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Navy readiness is a finite reserve that has been overstretched by a US military appetite for interventions in the past 50 years that has not tracked with a rise in danger.
In modern conflicts, military might doesn’t automatically translate into political gains.
Geopolitical and economic uncertainty topped the G7 summit agenda. The world needs strong, inclusive international institutions more than ever.
Wars release massive emissions, and they are being generated with no formal mechanism to record them, and no accountability for the climate costs that affect people in conflict zones and far beyond.
Bureaucratic hurdles mean the US military typically has to wait a decade between the time it sees a new threat and the employment of a new system to defend against it.
In modern conflict, the ability to build weapons systems quickly and cheaply is proving to be as important as technological sophistication.
In the face of little information, or misinformation, about the war in Iran, media literacy can prove a valuable tool to assess what’s happening on the ground.
Torpedoes are hard to stop – and harder to see coming.
Shot, stabbed, poisoned with frog toxin – a new book reveals how the killing of political opponents has emerged from the shadows of government secrecy.
Venezuela hopes the prospect of ‘another Iraq’ in Latin America serves as a deterrent against US intervention.
NATO jets scrambled to shoot down at least 10 Russian drones after they were spotted in Polish airspace.
There were several times in Swapo’s exile history when internal critics were silenced.
Drones, AI-targeting systems and the jostle for power in space raise a host of ethical questions about how, when, where and why we should fight.
AI has limited military functions that still require a huge amount of human input.
The audacious drone assault of June 1 may have destroyed one-third of Russia’s long-range strike fleet. But the implications are potentially much bigger.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called the Women, Peace and Security initiative ‘woke’ and ‘divisive’. But history shows soldiers of all stripes have served with honour.
The US military is already using AI to control aircraft in tests.
In World War II, ‘Mulberry Harbours’ were used by American and British soldiers in the D-Day landings; China today is using similar technology but for a different purpose.
Even if US financial aid is restored, Ukraine will have to mitigate the risk of future disruption – and that could mean a more timid approach.
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Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service
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Professor of English, Macalester College
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Professor of Sociology in the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology., Stellenbosch University
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Associate Professor, School of Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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SEACAMS R&D Project Manager, Centre for Applied Marine Sciences, Bangor University
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PhD, National Security College, Australian National University
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Emeritus Professor of International Law, Western Sydney University
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Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW
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Professor of International Security and War Studies, University of Southern Denmark
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University Teacher, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Sheffield
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PhD in machine ethics, University of Canterbury
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Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
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