April 21, 2026 Information - A Joint Function What are the Air Force's implications for the Chairman's designation of "Information" as a joint function, and how does the service's emerging concept of information warfare differ from the joint definition of information operations?
April 21, 2026 Autonomous Systems, National ROE, and Legal Frameworks in Coalition Mosaic Warfare How must the United States Air Force and Joint Force engineer novel legal, policy, and technical architectures to reconcile the machine-speed integration of autonomous systems in coalition mosaic warfare with rigid, nationally constrained Rules of Engagement, establishing the legal nationality of AI
April 21, 2026 Formation and Culture of the Space Force How must the U.S. Space Force manage its cross-service personnel integration and structural evolution to overcome legacy institutional thinking, cultivate a unified service identity, and define the necessity and execution of a distinct domain-specific warfighting mindset?
April 21, 2026 Developing Cyberspace Infrastructure Terrain Subject Matter Expertise How can the Air Force develop and integrate the necessary cyberspace infrastructure terrain expertise to defend its diverse basing postures, leveraging existing models and aligning with current investments and command structures?
April 21, 2026 Measuring Foreign Influence in Hegemonic Powers What variables measure decreasing and/or diminishing foreign influence in a hegemonic power? (AFWIC)
April 21, 2026 U.S. Nuclear Deterrent Posture and Historical Forms of Strategic Risk Management without Arms Control How must the Department of the Air Force and the broader U.S. military adapt their nuclear deterrence strategy, extended deterrence commitments, and capability development if the United States shifts from legally binding arms control treaties to politically binding confidence-building measures to
April 21, 2026 Strategic Stability, Trilateral Frameworks, and the Future of Arms Control in a Multipolar World How must the United States explore novel trilateral arms control frameworks and strategic risk-mitigation dialogues—such as leveraging the P5 forum—to maintain strategic stability, integrate emerging technologies, and evaluate the subsequent impacts on Department of War and Air Force
April 20, 2026 SOF Civilian Workforce Optimization How can the SOF enterprise best optimize its use of the civilian workforce to be more efficient and lethal following multiple rounds of workforce cuts in 2025?
April 20, 2026 U.S. Space Policy What are the pros and cons of increased government regulation of space systems, and what historical lessons from past arms races can inform U.S. National Space Policy as access to space becomes more widespread?
April 20, 2026 Multi-Level Security for Mobile Platforms vs Static Ground-Based Systems Is a Multi-Level Security (MLS) capability that allows for the controlled downward flow of data feasible for both mobile and static platforms in the near future, and what best practices, such as AI/ML, can be used to solve this complex data sharing problem?