Military strategy
Use of force or threat of war focused for political purposes
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| 2025 |
Joint All-Domain Command and Control
By year-end, 126 Link-16 satellites are projected to be operating in orbit, creating a worldwide mesh network for data transmission, supporting the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) capability of global data movement.
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| 2025 |
Hybrid warfare
Pietrzak documents China's persistent use of hybrid and sharp strategies, specifically noting their deployment of sophisticated underwater submarine drones and reconnaissance flying objects to secure and pre-emptively claim territorial areas.
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| 2025 |
Power projection
Russia's defense ministry contract to field Tsirkon hypersonic missiles to troops
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| 2025 |
Encirclement
Velyka Novosilka offensive, a recent military operation involving potential encirclement tactics.
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| 2024 |
Two-front war
Israel confronts a potential two-front war, fighting Hamas in the Gaza Strip to the south-west and Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon to the north.
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| 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Air Force began modernization of 68 EMB 314 Super Tucano aircraft.
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| 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Ordered 468 LMV (Light Mobility Vehicle) 4×4 infantry mobility vehicles from Italy-Brazil collaboration.
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| 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazil ordered 2 Macaé-class offshore patrol vessels.
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| 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Purchased 12 Black Hawk multirole helicopters from the United States.
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| 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Air Force ordered Ground Master 200 air defense radar systems from the Netherlands.
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| December 2024 | After 13 years of brutal civil war, the Syrian army was significantly degraded, characterized by widespread corruption, lack of resources, economic ruin, and low soldier morale, leading to the collapse of Bashar Assad's regime. |
| November 2024 | Published 'Levy's Anti-IDF Argument Shows a Loss of Moral Direction' at BESA |
| November 27 2024 |
Two-front war
A 60-day ceasefire agreement is reached between Israel and Lebanon, though both sides reportedly violate the terms.
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| November 26 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Army completes modernization of helicopters with 34 Eurocopter AS565 Panther units and acquisition of 300+ MAX 1.2 AC anti-tank missiles
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| October 2024 | Published article in Janes on rapid capability advancement to defeat Hezbollah |
| October 1 2024 |
Two-front war
Israel invades Lebanon, escalating tensions in the region.
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| September 26 2024 | Published 'Hezbollah Must Be Fought Like a State Army, Not Like a Terrorist Organization' at BESA |
| August 2024 | Published several articles at BESA, including 'It's Not a Border. It's a Front' and 'To Defend Israel, Rearrange the Sky' |
| July 2024 | Published multiple strategic analysis articles at BESA, including 'A Sustainable Strategy', 'War in the North', and 'How to Win the Thirty Years' War with Iran' |
| July 19 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Navy acquires 12 Oshkosh L-ATV armoured vehicles from the United States
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| July 16 2024 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Army adds 100+ Spike LR2 anti-tank missiles from Israel to its arsenal
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| May 2024 | Published 'Reconstruction of Gaza Is the Way to Regain Initiative in the Iron Swords War' at BESA |
| April 2024 | Published 'Israel's first total war' at Hoover Institution |
| February 2024 |
Joint All-Domain Command and Control
Air Force's Brig. Gen. Luke Cropsey warned that phase two of Combined JADC2 is not starting due to Continuing Resolutions, requiring full Congressional budget approval for FY2024.
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| February 2024 | Published 'The War of October 7 – and the One to Follow' at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies |
| 2023 |
Hybrid warfare
Bankov identifies China's unique approach to hybrid warfare, highlighting the country's distinctive strategies and traditions in conducting non-traditional military operations against Taiwan and in the South China Sea.
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| 2023 | Vladimir Putin plans to spend almost 40% of public expenditures on defense and security, a level of military spending not seen since the end of the Cold War. |
| 2023 |
Power projection
US industrial base expected to provide 20,000 rounds of 155mm howitzer munitions per month to Ukraine
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| 2023 | Retired from the IDF. Began advising on military strategy and technology, teaching at Raichman University, and became a senior fellow at think tanks including BESA Israel and the Hoover Institution. |
| 2023 | Published theoretical framework 'Fighting Fires With Data' at Stanford's Hoover Institution, referencing the war in Ukraine as evidence of evolving war dynamics. |
| 2023 |
Deterrence theory
A research study finds that while nuclear-armed states are less likely to be targeted by non-nuclear states, they are not necessarily less likely to engage in low-level conflicts with other nuclear states.
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| 2023 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazil ordered an undisclosed number of MANSUP anti-ship missiles.
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| 2023 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazil ordered 11 Navio Patrulha de 500 Toneladas patrol vessels.
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| December 22 2023 | President Joe Biden signed a record $886 billion defense spending bill into law, signaling continued significant military investment. |
| November 2023 | Published 'Decentralizing the Israel Defense Forces' at Hoover Institution, Stanford |
| November 23 2023 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Air Force modernizes 5 Embraer R-99 aircraft
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| October 7 2023 |
Attrition warfare
Gaza War erupted, characterized by extended urban combat, siege tactics, and asymmetric attrition warfare between Israeli forces and Hamas.
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| September 19 2023 |
Joint All-Domain Command and Control
Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground awarded Leidos a contract to provide an electronic platform supporting JADC2.
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| August 27 2023 |
Joint All-Domain Command and Control
JWC 3.0 was officially released by ADM Christopher Grady, emphasizing crewed-uncrewed teaming and rapid information availability to commanders.
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| August 6 2023 |
Future of the Brazilian Armed Forces
Brazilian Army acquires 20 MaxxPro MRV-PK armoured recovery trucks from the United States
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| June 2023 |
Suwałki Gap
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius announced an increase of German troops to 4,000 in the region, with the full brigade expected to arrive in 2027.
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| May 17 2023 | Discussed alternative approaches to air campaigns in The Times of Israel article |
| April 2023 |
Joint All-Domain Command and Control
Joint Warfighting Concept 3.0 (JWC 3.0) was previewed, expanding on previous versions to include contested logistics, information advantage, and expanded maneuver.
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| April 5 2023 |
Power projection
Ukraine signaled potential willingness to enter talks with Russia if its counteroffensive reached the Crimean border.
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| April 1 2023 |
Power projection
400,000 contract servicemen to replenish the Russian army
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| March 2023 |
Power projection
Presidents of China and Russia meet in Moscow to agree on cooperation in business and economic issues, including local currency payments
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| March 2023 | Published a warning about Israel's defense approach on borders, just 7 months before the Hamas attack of October 7. |
| March 8 2023 | Published analysis on Israeli Military Thinking at the Centre on Radicalisation & Terrorism |
| February 15 2023 | Mentioned in The Times of Israel article discussing retiring IDF general's call for urgent army overhaul |
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