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Options to Improve the Security Situation in Nigeria
March 20, 2026
Options to Counter Islamist Militancy in the Sahel Region
March 7, 2026
Options for Venezuela to Counter United States Actions in the Caribbean
January 6, 2026
Options for Continuing to Prepare for a Chinese Invasion of Taiwan in 2028 and Beyond
October 22, 2025
Options to Mitigate Effects from Houthi Attacks on International Trade
July 13, 2025
Options for Russia Following the Special Military Operation in Ukraine
April 10, 2025
Options for Reorganizing Information-centric Organizations
April 3, 2025
Options to Respond to Nuclear Proliferation in the Middle East
March 26, 2025
Options to Combat Human Trafficking Networks in Brazil
March 19, 2025
Options to Create a Meaningful U.S. National Security Strategy
February 8, 2025
Options to Address the Illicit Trade of Pangolins
February 2, 2025
Options to Respond to the Deposal of Bashar al-Assad by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham
January 17, 2025
Options to Increase Recruiter Proficiency Through Human Networking
November 26, 2024
Options for Non-Kinetic Interventions to Nigeria’s Security Challenges
July 22, 2024
U.S. Options to Prioritize Non-Kinetic Competition to Counter the People’s Republic of China
July 1, 2024
Options for the U.S. Achieving Carbon Neutrality in the Time of the Global Competition
June 24, 2024
Chinese Activities in the South China Sea
June 17, 2024
Nagorno-Karabakh Options
May 27, 2024
Cyber in Area Denial in Littoral Environments
May 6, 2024
Using Cyber Operations to Achieve Cognitive Domain Impact
April 29, 2024
Chinese Activities in Kiribati
April 8, 2024
Options for Reintegrating Irregular Forces into Stability Operations During Large-Scale Combat Operations
April 1, 2024
The Options Remaining for Israel to Defeat Hamas
March 25, 2024
Options for Japan to Strengthen its Energy Security Through Alternatives to Middle East Oil
March 18, 2024
U.S. Options for a Potential Invasion of Taiwan by the People’s Republic of China
March 11, 2024
Advising the Next President of the United States: Options for Countering Russian Disinformation
February 26, 2024
The New Memorandum of Understanding to Ensure a Qualitative Military Edge for Israel in 2028
February 19, 2024
Options to Address Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s Increasingly Hostile Ballistic Missile Tests Towards Japan
February 12, 2024
Options for a Post-War Future for Gaza
January 29, 2024
Options for the United States regarding Piratical Attacks against Commercial Shipping in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
January 8, 2024
Options for the United States to Counter China’s Multi-Pronged Offensives in Taiwan
August 7, 2023
Options for Taiwan’s Response to a Conventional Missile Strike by the People’s Republic of China
May 22, 2023
Options for the United States to Arm Anti-Assad Factions in Syria with Defensive Weapons
March 6, 2023
Options for Ukraine to Defend Civilian Centers from Russian Strikes
October 31, 2022
Options for the U.S. to Approach India as a Fellow Superpower
June 27, 2022
Options for Defining the Next U.S. Defense Challenge
May 23, 2022
Options for the U.S. Army to Build More Combat Condition Resilient Soldiers
May 16, 2022
U.S. Army Options to Regain Land Power Dominance
April 18, 2022
Options to Modify Title 10 U.S. Code to Improve U.S. Security Force Assistance
April 4, 2022
Options to Mitigate Cognitive Threats
March 7, 2022
Options to Address Disinformation as a Cognitive Threat to the United States
February 14, 2022
Options to Address the Risk from Elected Officials Concurrently in the National Guard or Reserves
January 31, 2022
Options to Counter Foreign Influence Operations Targeting Servicemember and Veterans
January 3, 2022
Options to Make COVID19 Lessons Learned Permanent at the United Kingdom’s Intermediate Command and Staff Course (Land)
October 11, 2021
Options to Counter Russia’s Wagner Group in Africa
October 4, 2021
