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Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become a household word. Applications like ChatGPT can be used to develop plans to learn a language, offer cooking ideas based on what’s in the pantry, and even write this article about the promises and pitfalls of AI – though we wrote this the old-fashioned way.

In concluding part I of this study, we quoted then-Marine Corps Commandant Gen. David Berger, who observed that the setup of the US national security system made sense “when most conflicts were regional” in scope and nature. But as we move into the mid-twenty-first century, the United States faces the global challenge of the People’s Republic of China, whose ability to contest America and its allies are not confined to a single geographic region.

Since 1945, U.S. foreign policy has been defined by precluding the emergence of adversaries and hostile coalitions by creating an Americanized international system through alliances, extended deterrence, and favorable trade terms. The Cold War national security system has not adapted well to global issues of trade, transnational threats, and China’s expansive foreign policy.

Strategic competition between the United States and China is not just geopolitical, but directly impacts US-based corporations and the global economy. While US firms may not be interested in the strategic rivalry between the United States and China, they are nonetheless on the frontlines.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has weakened its ground forces, strengthened NATO, and humbled aggressors who resort to military force to advance foreign policy. U.S. diplomatic efforts were initially restrained, but are now critical to helping Ukraine with moral and material support to preserve its sovereignty.

With Russia’s track record in mind, Kyiv will continue to fight for its survival and plan for a future defined by armed resistance to Russia rather than any agreement with vague promises of security guarantees.

Episode 66 of the Irregular Warfare Podcast explores how America’s security cooperation programs can help shape regional security environments by training foreign militaries.

War is foggy. Technology promises to lift the fog of war. War is still foggy.

The limits of the United States’ ability to preserve its hegemony and restrain competitors have compelled the national security community to refocus on Great Power competition to inform strategy development at the regional level.

Hear from Professor Derek Reveron, Chair of the National Security Affairs Department of the US Naval War College, and ServiceNow's Shawnna Hoffman, IT Transformation Solution Sales Manager, as they discuss lessons learned from previous cyberattacks and hear best practices for managing cyber risk and analyzing weak links in your supply chain.

Our lives are being rocked by cyber disruptions, like the one that shut down the Colonial Pipeline. Llewellyn King talks about this with John Savage, professor emeritus of computer science at Brown University, and Derek Reveron, chair of the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval War College.

In keeping with the assessments made by Derek Reveron and Nikolas Gvosdev in their original Orbis piece, how significantly different is this interim guidance—and does it validate their conclusion that U.S. national strategy exhibits an understated but very real degree of continuity?

While militaries historically have cooperated against a common adversary, the decline of interstate war and the rise of transnational threats have made the prospect of exporting security more compelling. From the Cold War, the United States took away the lesson that by providing for other countries’ security, it could advance its trade and economic agendas and prevent the emergence of military competitors.

The Bush administration's designation of its national strategy as a war on terror highlights the importance of combating terrorism on an international level. Fundamental to this effort is bilateral intelligence-sharing. Intelligence reform efforts to date have focused on improving intelligence-sharing within the U.S. intelligence community. However, critical intelligence can be gained through America's international partners.