April 22, 2026 Strategy and Security Cooperation How can Security Cooperation strategies be rigorously designed to directly implement the priorities of the 2026 National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy, ensuring that planning, resourcing, and execution are evidence-based and effectively address the challenges of integrated
April 22, 2026 Historical Lessons for Operations in the Pacific How does General George Kenney's innovative and adaptive airpower approach in the South Pacific during World War II compare to the strategic and technological requirements for a potential future conflict with China?
April 22, 2026 Developing and Modeling Strategic Patience How can SOF effectively integrate the principle of strategic patience into its training and operational planning, using historical case studies to understand its successful application and the cultural factors that shape its implementation across different nations?
April 22, 2026 War Termination Processes and Prospects How do the evolving costs, multi-level structure, and strategic dynamics of modern warfare influence belligerents' preferences and choices throughout a conflict, and what theoretical and empirical models can best explain the complex process of war termination?
April 22, 2026 Decision Timelines Given the advent of modern strategic weapons, do current U.S. Strategic Forces' planning and decision timelines remain adequate, or do they require fundamental rethinking and adaptation to counter the newest strategic threats?
April 22, 2026 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?
April 22, 2026 Temporal Orientation and Strategic Considerations How do varying cultural orientations to time—whether linear, cyclical, or polychronic—fundamentally shape strategic thinking, decision-making, and planning processes, and what are the geopolitical implications when these different temporal perspectives clash in an era of strategic
April 22, 2026 Social Impact of Technological Change How do emerging technologies, from AI to ubiquitous connectivity, fundamentally reshape social structures, institutional roles, and human relationships, and what are the comparative societal impacts and ethical implications across different cultures and scales?
April 22, 2026 Efficiency of Cargo Operations How can the command, control, and global positioning of mobility aircraft be optimized to reduce non-productive "dead leg" flights, thereby increasing fuel savings, cargo capacity, mission readiness, and overall combat capability?
April 21, 2026 China's Soft Power/Economic Power Approaches How does China strategically utilize its economic power as a primary tool of "soft power" to achieve its foreign policy objectives?