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Shifting Tides

Charles Edel, et al. | 2025.07.22

As the Pacific becomes the front line of global power competition, recent U.S. actions on foreign assistance and trade have far-reaching implications for U.S. influence in this critical region.

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India’s Dual-Aligned Diplomacy

Vinay Kaura | 2025.07.21

India’s foreign policy divide: realists value Russia and worry about encirclement by a Sino-Russian axis; pragmatists favour the West for technology and economic growth.

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Same, Same But Different?

Pia Hüsch and Linus Terhorst | 2025.07.18

UK Defence Innovation wants to accelerate UK defence technology and capabilities and provide a strategic approach to defence innovation. But to distinguish itself from previous initiatives, UKDI needs resources and a cultural shift to deliver innovation at scale and speed.

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Military Drone Dominance

Kateryna Bondar | 2025.07.18

This report breaks down how Ukraine reshaped its acquisition system to rapidly field unmanned capabilities, and how the United States can adopt these war-tested methods to lead the drone race.

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Rethink Napoleonic Staff

Benjamin Jensen and Matthew Strohmeyer | 2025.07.17

The Napoleonic staff model is holding the U.S. back from innovating decisionmaking. To prevail in the era of agentic warfare, the U.S. requires smarter, faster command structures including Networked, Relational, and Adaptive models to outpace China and seize the advantage at machine speed.

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Beyond Rare Earths

Aidan Powers-Riggs, et al. | 2025.07.17

Two years after China imposed export controls on gallium—a critical input for semiconductors, radar, and defense systems—this brief assesses how the restrictions have impacted supply chains amid escalating U.S.-China economic competition.

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North Korea’s Chemical Steps

Lennie Phillips, et al. | 2025.07.16

This report outlines the chemical steps required to produce key precursor chemicals required to support chemical weapons (CW) development. It considers the upstream and downstream processing steps from raw materials, such as coal, that could potentially give North Korea access to those precursor chemicals.

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