May 21, 2025 · Warfare and Military Operations RAND researchers examine military and national security issues across a broad spectrum—from political dissent and military training to tactical …

The Future of Warfare in 2030: Project Overview and Conclusions Who will the United States fight against and who will fight with it? Where will these future conflicts be fought? What will future …

Jul 3, 2025 · How will artificial intelligence (AI) change how militaries fight and win wars? The authors evaluate how AI could reshape four foundational building block competitions in military …

Jan 14, 2025 · The United States should address broader national security risks beyond terrorism by consolidating irregular warfare capabilities under a new Cabinet-level agency, similar to …

Nov 24, 2025 · The war in Ukraine has revealed a critical weakness in NATO's defenses: electromagnetic warfare (EW). While Russia dominates this invisible battlespace, Ukraine is …

Apr 5, 2018 · The authors examine historical antecedents of political warfare and current-day practices through in-depth case studies of Russia, Iran, and the Islamic State. They use these …

Feb 1, 2018 · The People's Liberation Army's approach to training, organizing, and equipping for modern warfare over the past two decades has been influenced by systems thinking. It now …

With an almost infinite number of possible trends that could shape the future of warfare and only a finite amount of space for this report, we applied three limiting factors to select the trends on …

Aug 26, 2020 · The Future of Warfare in 2030: Project Overview and Conclusions This report is the overview in a series that seeks to answer questions about the future of warfare, including …

Overarching Findings and Recommendations report synthesizes and summarizes findings from two companion reports, Proxy War-fare in Strategic Competition: State Motivations and Future …