Research Topic
Strategy, force posture and defense innovation.
16 publications
Economic Security · Global Competition, National Security & Defense
This book grew out of several years of work under the Institute's Global Competition Project. Its chapters expand on an 11-part article series with War on the Rocks, exploring how the United States might evolve contemporary economic statecraft into strategy and practice.
Tim Welter (ed.), Jennifer Buss (ed.), Kimberly Sloan (ed.)
Economic Security · National Security & Defense, Global Competition
The final article in an 11-part series with War on the Rocks examining how the United States should organize, lead, and integrate economic statecraft into strategy, defense practice, and the broader national security ecosystem.
Tim Welter
Cyber & Data · National Security & Defense
Countries have established cyber forces in recognition of cyberspace's growing importance for geopolitical competition. This chapter in the De Gruyter Handbook on Cyber Conflict and Warfare surveys the drivers of cyber force development and structure and their strategic implications.
Jason Blessing
Space · Diplomacy & Alliances, National Security & Defense
Protecting US national interests is unachievable if the Department of Defense relies solely on traditional military-owned space systems. The US Space Force must embrace international counterparts as valued partners in an integrated hybrid architecture.
Carmen Farro, Bradley Hague
Space · National Security & Defense
Building on the report “Making Space: Clearing the Way for Hybrid Architecture,” this paper discusses the potential legal considerations that could impact a commander's ability to use a space hybrid architecture in conflict.
Kim Sloan, Todd Pennington
National Security & Defense · Space
Military procurement and the Defense Industrial Base have forgotten an old truth: an 85% solution today is typically good enough to get the job done. The solution is a hybrid model, where the government provides a clear demand signal and supports rapid delivery of capabilities that are continuously improved.
Jennifer Buss, Bradley Hague
Space · National Security & Defense
Space is now a vibrant international and commercial theater of operations. Protecting national interests will not be achievable by relying solely on traditional, military-owned space systems; the US Space Force must fully leverage a hybrid architecture.
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
Semiconductors & Microelectronics · National Security & Defense, Science & Technology Policy
There is no single national policy for semiconductors. However, a variety of legislative and executive branch efforts have shaped how the US government and the Department of Defense (DoD) approach semiconductors.
Jason Blessing
Economic Security · Global Competition, National Security & Defense
There was once a time when it was assumed that China would move toward liberal democratic institutions and, with that, pursue a more open capitalist economy. This assumption was based on the argument that as China grew richer through capital investment and market-driven economic expansion, its population’s values and outlook would become more Westernized.
Francis A. Finelli, Timothy Welter, PhD
Human Health & Performance · National Security & Defense
In today’s era of relentless disruption, intelligence analysts sit on the front lines of national defense, not with weapons, but with judgment. Faced with an avalanche of data, increasingly deceptive adversaries, and constant geopolitical volatility, their mission is to extract clarity from chaos.
Bob Gourley
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