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“While a hypothetical future cyber force would surely assume this responsibility, the current health of the military cyber workforce remains a clear and present issue for the services to manage,” writes Romanow.

In a new article for the National Review, former Postdoctoral Fellow Kyle Balzer explains why America’s nuclear rhetoric is insufficient for a new era of great-power competition. He references rhetoric used by Trump and Biden, as well as within American public discourse.

In a new article for Parameters, the US Army War College Journal, Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens writes on “China’s Use of Nontraditional Strategic Landpower in Asia”. She argues that the People’s Republic of China uses its policy and internal security forces as a nontraditional means of projecting strategic Landpower in the Indo-Pacific and Central Asia….

In “Japan’s Revolutionary Military Change: Explaining Why It Happened Under Kishida”, Ayumi Teraoka and Ryo Sahashi write about Japan’s rapidly changing security policy. The article evaluates why recent changes occurred under PM Kishida Fumio and what policy implications might exist.

In his article, “Written in Black and Red: Asymmetric Threats and Affordable Unmanned Surface Vessels”, Knickerbocker compares the use of unmanned systems in the Red and Black Seas, analyzes the cost and benefit of these systems, and offers projections for the future.

In “An Old Idea Ready to Resurface: The U.S. Needs A Logistics Element To Its Submarine Force”, Clements Alum Michael Knickerbocker examines the current state of and future possibilities for the U.S. submarine force.

In his article “The U.S.-Japanese-Philippine Trilateral is Off-Balance”, Ashley provides commentary on the state of the security trilateral, including concerns, progress, and opportunities for more cooperation. The article includes references to field research supported by Clements Center grant funding.

“These holdups would disrupt any government agency, but they are especially pernicious at the Pentagon. A growing reliance on acting officials erodes civilian control of the military, and delays in the confirmation process put the futures of uniformed officers at the mercy of partisan agendas” writes Milonopoulos.

“It contests democracy… not by arguing that this focus is misplaced, but that American conceptions of democracy are ‘fake.’ It’s a fascinating choice for a ruling party that is only about seven percent of China’s population, but one that may get traction in places that have clashed with the United States or other Western powers…

Slick noted that given the scale and variety of the Hamas attacks, “it is highly unlikely that the planning, training and positioning of this number of fighters would have escaped Israel’s collection systems. It’s more likely that relevant information was not processed or evaluated correctly or recognized as an indicator of hostilities.”

In this new article, graduate fellow Sam Rosenberg and Dr. Alexandra Chinchilla delve into why the U.S. should consider sending military advisers to Ukraine: “Advisers will, in other words, help bring about the war’s endgame: a free Ukraine integrated into the institutions at the foundation of Europe.”

As part of Tablet’s ongoing series on the U.S.-Israel ‘special relationship’, Daniel J. Samet and Raphael Benlevi explain “The Pro-America Case for Ending Aid”. “Rather than being a zero-sum equation, it is in the best interests of both the U.S. and Israel to phase out aid gradually.”

“Since he came to power in 2012, the Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been laser-focused on ensuring the security of his regime.”

Sam Rosenberg, Jahara Matisek and William Reno make a case for more informal assistance to Ukraine from the United States and its allies: “Over the past year, such informal assistance has come to play a crucial role in many aspects of the Ukrainian war effort and counteroffensive.”

“Diplomacy is much more than exchanging words. It is rather a complex choreography of many elements of national power, aimed to influence multiple audiences.” Read Will Inboden’s thoughts on Secretary of State Tony Blinken’s visit to Beijing earlier this week on World.

Congratulations to our Executive Director Will Inboden! His book, The Peacemaker: Ronald Reagan, the Cold War, and the World on the Brink, has been included on the shortlist for the 2023 Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award! The annual Award recognizes books that make an outstanding contribution to the understanding of foreign policy…

Will Inboden & Peter Feaver have a new piece in the Journal of Democracy “…considering what can be learned from the fruits and failings of the Freedom Agenda.”

Be sure to read the Wall Street Journal Opinion Saturday Interview by Kate Bachelder Odell with our own Will Inboden: “The Reagan Lesson for the Trumpian Right on Ukraine and China.”

This last semester, Graduate Fellow Sam Rosenberg cowrote two articles for RUSI about military assistance to Ukraine. You can read them here: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Assessing a Year of Military Aid to Ukraine US-led Security Assistance to Ukraine is Working  

Clements Center Executive Director pens “Kissinger at 100” commemorating the centenary of Henry Kissinger. “When anyone lives to celebrate a 100th birthday, it is notable. Living to a century while still commanding public attention, influencing policy, and writing bestselling books is another matter altogether. Such is the case with Henry Kissinger.” Kissinger serves as a member…

Will Inboden & Peter Feaver have a new piece in the Journal of Democracy “…considering what can be learned from the fruits and failings of the Freedom Agenda.”

Be sure to read the Wall Street Journal Opinion Saturday Interview by Kate Bachelder Odell with our own Will Inboden: “The Reagan Lesson for the Trumpian Right on Ukraine and China.”

James Barnett, research fellow at Hudson Institute and Clements Center alum, adds context to Tuesday’s attack on the US convoy in Nigeria “so that policymakers, analysts, and the media can understand how an attack like this could come about and avoid misinterpreting the incident.”

How will the United States and China sustain the large defense budgets required for long-term competition? Rosella Cappella Zielinski, a former visiting professor at the Clements Center, and Sam Gerstle, an upcoming participant in our Summer Seminar in History and Statecraft, try to answer this question.

Emily A. Davis was the grand prize winner of the Andrew W. Marshall prize on Creative Bursts & Intellectual Outliers, which asks people to examine how creativity among peer groups or within an organization comes about, is fostered, and is maintained. Many unanticipated dangers—military, political, technological, foreign, and domestic—shadow the U.S. national security landscape, creating…

Former Clements Center Undergraduate Fellow Cameron Waltz coauthored an opinion piece with Zoe Leung of the George H. W. Bush Foundation for U.S.-China Relations for The Hill on how the upcoming Taiwanese 2024 presidential election may shape crisis management in East Asia.

“…public diplomacy and international broadcasting are fundamental to our national security.” Mark Pomar, a Clements Center Senior National Security Fellow, has a new piece in The Foreign Service Journal.

“…Japan’s and South Korea’s interests and activities are meeting in strategic spaces in Southeast Asia…Despite sharing common goals in these spaces, so far Seoul and Tokyo have not collaborated in their efforts.” Clements Center alum Jada Fraser and current Grad Fellow Ryan Ashley recently published a new article in Asia Policy, “Common Waters: Japan, South…

“Debates about appropriate military equipment for Ukraine continue a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. These arguments focus predominantly on state-to-state assistance. But they miss an important element of Kyiv’s battlefield performance: informal security assistance. Aid from domestic civil society, informal military networks, and foreign volunteers are bolstering the Armed Forces of Ukraine in real and meaningful ways.”