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The United States and its Arctic and Antarctic partners are proposing a Combined Joint Interagency Task Force for the Polar Regions (CJIATF‑PR) to counter the People’s Republic of China’s expanding “allfare” operations, which blend legal, illegal and irregular activities. Chinese ice‑breaker tourism ships, dual‑use research stations, and a massive illegal‑, unreported‑, unregulated fishing fleet are eroding oversight and gathering intelligence in both poles. Existing monitoring bodies, including the Antarctic Treaty System, lack the authority and resources to detect or respond to these incursions. The task force would emulate the successful Joint Interagency Task Force‑South model, integrating defense, intelligence, law‑enforcement and civilian agencies with allied partners.
In this episode of A Better Peace, host Dr. Tom Spahr interviews Army War College faculty Lt. Col. Blair Wilcox and Col. Chase Metcalf about their research on the interaction between human commanders and artificial intelligence in military operations. Drawing...
In this episode of A Better Peace, Dr. Craig Whiteside discusses his research on "non‑state special operations," arguing that violent non‑state actors can plan and execute missions with strategic impact traditionally associated with state special‑operations forces. He outlines the blind...
U.S. servicemembers are experiencing a sharp increase in mental‑health diagnoses, with a 17% rise between 2022 and 2023. Only 13% of clinicians possess sufficient cultural competence to treat veteran populations, and merely 31.7% of affected personnel receive any care, while...
After four years of experimentation, Keith Burkepile concludes that wargaming is essential for professional military education. He describes how the Joint Overmatch board game was integrated into the Army War College curriculum, highlighting faculty preparation, early introduction, and realistic expectations...
Benjamin Moseman's analysis traces the evolution of U.S. space assets from the limited satellite reconnaissance of Operation Linebacker II to the fully integrated, real‑time intelligence that powered the 2025 Operation Midnight Hammer. The article shows how early shortcomings in space‑based situational...
In this episode of A Better Peace, host Ron Granary talks with Sam Helfont, an Iraq War veteran and scholar, about his new Oxford Very Short Introduction, *The Iraq Wars*. Helfont argues that the Gulf War, the 2003 invasion, and...
In this episode, Wes Daugherty argues that while writing is essential for clarifying strategic thought, it cannot test how leaders perform against a thinking adversary. He illustrates this with a classroom example where a well‑written analysis collapsed in a wargame...
