ExTrac Chief Research Officer Charlie Winter and Head of Customer Success North America Stephanie Rotolo said the company combines human expertise, high-quality data, and domain-specific AI to speed d…
In Part Eleven of Irregular Warfare Initiative's series on the conflict with Iran, experts Hamlet Yousef, Ioannis Koskinas, and Dave Pitts discussed how Iran uses cognitive warfare—including memes, AI…
The United States should employ cyber corsairs to deter exploitation and attacks in the cyber domain, according to an article in the 'Short of War' Podcast. Malicious activity such as economic espiona…
On May 17, 2026, Iran proposed a Bitcoin-denominated platform called 'Hormuz Safe' for ships crossing the Strait of Hormuz, enabling cargo owners to purchase cryptographically-backed insurance instead…
Al-Qaeda's April appeal urging Pakistan's military to overthrow the government underscores a growing threat to Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, which is among the world's fastest-growing, according to a ne…
Iranian state propaganda has become more effective by adopting familiar internet aesthetics such as Lego-style animations, dark humor, and memes, according to an analysis by Irregular Warfare. These v…
A new analysis from cybersecurity experts suggests that while AI will create short-term offensive opportunities in cyber conflict, the long-term advantage will favor defenders. The report, which exami…
Special Operations Forces (SOF) must shed habits from the War on Terror to remain relevant in future conflicts, according to an analysis presented at the Special Air Warfare Symposium. The article arg…
A study by researchers at the University of Chicago and the University of California, Berkeley found that the American public is less supportive of military operations using weapons perceived as indis…
China's 'Total War on Taipei' cognitive-effects push, Russia's Baltic C2 model, al-Qaeda and ISIS diverging on AI adoption, and Sahel counter-drone/AI teaming all point to the contest moving, accordin…
A new study from researchers at Cambridge University finds that information disorder—a media environment with low barriers to content creation, rapid spread of false material, and algorithmic amplific…
Chinese AI labs Z.ai and Moonshot AI released open-weight large language models GLM-5.2 and Kimi K3 this summer that rival the capability of top American closed models from Anthropic, xAI, and OpenAI,…
The Arabian Gulf faces a strategic transition as Iranian coercion and uncertainty over U.S. security commitments converge, forcing Gulf states to choose between a battered but emboldened Iran or a fra…
A former special operations officer recounts how U.S. forces cleared a bridge from al-Shabaab in Somalia only for China to later dominate the region's digital infrastructure, introducing the concept o…
Autonomous systems are reshaping tactical reality on Ukraine's battlefield, driving the autonomy debate as AI-powered weapons are deployed. Criminal and militant networks are expanding their governanc…
The Iran War, which began on February 28, 2026, has become the first major conflict driven by artificial intelligence, with U.S. and Israeli forces using AI to strike over 4,000 targets in four days, …
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New research analyzing U.S. drone strikes in Yemen from 2010-2012 found that even strikes with no civilian casualties caused large spikes in civilian mobility and communication, displacing on average …
An international cohort of experts is being convened to produce a practical Total Defense manual that translates whole-of-society preparedness into concise doctrine, modular capability templates, lega…
Cognitive warfare is widely discussed in national security circles, but the concept may already be failing. The term appears in analyses of conflicts with Iran, China, Russia, and North Korea, yet its…