Analysis of artificial intelligence, emerging technologies, cybersecurity, digital governance, technological competition, disinformation, and the political, legal, and security implications of technological change.
For three-quarters of a century, the study of international security was rooted in a foundational premise: war and peace are human endeavors. From the nuclear brinkmanship of the Cold War to the counterinsurgency doctrines of the post-9/11 era, Security Studies as a discipline prospered by deciphering human psychology, statecraft, institutional incentives, and strategic signaling. Scholars…
On March 11, 2025, the Baloch Liberation Army hijacked the Jaffar Express as it crossed the Bolan Pass, taking hundreds of passengers hostage in a siege that lasted two days. Pakistan’s military said it had crushed the attackers and recovered the train with limited losses. Two months later, the BLA’s media wing released its own…
We are entering an arms race with no rulebook. Unlike nuclear weapons, which required rare materials and immense state capacity to develop, military AI is being built largely with commercial technology — the same machine learning techniques powering consumer apps are being repurposed for targeting systems and battlefield analysis. That accessibility should worry us more…
For most of modern history, military strategy has rested on a simple constraint: human decision-making takes time, and time creates room for restraint, negotiation, and de-escalation. Artificial intelligence is quietly eroding that constraint. Autonomous targeting systems, AI-assisted early-warning networks, and algorithmic threat assessment are compressing the decision cycle in modern conflict from hours to seconds….