Indispensable reading from @jaharamatisek.bsky.social @mbazilian.bsky.social and Macdonald Amoah in TNI: you can't wish defense production into being. You need physical plants, workforce, supply chains and most importantly, the incentive structure for capital. nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ho...

Over 5,000 Munitions Shot in the First 96 Hours of the Iran War www.fpri.org/article/2026... via @fpri.bsky.social @mbazilian.bsky.social @jaharamatisek.bsky.social

Don’t forget, making more rockets and missiles is waaaaaay harder than just throwing some money at a chemist or a factory. Our latest analysis in the National interest: nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/ho...

Required reading from @jaharamatisek.bsky.social, @mbazilian.bsky.social and Macdonald Amoah on how quickly we expend and how slow we reconstitute … foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

Our Payne Insitute analysis on the types of munitions used by the US, Israel & Allies in the first 36hrs is out w/ Foreign Policy We show how many months & minerals it’ll take replenish the missiles and interceptors expended. ANd, we will have a 96hr list soon! foreignpolicy.com/2026/03/05/i...

50% of U.S. Airpower is deployed to the Middle East. Here’s my analysis on what the American Airpower Armada means as a tool for coercion and bargaining as President Trump will likely make his final decision for Iran after his State of the Union Speech. eagleintelreports.com/escalation-s...

Or easier: Don’t touch the island. Don’t touch The mainland. Don’t touch the missiles. Don’t touch the damn boats.

If you think America is ready for a future war involving lots of drones then you don’t understand how vulnerable the supply chain is to make a drone. My latest with my Payne Institute Team and Col Schweiker in @csis.org : www.csis.org/analysis/dro...

*taps the sign* The new NSS is exactly what I said it would be when I wrote this back in May (I wonder if they used it in the ChatGPT language model to write it 😂😂😂) www.aspistrategist.org.au/trumps-natio...

My latest with retired USAF General Deptula on how the West should form an Allied Airpower Command - Ukraine (AAC-U) to ensure Ukraine has an integrated Air Defense and Air Force to deter Russia in post-ceasefire era: breakingdefense.com/2025/12/how-...

In @asiatimesonline Scott Foster outlines PM #Takaichi budget support for industrial policy: --Increase by more than 50% in state subsidies for research and development for #AI (including further progress in robotics), nuclear fusion and quantum computing ... 1/

Or perhaps keeping one's shoes on during the flight? @radiofreetom.bsky.social

My latest with Morgan Bazilian in @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how the U.S. can improve its defense industrial base (DIB) by improving metrics, financial incentives for midstream manufacturers & a DIB doctrine for acquisition offices and defense planners: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...

Be on the lookout 🧐 for this other Donald Trump

Just up at @fpri.bsky.social ... www.fpri.org/article/2025...

Published a great report here with the Payne Institute team on the US industrial base and Warfighting vulnerabliyies due to the material issues and wait times around building data center infrastructure to support a modern economy and military. www.fpri.org/article/2025...

So we can see the pitch Central Asian, Southeast Asian, and African leaders might make as to why their regions of the world should matter more to the United States. x.com/SecretaryBur...

My (final) likely opus article on security force assistance (SFA) with Dr. Will Reno…probably will be the last peer reviewed article I ever publish on military assistance and security cooperation since the Pentagon is killing off SFA basically: www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/secu...

My article on why the U.S. needs to lead efforts in countering adversarial seabed warfare: digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...

My take with the Payne Institute Team with @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how important gallium is to the U.S. defense industrial base and why America needs a proactive approach to solving this choke point before China turns off the flow of it: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...

My policy recommendations on how NATO should adapt to the current Cold War 2.0 environment: www.napforum.org/policy-brief...

Watch & Learn about our pitch for turning a Roomba into a “Boomba”!!!

Watch the Flash Traffic Podcast for cutting edge technology updates with @jaharamatisek.bsky.social Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek (PhD)! Listen and watch on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe... Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM

My latest at @csis.org with Col Schweiker & Morgan Bazilian on how quantum sensing tech needs to be developed and integrated into the U.S. military: www.csis.org/analysis/qua...

There’s a rare earth element (controlled by 🇨🇳) that is needed to make 🇺🇸 military jet fuel - JP-8 is used across US/NATO military aviation and even for M1 Abrams Tanks. My latest in @AtlanticCouncil with the @payneinstitute Team: www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...

There are 7 minerals and materials in the supply chain that China will weaponize against the U.S. economy & defense industrial base. In this article with the team at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, we identify these chokepoints that can be fixed in 2-4 years warontherocks.com/2025/08/thes...

The Houthis are still a thing. My latest with James Farwell on the 4 steps needed for a better strategy to contain and defeat Houthi ambitions in the Horn. Bonus: We also justify #SomalilandRecognition to counterbalance the Houthis & Al Shabaab. www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...

"Vehicle crews must train to fly, fight, and interpret data from UAVs as second nature. UAV control consoles must be built into future armored vehicles, not bolted on as afterthoughts. Units must integrate UAV operations into their battle drills." mwi.westpoint.edu/steel-and-si...

As I’ve written and talked about, there’s going to be a DMZ in Ukraine with a robust EU mission of peacekeeping forces: www.rferl.org/amp/demilita... cepa.org/article/ukra... www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/euro...

‘NATO risks irrelevance by training Ukrainians for idealized battles, not their chaotic, drone-heavy, attritional war’. mwi.westpoint.edu/learn-or-los... Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute

Best part of writing this article with Dr. Tingle & Major Hood is the way Ukrainian brigade & battalion staff are taught MDMP by the German Army

Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute share.google/MvpWJHTjMwK4... More read 📚

Military advising matters! My latest in the Modern War Institute: mwi.westpoint.edu/no-more-trai...

Word on the street is that military advising is going to be killed off across the DOD because of the China Pivot

No minerals and magnets = no munitions and other fancy US weapon systems! My latest with @MBazilian & Macdonald Amoah in the @WarInstitute on the dangers of allowing China to control mineral markets! mwi.westpoint.edu/minerals-mag...

Looking forward to your talk on reverse SFA later this day.

𝗧𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲’𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 (𝗛𝗨𝗥) New publication - open access Link: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... I am pleased to share that my latest article “Ukrainian Intelligence’s Use of Telegram in Wartime” has been published.

Our dear glorious leaders should always be worried about how they look no matter the domestic emergency 🫡

Can US military members get in on this kind of professional action? Asking for a friend…

From our new issue: Trump(ing) Tradition: Old Laws, New Norms, and the Danger to Civil–Military Relations - Ryan Burke, Jahara Matisek (@jaharamatisek.bsky.social), 2025 #NewIssue journals-sagepub-com.lib-e2.lib.ttu.edu/doi/full/10....

My latest, in @lawfaremedia.org with Jahara Matisek, argues that the US needs to ramp up/reform defense advising, not cut it. We argue for a joint integrated advising capability that centers around institutional capacity building @brookings.edu www.lawfaremedia.org/article/how-...

Plus @jaharamatisek.bsky.social!

WAIT WHAT?!?! Hmmm wonder what the excuse will be this time since Trump is infallible

1/2 Belangrijke waarheid van de auteurs: 'Digital dominance does not equal territorial control – You can’t seize ground with hashtags—and drones don’t hold terrain. Information may shape perceptions, but only boots plant flags'. www.militarystrategymagazine.com/exclusives/s...

I used to fly this sweet C-17!!!!

For those that want Pentagon reform, here’s my take with MAJ Micciche on the 5 reforms needed, to include overhauling the UCP: mwi.westpoint.edu/dod-3-0-rebo...