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  • China: A Persistent but Manageable Strategic Challenge

    While China presents a significant strategic challenge to the U.S., this threat is not existential and remains manageable, primarily due to China's slowing economic growth and the potential consequences of its overuse of economic power. The U.S. can maintain strong security ties in the

  • War in Ukraine and the New Information Reality

    Maj. Paul E. Schubert analyzes how Vladimir Putin’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine highlights the growing role of information warfare, focusing on disinformation, legal manipulation, and narrative control and offers insight into how these strategies reshaped the conflict and influenced

  • Modernizing the Air Force Chaplain Corps for Agile Combat Employment

    The Air Force Chaplain Corps must modernize to support Agile Combat Employment (ACE) and prepare for peer conflict, shifting away from outdated chapel-focused operations designed for low-intensity conflicts. By embedding chaplains directly with units, equipping them with practical expeditionary

  • Venomed Quills: A Systematic Approach to Maximizing Taiwanese Endurance

    In April 2024, Congress allocated $1.9 billion to enhance Taiwan's defense capabilities, focusing on addressing vulnerabilities in energy and supply chains, improving command and control systems, and integrating ISR and strike capabilities. This approach aims to ensure Taiwan's survival

  • Still Frozen: What Does an ‘Ice-Free’ Arctic Really Mean?

    Since October 2023, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea have severely reduced shipping traffic through the Suez Canal, prompting shippers to consider alternative routes like the Northern Sea Route, despite its operational challenges. However, the term "ice-free Arctic" is misleading, as

  • Airpower for Great Power Competition

    Prevailing in this critical contest will require all Airmen at all levels to understand what they are competing for, who they are competing against, who they are partnering with, and how to characterize success.

  • CAF Flightline Maintenance Should Reorganize to Align with AFFORGEN

    The current structure of Combat Air Forces (CAF) organizational-level aircraft maintenance is not aligned with the new Air Force Force Generation (AFFORGEN) framework, misses an opportunity to better develop rated officers, and, most importantly, is inadequate to meet the challenges posed by


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