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Rebuilding Strategic Depth [[link removed]]

In modern warfare, the concept of strategic depth—traditionally understood as the physical space a combatant can use to adapt, recover, or counterattack—has become far more complex thanks to long-range strikes, drones, and covert missions like Operation Spiderweb. Building on her essay in First Breakfast [[link removed]], Nadia Schadlow [[link removed]] explained how the United States can rebuild its strategic depth for a new era on The American Compass Podcast [[link removed]].

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Assessing the Armenia-Azerbaijan Agreement [[link removed]]

Michael Doran [[link removed]], Zineb Riboua [[link removed]], and ADA University Professor Damjan Krnjević Mišković discussed the long-standing tensions between Azerbaijan and Armenia and argued that US involvement in the South Caucasus weakens Russia and Iran.

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Concrete Sky: Air Base Hardening in the Western Pacific [[link removed]]

For a recent article in The Economist [[link removed]], Timothy A. Walton [[link removed]] calculated that China could launch about 2,000 missiles and bombs a day at US airbases within 500 nautical miles of the Chinese mainland. In a Hudson report from January [[link removed]], he explains with Thomas Shugart how Washington can use hardened air base shelters to help address this threat.

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The Digital Front Line: Building a Cyber-Resilient Taiwan [[link removed]]

On September 4, Jason Hsu [[link removed]] will host Congressman Rob Wittman (R-VA) and other experts and policymakers to examine the role of cyber resilience in the defense of Taiwan.

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Examining China’s Military Evolution, Organization, and Strategic Ambitions [[link removed]]

Joel Wuthnow and Phillip Saunders of the National Defense University joined Aaron MacLean [[link removed]] on School of War [[link removed]] to discuss the origins, organization, and strategic outlook of China’s military.

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Before you go . . .

In a forthcoming Hudson memo, Jason Hsu [[link removed]] identifies Taiwan’s cyber vulnerabilities and lays out a framework to address them:

Migrate core systems to secure, redundant cloud environmentsDevelop offline recovery capabilitiesEstablish robust public-private coordinationConduct joint cyber exercises with alliesCreate secure channels for real-time threat intelligence sharing and escalation planning

The full policy memo will be available on Monday, August 25, ahead of Hsu’s conversation [[link removed]] with Congressman Rob Wittman on September 4.

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