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April 13, 2026
Sino-Indian Strategic Competition: The Line of Actual Control and the 'Necklace of Diamonds' Strategy

How must the United States and its partners leverage strategic cooperation in the air and space domains to support India's regional maritime strategies and counter the People's Republic of China's multi-domain aggression along the Line of Actual Control?
April 13, 2026
Digital Force Protection: Threats and Risks to SOF

How can SOF develop a comprehensive strategy to mitigate the growing technical and privacy threats from the digital environment to its personnel and operations, balancing operational security with personal privacy by leveraging new technologies, fostering multi-sector collaboration, and creating
April 13, 2026
Operationalizing the Drone Effect and Integrating Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Joint All-Domain Operations

How must the United States Air Force conduct a comprehensive mission substitution analysis to effectively integrate Remotely Piloted Aircraft into Joint All-Domain Operations, optimizing fuel efficiency, logistical sustainment, and mission capabilities across permissive and semi-contested
April 13, 2026
SOF's Role in Protecting the Homeland and Countering Designated Other Terrorist Organizations--International Cartels

How can SOF most effectively leverage its unique capabilities, in conjunction with partners and allies, to degrade and defeat newly designated terrorist organizations and transnational cartels in the Western Hemisphere while maintaining the element of surprise?
April 13, 2026
Operationalizing Irregular Warfare: How to Conduct Long-Term and Transregional Irregular Warfare Campaigns

How can USSOCOM overcome structural limitations and leverage unique capabilities to conduct more effective long-term and transregional Irregular Warfare campaigns in support of Joint All-Domain Operations and the Joint Warfighting Concept?
April 10, 2026
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Targeting

How can SOF best utilize machine learning and AI to revolutionize the targeting process, especially by enhancing automated detection and expediting the processing of large datasets?
April 10, 2026
Space-Cyber-SOF-U.S. Strategic Command Nexus

How can the synergy between space, cyber, SOF, and U.S. Strategic Command be maximized to achieve greater joint effects in future conflicts, considering the necessary organizational structures, joint training processes, and the associated legal and policy implications?
April 10, 2026
Adversary Lessons from Ukraine, Operational Endurance, and Decision Making

How are U.S. adversaries, particularly the PRC, internalizing lessons from the Russia-Ukraine War regarding operational endurance, defense industrial integration, and unmanned systems, and how will these insights drive DOTMLPF-P adaptations to sustain protracted conflict and deter U.S. intervention?
April 10, 2026
Modernizing Nuclear Wargaming, Simulation Realism, and the Lessons Learned Pipeline

How must the United States Air Force and the broader nuclear enterprise overcome systemic bottlenecks and cultural barriers to modernize wargaming realism, leveraging historical lessons and AI-enabled analysis to translate simulation data into actionable doctrine without compromising the readiness
April 10, 2026
Impacts of Temperature on Mobility Aircraft Performance in the PACAF Region

How can a decision-making tool or vulnerability assessment framework be developed using climate projection data to assess how temperature will degrade aircraft performance and impact the projection of combat power, considering effects on operational planning, logistics, and strategic basing?

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Sino-Indian Strategic Competition: The Line of Actual Control and the 'Necklace of Diamonds' Strategy

Digital Force Protection: Threats and Risks to SOF

Operationalizing the Drone Effect and Integrating Remotely Piloted Aircraft in Joint All-Domain Operations

SOF's Role in Protecting the Homeland and Countering Designated Other Terrorist Organizations--International Cartels

Operationalizing Irregular Warfare: How to Conduct Long-Term and Transregional Irregular Warfare Campaigns

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in Targeting

Space-Cyber-SOF-U.S. Strategic Command Nexus

Adversary Lessons from Ukraine, Operational Endurance, and Decision Making

Modernizing Nuclear Wargaming, Simulation Realism, and the Lessons Learned Pipeline

Impacts of Temperature on Mobility Aircraft Performance in the PACAF Region