces Training Center, Warrenton, Oregon, November 16, 2017 (U.S. Army/April Davis)

April 14, 2020

Responding to the Epidemic in Wuhan: Insights into Chinese Military Logistics

The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has portrayed its response to the novel coronavirus outbreak in

Researching dangerous viruses in the laboratory.

April 14, 2020

The Virus Of Disinformation: Echoes of Past Bioweapons Accusations in Today's Covid-19 Conspiracy Theories

Despite its moniker, the 1918 “Spanish flu” pandemic almost certainly did not originate in Spain.

Swarm of security drones with surveillance camera flying in the sky. 3D rendering image.

April 10, 2020

The Melians’ Revenge

Russia’s military modernization and aggressive behavior continues to threaten the security of NATO’s

Airmen of the 407th Air Expeditionary Group prepare to take-off on a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft at Ali Air Base, Iraq, Dec. 18, 2011. These Airmen are the last service members to fly out of Iraq. The last remaining U.S. Airmen left Iraq per the Iraq and U.S. 2008 Security Agreement that required all U.S. service members to be out of the country by Dec. 31. Since 2003, more than 1 million Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines have served in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo)

April 10, 2020

Strategy As Appetite Suppressant

It is tempting to compare successful national strategies to unicorns: They both seem mythical. But

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April 2, 2020

Modernizing biotechnology for the fight against COVID-19 and the future of pandemic response

Alexander Titus, Michelle Rozo, and Diane DiEuliis provide some perspective on the importance of using advanced biotechnology capabilities during the global pandemic.

INSS Around the Web | Dec. 3, 2025

Strategic Ambiguity: Erdoğan’s Turkey in a Multipolar World

Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Finland and Sweden made the historic decision to seek membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
INSS Around the Web | Dec. 2, 2025

Can Seoul Take the Lead & The Alliance Expand Its Aperture?

South Korea taking a lead role in conventional deterrence of North Korea, appears linked with enabling the U.S. conventional posture and the alliance's combined posture on the peninsula to better handle multiple threats to the alliance on, around,
INSS Around the Web | Dec. 2, 2025

The Variables of OPCON: What ‘Conditions’?

Language around wartime operational control (OPCON) transition has evolved over the last decade, revealing important patterns and subtle (or not so subtle) shifts in position and policy.
INSS Around the Web | Dec. 2, 2025

Human Agency Under Predictive Insight: Neuroethical Guidance of Behavior...

The examination of the Centaur AI system highlights a turning point at the intersection of behavioral science and artificial intelligence, and reveals a compelling truth: human choice displays structured regularity that advanced analytic systems can
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 25, 2025

Foreign Terrorist Fighters: A Threat in Stasis

The threat of foreign fighters today is best understood as being in stasis.
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 25, 2025

INSS joins NUPI Russia Conference 2025

INSS Distinguished Research Fellow Dr. Jeffrey Mankoff participated in the NUPI Russia Conference 2025: Russian power practices and repertoires.
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 18, 2025

Darwin Monkey: Next Generation Neuromorphic Computing and Competition fo...

The Darwin Monkey System represents a substantive pivot from conventional AI toward synthetic cognition through neuromorphic architectures that emulate the structural and functional dynamics of the brain.
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 17, 2025

The Logos and Limits of Artificial Cognition: The Exemplar of Military Use

As AI increasingly emulates tasks of human judgment, abstraction, and decision-making, it challenges foundational conceptions of mind, agency, and moral responsibility.
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 17, 2025

China’s "near space" legal warfare

A recurring Chinese narrative about so-called "near space" is an expression of the People's Liberation Army doctrine of Legal Warfare.
INSS Around the Web | Nov. 17, 2025

Keeping Turkey in the fold

Turkey has become one of the most active middle powers navigating the erosion of the post-Cold War order.