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June 14, 2026
How to Derive Confidence in Reliability in Low-Density Critical Assets

How can the military effectively evaluate and express changes in reliability confidence over time for low-density critical assets when limited stockpile sizes preclude regular live-release testing?
June 13, 2026
Nuclear Industrial Base and the Credibility of U.S. Deterrence

How does the capacity of the U.S. nuclear industrial base—including infrastructure, production, and sustainment—directly affect the credibility of deterrence by signaling strategic durability or institutional weakness to allies and adversaries?
June 13, 2026
South Korean OPCON Transition, Extended Deterrence, and Command Relationships

How must the U.S. military adapt its operational frameworks, command relationships, and extended deterrence strategies—leveraging strategic signaling, conventional support, and consultative institutions like the Nuclear Consultative Group—to maintain regional stability and allied
June 13, 2026
Asymmetric Core: Axiomatic Instability in a Peer Triad with Regional Nuclear Peripheries

How does the application of cooperative game theory to a "Peer Triad" of major nuclear powers demonstrate that the inclusion of asymmetric regional players renders simultaneous, globally stable deterrence mathematically impossible?
June 13, 2026
Deterrence by Denial, Geography, and Strategic Signaling in the Indo-Pacific

How do distinct geographic environments in the Indo-Pacific—from the First Island Chain to more distant locations like Oceania and Diego Garcia—affect the viability of a deterrence-by-denial strategy, and how must the U.S. military adapt its force posture and nuclear signaling to manage
June 13, 2026
Comparative Models for the Deployment of Theater Nuclear Forces in Europe and Indo-Pacific

How do the models for credibly deploying theater nuclear forces differ between Europe and the Indo-Pacific, and which elements of the European model are transferable to establish a region-specific deterrence posture in Asia?
June 13, 2026
What Does Intelligence Support to Next-Generation ICBMs Look Like?

How should intelligence support for the next-generation Sentinel ICBM system and its crews be optimally structured, and how can this ideal end-state be adapted for a resource-constrained environment?
June 13, 2026
Re-evaluating Decision Timelines and the 'Imminent Threat' Standard in the Age of Accelerated Nuclear Breakout

Are current U.S. Strategic Forces' planning and decision timelines, particularly the traditional "imminent threat" standard for preemptive self-defense, rendered obsolete by highly compressed modern nuclear breakout capabilities, and if so, what alternative legal and strategic
June 12, 2026
Integrating Information Advantage at the Tactical Edge

How must the US Army evolve its doctrine, organizational structures, and materiel to fully integrate cyber, electronic warfare, and information operations at the tactical level to sustain an information advantage during multidomain operations?
June 12, 2026
Force Posture and Special Operations in the Arctic

How must the U.S. military and Special Operations Forces adapt their Arctic force posture, technological capabilities, and interoperability with conventional forces, interagency partners, and new NATO allies like Finland and Sweden to effectively secure the northern approaches amid great-power