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Shashwat Kumar, et al. | 2025.09.25

India’s ambitious clean energy journey hinges on rapid deployment of energy storage. This report equips policymakers to accelerate storage deployment through solar-plus-storage systems, ensuring that energy storage is a strategic enabler of India’s clean energy goals.

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Singapore’s Subsea Cables

Erin L. Murphy and Thomas Bryja | 2025.09.24

Singapore’s location, pro-business regulations, and forward-planning have made it a global hub to be emulated for data movement and subsea cables; however, its limited space constrains future prospects in an increasingly tense geopolitical region, demanding key next steps.

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RU’s Domestic Security Gaps

Emily Ferris | 2025.09.23

The war in Ukraine has diverted Russia’s resources and attention away from its own critical domestic security issues, creating uneven gaps in its ability to address terrorism, corruption, regional instability and the return of fighters from the war.

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Ode To The EXORD

Krista Auchenbach | 2025.09.23

The Pentagon’s management of operations is leading toward strategic insolvency, increasing risks to warfighters in the event of war. Competition for resources and growing threats demand validation of how risks accumulate and transfer across missions, geography, and time.

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Missile Tech. Control Regime

Tom Karako | 2025.09.23

New guidance for implementing the Missile Technology Control Regime will make it moderately easier for the United States to sell UASs to allies. But more fundamental reform is still needed to adapt the nonproliferation regime to today’s strategic environment.

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Wartime Zapad 2025 Exercise

Fabrizio Minniti and Giangiuseppe Pili | 2025.09.22

Russia’s Zapad 2025 in Belarus focused on high-leverage capabilities, contrasting with the high tempo and mass in previous iterations of the exercises.

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AI For The Grid

Joseph Majkut and Leslie Abrahams | 2025.09.22

Artificial intelligence is reshaping both energy demand and energy solutions. This report explores how AI solutions can strengthen U.S. grid reliability, efficiency, and growth, while identifying safeguards to manage the risks of integrating advanced digital tools into critical infrastructure.

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From Drones To Data

Joana de Deus Pereira | 2025.09.19

Private military and security companies are recasting conflict as a marketplace. The centre of gravity has shifted from security services to capability and data control. Ukraine provides the clearest illustration of how that shift plays out in practice.

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Europe’s Moment

Nathaniel England | 2025.09.19

Ukraine has faced more than three years of relentless assault from an imperialist Russia determined to erase its sovereignty. Western weapons and aid have been vital, but Europe’s response has been hesitant, fragmented, and over-reliant on Washington.

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