May 27, 2026 Integration, Training, and the Evolution of Mission Ready / Multi-Capable Airmen How should the Air Force evolve its integration models to optimize human capital for Great Power Competition, specifically by evaluating the creation of a dedicated Mission Ready Airman AFSC for Agile Combat Employment and fully integrating specialized career fields, like 1C3 Command Post
May 26, 2026 DPRK Cyberspace Operations: Policy, Capabilities, and State Coordination How does the Democratic People's Republic of Korea define its cyberspace doctrine and escalation red lines, and how are its cyber organizations structured, equipped, and coordinated internally and with foreign state actors to execute these operations?
May 25, 2026 Historic PRC–Taiwan Provocation Cycle Through an analysis of politics, military capabilities, regional posture, economics, and the information environment, what historical patterns emerge in the People's Republic of China's military provocations toward Taiwan?
May 25, 2026 Russian Cyberspace Operations: Strategy, Capabilities, Commercial Support, and Influence Activities How must the United States assess Russia's cyberspace strategy, geopolitical red lines, and reliance on foreign commercial technologies to anticipate retaliatory attacks, while simultaneously evaluating the evolving tactical procedures of Russian security services and their convergence of cyber
May 25, 2026 Impact of Lawfare on Warfare How are legal strategies reshaping the traditional paradigms of warfare?
May 25, 2026 Russian Strategic Decision Making: Regime Stability and Domestic Control To what extent are evolving dynamics in Russian society, culture, governance, elite networks, and the national economy—along with shifts in conglomerates and domestic control mechanisms—shaping the stability of the Russian system and influencing its defense and foreign‑policy behavior?
May 24, 2026 Russian Strategic Decision Making: Defense Industrial Capability and Capacity To what extent can Russia sustain its war against Ukraine, modernize, and regenerate its military given the strengths, adaptations, weaknesses, and structural limits of its defense‑industrial base—shaped by sanctions, wartime economic mobilization, leadership decisions, and initiatives
May 24, 2026 Historical Analysis of Reconstitution and Military Modernization How will Russia leverage historical precedents, defense economy investments, and modernization trade-offs to reconstitute its military after heavy losses, and how must NATO integrate these strategic insights into its Eastern Flank deterrence planning to counter future threats?
May 24, 2026 Russian Strategic Decision Making: Military Leadership To what extent are trends in Russian senior officer promotions, postings, and the emergence of a new military elite—shaped by competency, obedience, and patronage networks—revealing the future trajectory of Russian military leadership and its implications for the General Staff.
May 24, 2026 Russian Strategic Decision Making: Strategic Deterrence, Escalation Management, Coercion and Assurance To what extent are Russian perceptions of strategic deterrence, escalation management, coercion, assurance, and conflict termination—shaped by shifting threat perceptions, changes in decision‑maker worldviews, evolving signaling practices, new doctrinal ideas, and the collapse of Russia‑U.S.