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Russia's Pursuit of Military AI
Russia is actively pursuing military applications of AI technology. But how much progress has been made in that pursuit? How have sanctions put in...

Landpower in the Pacific
Many people look at a map of the Indo-Pacific region and assume that—characterized as it is by long distances and vast stretches of ocean—it...

How Iran's Missile and Drone Attack Was Defeated
When Iran recently launched more than three hundred drones, ballistic missiles, and cruise missiles in a large-scale attack against Israel, almost every single one...

NATO at 75
Seventy-five years ago, on April 4, 1949, representatives of twelve governments came together to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. Much has changed in the...

Resistance and the National Defense of Small States
In this episode, John Amble speaks to Sandor Fabian about a very specific approach to national defense: resistance. The war in Ukraine has made...

Nuclear Weapons—Past, Present, and Future
For eight decades, the world has navigated the risk of nuclear war. But what will be required to so in the future? And because...