Air Force C-130 Hercules flies over group of Navy SEALS during exercise Arctic Edge.

Oct. 22, 2024

The Key to Arctic Dominance: Establishing an Arctic-Focused Subordinate Unified Command

As Arctic and non-Arctic nations begin to increase their activities in the region, security concerns will only increase, justifying the need for a dedicated joint command that can operate in the harsh conditions of the region.

Marine Corps Private First Class Arnoldo RomeroVelazco, rifleman with 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, posts security to secure Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy in Los Angeles, California, March 27, 2020, deployed in support of Nation’s COVID-19 response efforts.

Oct. 22, 2024

The Implications of the New Security Environment on the National Health Systems Enterprise

The last decade has seen a progressive breakdown in global acceptance of a rules-based international system.

An "I Voted" button that is red, white and blue, is shown being dropped into a white ballot box.

Oct. 22, 2024

Executive Summary

We are looking for great things from her moving forward. We are also looking for your views on the joint force about the world you face, because I am still a believer that the pen is mightier than the sword.

Air Force Academy cadets graduate during ceremony at Falcon Stadium, Air Force Academy, Colorado, May 26, 2021.

Oct. 21, 2024

Joint Force Quarterly 115 (4th Quarter 2024)

By the time you read this, our national elections will be imminent. Our next President, regardless of whom that will be, must confront the world as it is, not as it could be. No one solution will fit all foreign conflicts, and none of these will necessarily fit our domestic needs.

Cover of Strategic Forum 312: China's Forever War: What If a Taiwan Invasion Fails?

Oct. 16, 2024

China’s Forever War: What If a Taiwan Invasion Fails?

As the prospects of a war across the Taiwan Strait increase, more attention is being paid to the ramifications of conflict for the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the region. Analysts have pondered what a PRC victory over Taiwan could imply for the regional military balance and the broader security architecture. Others have calculated the economic disruptions that a war would cause for China as well as for the global economy. Such assessments underscore the costs of conflict and thus the need to find ways to prevent war by deterring aggression.

Cover page of CSWMD 30 Years Anniversary PDF. "The World's Most Destructive Weapons" is overlayed on the cover with an image of Earth in the background.

Oct. 7, 2024

Thirty Years of the Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction

NDU’s Center for the Study of Weapons of Mass Destruction (CSWMD), part of the Institute for National Strategic Studies, has been a trusted resource on WMD challenges to senior Defense and other interagency policy leaders for 30 years.

Book cover of The New Fire: War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI by Ben Buchanan and Andrew Imbrie. The background features a geometric, flame-like pattern in shades of red, orange, and purple on a dark blue background. The title is prominently displayed in large, stylized font, with the authors' names at the top in yellow text.

July 30, 2024

The New Fire: War, Peace, and Democracy in the Age of AI

In November 2023, the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Officer of the Department of Defense (DOD), Craig Martell, stated, “Technologies evolve.

Book cover of The Political Thought of Xi Jinping by Steve Tsang and Olivia Cheung. The background is gold with the title text in large white and red letters. At the bottom right, a black-and-white image of Xi Jinping is shown walking on a bright red carpet.

July 30, 2024

The Political Thought of Xi Jinping

Not long after Xi Jinping assumed the post of General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in November 2012, a debate among China-watchers emerged over the nature of Xi’s leadership.

Book cover of From Peril to Partnership by Paul J. Angelo. The subtitle reads: US Security Assistance and the Bid to Stabilize Colombia and Mexico. The design shows two fortress-like buildings with staircases and multiple levels. On the left side, small figures appear to represent soldiers, riot police, and surveillance operations with sandbags and cameras. On the right side, figures represent armed groups, peace negotiators, and civilians, with rifles stacked against a wall. A dove of peace flies in the middle above the gap between the two buildings. The title is displayed in bold red and white across the top.

July 30, 2024

From Peril to Partnership: U.S. Security Assistance and the Bid to Stabilize Colombia and Mexico

Recent scrutiny from Congress on U.S. military aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan has stimulated among both scholars and practitioners an increased interest in the topic of security assistance.

Maj. Karen Deloria, a Japanese-language trained foreign area officer assigned to U.S. Forces Korea, talks live on air on the American Forces Network Jan. 25 at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, about the U.S. Army’s opportunities to serve as a FAO.

July 30, 2024

Five Truths for Foreign Area Officers

Colonel John Collins served in the U.S. Army through three wars and went on to be a revered military strategist and scholar.