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April 30, 2026
Crisis Response Preparedness, Security Cooperation, and U.S. Support to Peacekeeping Operations

How can the United States transition from primarily financial support to directly contributing critical logistical enablers for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations, and what risks regarding command and control, reimbursements, casualties, and local perceptions must be mitigated to ensure
April 30, 2026
Transforming Multidomain Commands, Cross-Service Integration, and Command Relationships

How must forward-stationed Multidomain Commands in allied nations like Japan reorganize across the DOTMLPF-P framework to balance traditional bilateral roles with Joint All-Domain Operations, and what adaptations to command relationships and core service functions are required to exploit
April 30, 2026
Impact of Dynamic Force Employment on Indo-Pacific Bomber Deterrence

How can the U.S. optimize its deterrence and assurance posture against China and Russia by transitioning from a Continuous Bomber Presence to a more dynamic Bomber Task Force employment model?
April 30, 2026
Strategic Empathy in Intelligence Analysis

How can the skill of "strategic empathy"—the ability to understand and identify with a competitor or adversary's perspective—be effectively developed and integrated to optimize analytical capabilities in the intelligence and strategic communities?
April 30, 2026
Post 9/11 Transformations and Continuity in Warfare

How must the United States Air Force synthesize the profound transformations of post-9/11 warfare—including hybrid tactics, cyber operations, and emerging technologies—with the timeless principles of armed conflict to effectively adapt its operational strategies for the modern
April 30, 2026
Effectiveness of Extended Deterrence

Is the extended deterrence provided by tactical nuclear weapons a cost-effective strategy that successfully assures allies and further deters adversaries beyond the capabilities of existing strategic platforms?
April 30, 2026
Artificial Intelligence in Warplans and Contemporary AOC Capabilities

How must the military rapidly integrate off-the-shelf artificial intelligence capabilities into the Air Operations Center and leverage intelligent automation to accelerate the development and execution of real-time war plans?
April 30, 2026
AI in Personnel Analytics and the Civilian Hiring Process

How can the military leverage AI to enhance the timeliness and accuracy of civilian hiring while establishing the necessary ethical guardrails, oversight mechanisms, and cultural principles to ensure that algorithm-driven personnel analytics maintain trust, the military's values, and individual
April 30, 2026
Security Cooperation in an Evolving Strategic Context

Existing research on security cooperation needs updating because the global context has changed significantly due to shifts in military technology, the nature of war, and the strategic environment. It is now essential to examine how emerging technologies, new warfighting domains, and global
April 30, 2026
Tactical Nuclear Deterrence and the Impact of Russia's Invasion of Ukraine

How do Russia's conventional losses in Ukraine affect its likelihood of using nuclear weapons, how does deterrence operate in a tactical nuclear scenario, and must traditional U.S. deterrence models and policies be modified to address tactical nuclear threats?