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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.
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.
Keeping Turkey in the fold
Turkey has become one of the most active middle powers navigating the erosion of the post-Cold War order.
Nov. 6, 2025
We Can’t Buy Our Way Out: It’s Time to Think Differently
Current U.S. force structure and major platforms are likely to fail in the emerging operational environment.
Sept. 24, 2025
Beyond Mechanistic Control: Causal Decision Processing in Neuromorphic Military Artificial Intelligence
As we transition from traditional mechanistic AI architectures to those that are designed and developed to more closely mirror the complex causal dynamics of neural systems, military stake and shareholders (and oversight organizations) must confront new paradigms of autonomous decision-making that can challenge conventional understandings of predictability, command control, and accountability in AI.
Sept. 15, 2025
The Greatest Danger in the Taiwan Strait
Dr. Joel Wuthnow writes a piece for Foreign Affairs on how a war between China and Taiwan could result from an accident or miscalculation that spirals out of control.
Sept. 9, 2025
ROK-U.S. Alliance: The Near Future—A Dialogue with Dr. Clint Work
Dr. Clint Work joined the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) Dialogue podcast.
Expendable Drones: Appreciating the Evolving Technology – and Character – of War
This publication address the expanding weaponized capabilities — and threats — of unmanned vehicular systems when coupled to iterative forms of artificial intelligence.
Sept. 4, 2025
Evaluating Anomalous Health Incidents of the Havana Syndrome: The Case for a Structured Qualitative and Quantitative Symptom Assessment Instrument
Dr. Giordano writes his latest publication for EC Neurology that explicates the need, and calls for the development of a systematic questionnaire to assess the symptoms of patients with anomalous health incidents (AHI) of the Havana Syndrome.
Aug. 27, 2025
With the Armenia-Azerbaijan Deal, It’s a New Era in the Caucasus
A peace treaty would settle a long and bloody conflict—and create new geopolitical options in the region.