April 13, 2026 Harnessing Data for Irregular Warfare How can SOF better capitalize on data-analytics systems, data-driven technologies, and AI/ML-enabled capabilities to develop new warfighting concepts for irregular warfare?
April 13, 2026 Space Debris How can a comprehensive international framework be established to track, avoid, and legally remove space debris, incorporating advanced technologies and potential economic incentives to mitigate the growing problem?
April 13, 2026 Adversary Approaches to Political Warfare and Information Warfare How can an analysis of Russian and Chinese political warfare models, including their planning cycles, coordination methods, and tools for coercion, inform a U.S. strategy to disrupt malign information and inoculate populations against their influence?
April 13, 2026 Roles & Functions of USAF Given the rapidly changing character of military competition, how can the USAF identify and address future strategic opportunities and vulnerabilities to define its new or expanded roles?
April 13, 2026 SOF Requirements How can NATO and national SOF, in response to key geopolitical trends, enhance their capabilities and develop the necessary skills, competencies, and training to effectively operate in future conflict scenarios?
April 13, 2026 Strengthening SOF Capabilities in DoW Workforce Optimization How can SOF implement broader DoW workforce optimization efforts to become more efficient and lethal by strengthening critical capabilities, addressing unique challenges, and applying lessons from past transformations like JTF-SREC?
April 13, 2026 Directed Energy Weapons Impact on Taiwan Straits Conflict Does the Chinese Communist Party's directed energy weapons advancements compromise US, allies, and partner nations’ advanced weapons systems capabilities in a potential Taiwan Strait conflict?  (AFTAC)
April 13, 2026 Preparation for Theater Special Operation Command Assignments How can a flexible and prioritized training and education pipeline be developed for newly assigned TSOC personnel, considering various providers and delivery methods, to effectively prepare them for success despite potentially lacking prior SOF or joint experience?
April 13, 2026 Improving Conventional and Nuclear Integration (CNI) in Wargaming How can the Joint Force, USAF, and AFGSC use focused wargaming to develop effective concepts of operation for Conventional-Nuclear Integration (CNI) by identifying and addressing the operational seams, resource constraints, and command and control challenges of fighting in a nuclear environment?
April 13, 2026 Mission Risk Reduction for Security Mitigation Efforts How can a model be developed that clearly depicts the relationship between mission risk reduction and the resources expended on security mitigations, thereby allowing mission owners and Authorizing Officials to better defend decisions to monitor, rather than mitigate, low-impact risks?