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Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operating area, Nov. 23. The LUCAS platforms are part of a one-way attack drone squadron CENTCOM recently deployed to the Middle East to strengthen regional security and deterrence.

Reports & Papers

Move Fast and Scale: A Brief Insiders' History of the Replicator Initiative

Jun. 1, 2026 by Kathleen Hicks and Aaron Sherman

From Defense, Emerging Technology, and Strategy

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Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers

Winter 2025/26 by Ronald Krebs
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Technology, Behavior, and Effectiveness in Naval Warfare: The Battles of Savo Island and Cape Saint George

Winter 2025/26 by John Severini and Stephen Biddle
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Access Denied? The Sino-American Contest for Military Primacy in Asia

Summer 2025 by Nicholas D Anderson and Daryl Press

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Move Fast and Scale: A Brief Insiders' History of the Replicator Initiative

Jun. 1, 2026 by Kathleen Hicks and Aaron Sherman

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones are positioned on the tarmac at a base in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) operating area, Nov. 23. The LUCAS platforms are part of a one-way attack drone squadron CENTCOM recently deployed to the Middle East to strengthen regional security and deterrence.

America’s Way of War isn’t Working

May. 26, 2026

In The News

from Politico

"A European Army? If France and Italy Ratify a (Forgotten) Treaty from 1952, We Would Already Have a Common Defense"

Apr. 23, 2026

In The News

from Corriere Della Sera

Exclusive: We Discovered What's Going on Inside Russia's Shadow Fleet

Apr. 1, 2026

In The News

from Kyiv Independent

Why Populists Love Dead Soldiers and Hate Live Officers

Winter 2025/26 by Ronald Krebs

Article

from International Security

President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine listen as Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Technology, Behavior, and Effectiveness in Naval Warfare: The Battles of Savo Island and Cape Saint George

Winter 2025/26 by John Severini and Stephen Biddle

Article

from International Security

Smoke billows from the USS Yorktown and bursts from anti-aircraft fire fill the air after a Japanese bomber hit the aircraft carrier in the Battle of Midway near Midway Islands during World War II in June 1942.

Don’t Bet That the Pentagon – or Anthropic – Is Acting in the Public Interest

Mar. 3, 2026

In The News

from The Guardian

Trump Looks Ahead to Summit With China’s Xi, but Tariffs and Taiwan Loom

February 22, 2026

In The News

from New York Times

New York Times