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  • The PRC and the Overseas Chinese

    In March 2018, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) announced that the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office was to be absorbed into the United Front Work Department. This reorganization brought international attention back to the concerted effort the People’s Republic of China was

  • The Essentials of Empathy

     IntroductionEmpathy is an important piece of the human condition. It is linked to prosocial behaviors and moral development and is negatively correlated with aggression.[1] In popular culture, we see the value in empathizing with others in life and leadership. Arthur Brooks, writing in

  • Airmen Out-PACED

    The U.S. Air Force correctly diagnoses the problem—that in future conflicts it should expect attacks on its command nodes and information systems—but its current approach to rectifying this is not robust. While the USAF invests heavily in new information systems, technology alone cannot solve the

  • AFSOC Pathfinding Needs a Doctrinal Foundation

     AFSOC as a Technology PathfinderAir Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) has stated that it intends to be a technology pathfinding element for the conventional Air Force. Like many Special Operations elements, it considers itself uniquely capable of providing value to its parent service by

  • The Power of Storytelling for Leaders and Leadership Development

    What is it about stories that makes us laugh, cry, think, and connect? How is storytelling connected to leadership? Can the art and process of storytelling itself serve as a developmental tool for individual leaders? The impact of stories and storytelling on students and instructors needs to be

  • Putin’s Propaganda Power: Examining Putin’s Ukraine War Speeches

    The propaganda machine in Russia is alive and well. While Western media highlight the disastrous state of the Russian armed forces, the perception of the war effort within Russia remains much more favorable.[1] Although commentators note the unreliability of Russian public opinion polls,  in the

  • Aligning DAF with Program Management Industry Standard

    The Industry Standard DisconnectThe United States (U.S.) is in a great power competition on who will dictate world order this century. According to the 2022 National Defense Strategy (NDS), “the most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security is the PRC [People’s Republic of

  • Quantum Technology

    In the next five to ten years, the United States will face never-before-seen technological threats to its national security. Chief among those threats is the development and fielding of quantum technology by potential adversaries, like China or Russia. Quantum technology represents a radically new


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