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 …

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 Britain's …

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 cases to derive …

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 learning …

May 11, 2020 · This report is the overview in a series that seeks to answer questions about the future of warfare, including who might be the United States' adversaries and allies, where conflicts will be …

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 who might …

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 which we focus.

Oct 12, 2023 · Psychological warfare involves the planned use of propaganda and other psychological operations to influence the opinions, emotions, attitudes, and behavior of opposition groups. RAND …

Aug 26, 2025 · Cyber warfare involves the actions by a nation-state or international organization to attack and attempt to damage another nation's computers or information networks through, for …