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  • Nuclear War Avoidance: Why It Is Time to Start Worrying, Again

    In the face of growing strategic competition, complex existential issues of nuclear war avoidance remain front and center. This article examines the pertinent history of nuclear deterrence and the determinable risks of a future nuclear war.

  • Joint Targeting Enterprise and DOD Transformation

    When the Joint Warfighting Concept and digital initiatives are viewed through the lens of the Joint targeting enterprise, it is clear Joint targeting is the best way to achieve the Department of Defense’s digital transformation.

  • POWs in the Age of the Internet

    Deepfakes have challenged long-standing protocols concerning prisoners of war in the Geneva Conventions. The United States, its Allies, and partners must educate servicemembers about the potential exploitation of any recorded media obtained if they become prisoners of war.

  • One Team, One Fight: Department of the Air and Space Forces

    The Department of the Air Force should be renamed the Department of the Air and Space Forces, sig­naling a coequal status between leads for the air and space domains. Key structures under USSF and USAF should also be realigned to fall under the Secretary of the Air Force.

  • Commercial SATCOM: A Risk Mitigation Strategy

    The military’s dependency on commercial satellite communications technology raises concerns related to protection, control, reliability, interoperability, and access. A sound risk analysis provides solutions to mitigate potential vulnerabilities.

  • Dealing with Disinformation: Barriers to Success and a Path Forward

    Working at the operational level, an “information fires team” will include military members skilled in global geopolitics, predictive analy­ses, metacognitive tools and theory, open-source information collection, and internal and exter­nal communication and messaging.