In '2054' (Penguin Random House 🐧🏠📚) authors Admiral James Stavridis, USN, Ret. & Elliot Ackerman pen a thrilling novel that explores the alarming consequences of the confluence of today's trends with #AI & synthetic biology, writes Joshua Huminski in his latest The National Security Institute #BookReview .…

For the Wavell Room, Joshua Huminski recently reviewed 'The Guarded Age' (@politybooks) by David Betz, which explores the world of modern fortification & shows that despite precision warfare & persistent surveillance hardened positions still matter. wavellroom.com/2024/03/12/the…

Short notice CSPC in-person book event announcement!

I'm very excited to host peter pomerantsev next week (12 March @ 1400) to discuss his newly released book 'How to Win an Information War' (@HachetteBooks). Register via the link below.

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On Thursday at 1200 ET I welcome Elisabeth Braw in-person at CSPC to discuss her new book 'Goodbye Globalization' (@yalepress) and the future of interconnectivity in an era of strategic competition. Register for this lunch discussion below. thepresidency.org/events/goodbye…

This week, our own Joshua Huminski moderated a discussion at Embassy of Finland in the US 🇫🇮 with Prof. Kimmo Rentola about his book 'How Finland Survived Stalin' (@yalepress).

Check out the video from my fascinating CSPC conversation w/ Dave Barno, Nora Bensahel & Michael Kofman in which we discussed the war against #Ukraine after two years, & the military adaptation Russia & Ukraine, & the lessons the war holds for the U.S. youtube.com/watch?v=9jFYQM…

Join CSPC as we welcome Elisabeth Braw in-person on 7 March at 12:00 PM to discuss her book 'Goodbye Globalization' (@yalepress) & how competition between the U.S. & China is re-shaping global interconnectivity. Register for this discussion here: addevent.com/event/Px203861…

A sobering reminder by CSPC President Glenn Nye that our First President George Washington foresaw today's hyper-partisan tribalism, and warned it could be our nation's undoing. thehill.com/opinion/campai…

Today’s hyper-partisan tribalism was our first president’s worst nightmare thehill.com/opinion/campai…

On 22 Feb. @ 1430 ET, I welcome Dave Barno, Nora Bensahel & Michael Kofman virtually at CSPC to discuss the war against #Ukraine after two years, what's needed to shift beyond 'active defense' & what is Kyiv's theory of victory. Register below! thepresidency.org/events/the-war…

What are the key questions for #Ukraine & the West in 2024 & how will the answers to these affect operations this year & into 2025? In his latest Breaking Defense piece, CSPC's Joshua Huminski explores the strategic situation for Kyiv & Washington.

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Preparations for a possible second Trump presidency will yield benefits for the UK even if Biden retains office, & will see London better positioned to pursue its regional & global interests argues Joshua Huminski in his latest Council on Geostrategy piece. geostrategy.org.uk/britains-world…

The #AUKUS agreement is about much more than just the tonnage of vessels that will deploy to the Indo-Pacific, it's about the signal it sends to China & the foundations on which it is built, writes Joshua Huminski in USNI Proceedings. usni.org/magazines/proc…

Next FRIDAY at 0900 ET I sit down in-person with Jack Watling at CSPC to discuss his new book 'The Arms of the Future' (@BloomsburyAcad), how emerging tech will change battlefield operations & what lessons we should draw from #Ukraine . Register below. thepresidency.org/events/book-ev…

The new year means a new list of books to look out for from our own Joshua Huminski. Have a read of his Diplomatic Courier book look ahead with books on Russia, Ukraine, China, Africa, climate change, AI, and more.

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Our very own Joshua Huminski was selected as a 2024 Non-Resident Fellow with Irregular Warfare Initiative, where he will continue his research into the evolution of Russia's irregular & unconventional threat to NATO & the United States. Congratulations, Joshua!

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European preparations for a possible American retreat from the world stage under a second Trump presidency will have the added benefit of seeing continental security & defense strengthened, writes Joshua Huminski for the Council on Geostrategy.

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The growth & proliferation of facial recognition technology is eroding our concepts of privacy & challenging the legal framework underpinning those protections, writes Kashmir Hill in 'Your Face Belongs to Us', reviewed by CSPC's own Joshua Huminski.

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Russia's expanded invasion of #Ukraine reinvigorated NATO, seeing the Alliance re-learn lessons from the Cold War & continue its transformation to ensure continental defense & deterrence in the future, writes Joshua Huminski for TheHillOpinion.

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The new book Visual Friendlies, Tally Target: How Close Air Support in the War on Terror Changed the Way America Made War by CSPC Senior Fellow Ethan Brown (@LibertyStoic) is available for preorder now from Casemate Publishers. The book tells the untold heroic stories of air power…