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May 4, 2026
Operational and Industrial Burden Sharing/Individuals, Personal Relationships and Security Cooperation Out-Comes

How can the nuanced effects of relationship-building programs in security cooperation be empirically measured to understand how factors like shared values, trust, and intellectual interoperability translate into enhanced burden-sharing and institutional change, despite personnel turnover and
May 4, 2026
Operational and Industrial Burden Sharing/Security Cooperation and Readiness

How can the U.S. better understand and structure its pre-conflict security cooperation activities to ensure they translate into meaningful operational and industrial burden-sharing from partners during periods of intensified competition and armed conflict?
May 4, 2026
Arms Trade and Defense Sales/The Value of Defense Sales

How can a nuanced theoretical investigation and rigorous empirical analysis clarify the true benefits, costs, and risks of arms imports and exports, challenging the conventional wisdom on consequences like dependence, political leverage, and economic development?
May 4, 2026
Readiness Impacts of Traditional Aerospace Parts Manufacture on Aging Fleet

How can the U.S. Air Force leverage innovative manufacturing technologies and lightweight materials from both aerospace and non-aerospace industries to create a more cost-effective, adaptive, and scalable production model for replacement parts for its aging aircraft fleet?
May 4, 2026
Formation of the Space Force

By analyzing the historical parallels and divergences in the formation of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Space Force, including the role of inter-service rivalry, what is the optimal officer-to-enlisted balance that will ensure the Space Force's long-term success?
May 4, 2026
Managing the Security Cooperation Enterprise/Building a Security Cooperation Profession

How can the security cooperation community build a professional, competent, and unified workforce by overcoming disagreements on defining expertise, creating viable career paths, and shifting the organizational culture from mere compliance to one that prioritizes strategic outcomes and continuous
May 4, 2026
Educating the Cyber Enterprise

How can we best leverage existing and potential resources to effectively educate the entire Cyber Enterprise, using institutions like the College of Information and Cyberspace as a model?
May 4, 2026
Language Proficiency for Cryptologic Language Analysts

Can full-time distance learning be an effective training medium for experienced and proficient Cryptologic Language Analysts to acquire an additional foreign language?
May 4, 2026
JADC2 Training/Education

Should Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) be established as a distinct career field with its own specialized training pipeline and qualifications?
May 4, 2026
Learning Technology to Aid Information Warfare Training

How can learning technologies like game-based learning, AI tutors, and hypermedia be most effectively leveraged to train irregular warfare forces on the roles, assets, and capabilities necessary to achieve full-spectrum effects?