future of war

As great power competition rises to the fore – and counterterrorism operations recede into the background – U.S. special forces will have to adapt.

Canada’s new frigates are the size of cruisers, and indicative of a wider trend toward ever-more complicated and expensive weapons.

When it comes to depictions of the future of war, art doesn’t have to be particularly sophisticated to say something worth thinking about.

Sooner or later, swarms of autonomous weapons are likely to transform militaries. But how long will they take to transform our relationship to weapons and armed violence?

The basic design of small arms has been stable for decades, even as other warfighting technologies have undergone revolutions. How much longer can that be true?

Artificial intelligence may help us make sense of large, complex questions, but imagining the future of war needs to remain a fundamentally human exercise.

Unmanned combat air vehicles have notched up kills against armored fighting vehicles all over the world. Does it mean the end of the tank?

Rather than fighting the last war, as the old axiom goes, are military leaders more susceptible to fighting the wars of their favorite fiction novels?

Some of the main uncertainties pertaining to warfare for the next decade.

What two conferences that the author recently attended reveal about our understanding of war.

The Gulf War officially ended 27 years ago in February. Time to look at one of the war’s less well known lessons for future conflict.

Doc and Marty's time traveling adventures may have produced one of the most important insights into the future of war.