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  • Effectively Assessing OAI Impacts to PRC Behavior

    How can PACAF develop effective methodologies to accurately and succinctly measure the cumulative impacts of its Operations, Activities, and Investments (OAI) on PRC perceptions and behaviors over time? 

  • Arms Trade and Defense Sales/The Challenge of Constrained Supply

    How can the U.S. defense industrial base be best postured to simultaneously meet growing domestic and partner demand by stimulating investment, expanding production capacity, and strategically navigating international armaments cooperation in an increasingly competitive market?

  • Due Regard and Changing Borders

    How should the Air Force prioritize the modernization of its airborne surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to ensure survivability and operational effectiveness in response to increasing and aggressive adversary actions in international airspace?

  • Road-Mobile ICBM System

    Given the growing threat from adversary mobile ICBMs, should the U.S. develop and deploy its own road-mobile ICBM system, and what would be the primary constraints to operating such a system within the continental United States?

  • Technological Impacts on Ethical Autonomy

    As wearable, edible, and injectable technologies become more integrated with SOF operators, what are the primary risks to their ethical autonomy, and what specific measures can the SOF enterprise implement to ensure individuals maintain control over their decision-making capabilities?

  • Training of Mission Ready Airman

    To better support Agile Combat Employment (ACE), should the Air Force create a dedicated AFSC for Mission Ready Airmen who are trained in a wide variety of skills from the beginning of their careers, even if it means less depth in any single specialty?

  • Historic PRC–Taiwan Provocation Cycle

    Through an analysis of politics, military capabilities, regional posture, economics, and the information environment, what historical patterns emerge in the People's Republic of China's military provocations toward Taiwan?

  • Russian Views on Cyber Operations

    What are Russia's policy, strategy, and mission objectives for conducting cyberspace operations, what does it perceive as U.S. or partner red lines, and what geopolitical events would most likely trigger a retaliatory cyberspace attack against the U.S. or its allies?