Image Source: DALLE-3, via ChatGPT Suppose that the year is 2035 and America is engaged in counterinsurgency operations in the Middle East: would autonomous drones favor the insurgents or counterinsurgents? Scholars such as T.X. Hammes, Paul Scharre, and Sarah Kreps have argued that autonomous military systems (AMS) will tend to favor conventionally “weaker” or poorer … Continue reading From Sling and Stone to Autonomous Drone? Key Questions for Determining Whether Autonomy Favors Davids or Goliaths
Category: Military & Defense
Fighting Fire with Fire: Opportunities for NATO’s Use of AI to Defend Against AI-Assisted Disinformation
Image Source: AI-generated (dream.ai) “The question is no longer whether [artificial intelligence] deepfakes could affect elections, but how influential they will be,” according to experts. None are more prominent in the field of disinformation than the Russians, who have set their sights on Europe and her upcoming elections. As artificial intelligence (AI) stands to accelerate … Continue reading Fighting Fire with Fire: Opportunities for NATO’s Use of AI to Defend Against AI-Assisted Disinformation
Giving Dracula Some Teeth: Modernizing Romania’s Military
Image Source: Military Images Romania has been affected by the dramatically deteriorated security situation in Europe, precipitated primarily by the specter of Russian imperialism. The first Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 and the full-scale invasion of the entirety of Ukraine in 2022 brought national defense to the top of the political agenda. Due to … Continue reading Giving Dracula Some Teeth: Modernizing Romania’s Military
Rearming at Sea: Yesterday’s Necessity
Image Source: Naval News Mounting crises across the Middle East, Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine, and the growing challenge of credibly deterring the People’s Republic of China (PRC) in the Indo-Pacific all increasingly strain the United States’ rapidly depleting munitions stockpiles. The United States should invest in expanding its munitions stockpiles and strengthening its defense-industrial … Continue reading Rearming at Sea: Yesterday’s Necessity
Why U.S.-U.K. Nuclear Cooperation is More Important than Ever
Image Source: U.S. Department of Defense With the risk of nuclear escalation at its most significant since the Cold War, the 1958 U.S.-U.K. Mutual Defense Agreement (MDA) will expire at the end of this year. The treaty, specifically its Article III, has long authorized the special sale of nuclear materials to Britain, forming not just … Continue reading Why U.S.-U.K. Nuclear Cooperation is More Important than Ever
Prosecuting Asimov’s Nightmare: Killer Robots and the Law of War
Image Source: AI generated image (dream.ai) The United States and China are in a breathless race to master artificial intelligence (AI), accrue its benefits, and, in so doing, gain an advantage over the other. They are sprinting to rub a proverbial magic lamp, release its genie, and have their technological wishes granted. And, why not? … Continue reading Prosecuting Asimov’s Nightmare: Killer Robots and the Law of War
Out of Depth: Strengthening American Conventional Deterrence by Expanding Magazine Depth
Image Source: Militarnyi Russia’s invasion of Ukraine underscores a dire reality –conventional military conflicts are resurging globally without prospects for abatement. The deterioration of the security landscape should move the United States to rethink its kinetic deterrence capabilities. While the United States retains the world’s premier fighting force, a lack of magazine depth – the … Continue reading Out of Depth: Strengthening American Conventional Deterrence by Expanding Magazine Depth
Breaking the Ice: The Prospect of a Joint Nordic Military
Submitted as a guest post by Gauti Jónsson, a student in the Security Studies Program (SSP). Image Source: Finish Defense Force In March 2023, leaders of the Nordic air forces of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Finland signed a joint declaration to integrate their collective air forces in the coming years. This so-called ‘Air Commanders’ Intent’ … Continue reading Breaking the Ice: The Prospect of a Joint Nordic Military
Thinking Like a General: Wargaming with Sebastian Bae
Image Source: AI-generated image On September 30, 2023, Georgetown University’s Security Studies Program (SSP) held a skills-based professional workshop on wargaming led by adjunct professor Sebastian Bae. A game designer on the Gaming and Integration Team at the Center for Naval Analyses, Professor Bae led a workshop to introduce students to the foundational principles of … Continue reading Thinking Like a General: Wargaming with Sebastian Bae
Book Review | Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay
This Book Review was submitted as a guest post by Patrick Jourdan, a student in the Security Studies Program (SSP). In the Summer of 2021, America watched the evacuation of Afghanistan. Terrifying images of Hamid Karzai International Airport filled our screens almost every day. Marines and Paratroopers deployed to the most chaotic of situations, holding … Continue reading Book Review | Uncertain Ground: Citizenship in an Age of Endless, Invisible War by Phil Klay