Space, Climate, and Comprehensive Defense Options Below the Threshold of War
September 13, 2021
Options to Increase Diversity by Forging Pathways into the Wargaming Profession
June 28, 2021
Organizing for Large-Scale Maritime Combat Operations
May 3, 2021
Options for a Dedicated Stability Operations Force Supporting Large Scale Combat Operations
April 26, 2021
Assessing the Value of the Lariat Advance Exercise Relative to the Louisiana Maneuvers for Preparing the U.S. Army for Large-Scale Combat Operations
April 19, 2021
Options to Ensure the Best Indo-Pacific Policy in the U.S. Department of Defense
April 12, 2021
Options to Build U.S. Army Headquarters Elements for Large Scale Combat Operations
April 5, 2021
Options to Apply Cold War-Like Security Institutions to the Indo-Pacific
March 15, 2021
The Merits and Perils of Containment: Assessing the American View of the Chinese Challenge
February 15, 2021
Options for the U.S. Towards Pakistan
February 8, 2021
Can You Have it All? – Options for Readying for Both Stability and Large Scale Combat Operations
January 20, 2021
Options to Prioritize People and Improve Readiness: Decreasing OPTEMPO to Increase Learning
January 4, 2021
Options to Improve U.S. Army Ground Combat Platform Research and Development
November 23, 2020
U.S. Options for Countering the Belt and Road Initiative in Africa
November 4, 2020
Options to Decrease Trade Tensions Between the U.S. and China
October 28, 2020
Options for the U.S. to Counter China’s Disruptive Economic Activities
October 26, 2020
U.S. Options for Subversion within China
October 21, 2020
Below Threshold Options for China against the U.S.
October 19, 2020
Options for Taiwan to Better Compete with China
October 14, 2020
Assessment of Sino-Russian Strategic Competition in Africa
October 12, 2020
Options for Altering Global Energy Developments to America’s Advantage and China’s Disadvantage
October 7, 2020
Minerals, Minds, and Accommodation: U.S. Options Against China
September 30, 2020
U.S. Below War Threshold Options Against China
September 21, 2020
Options to Manage the 2020 Election Cyber Threat Landscape
September 18, 2020
Alternative Future: Options to Address China’s Reaction to COVID-19 and Growing Anti-Chinese Sentiment
September 16, 2020
Options for Ukraine to Address the Impact of the Nord Stream 2 Gas Pipeline
August 26, 2020
Alternative History: Options Other than the Doolittle Raid to Strike Japan After Pearl Harbor
August 19, 2020
Assessing the Dependency of U.S. Below Threshold Competition on Department of State Modernization
August 5, 2020
Options for African Nations Regarding Economic Collaboration with the U.S. and China
July 27, 2020
Options for the United States to Compete with China Below the Threshold of Armed Conflict
July 8, 2020
A Wicked Cultural Problem: Options for Combating New Tribalism in 2035
July 6, 2020
Options for a Five Eyes Response to Below Threshold Competition with China
July 1, 2020
U.S. Options for a Consistent Response to Cyberattacks
June 29, 2020
Options for the Deployment of Robots on the Battlefield
June 24, 2020
Options for the U.S. to Wage Conflict in the Cognitive Domain
June 22, 2020
U.S. Aircraft Basing Options in Competition and Conflict with China
May 27, 2020
Options for a United States Counterterrorism Strategy in Africa
May 4, 2020
U.S. Army Options for Professional Military Education Amidst COVID-19
April 20, 2020
Options to Penetrate Adversary Anti Access / Area Denial (A2/AD) Systems
March 30, 2020
Options for a Consistent U.S. Approach to Humanitarian Intervention
February 24, 2020
U.S. Options to Combat Chinese Technological Hegemony
February 10, 2020
Options for a Joint Support Service
February 3, 2020
Options for Deterrence Below Armed Conflict
December 23, 2019
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics’ Options to Counter the 1941 German Invasion
October 24, 2019
U.S. Options to Respond to North Vietnam’s 1973 Violations of the Paris Peace Accords
October 21, 2019
Germany’s Options in the First Moroccan Crisis
September 19, 2019
Assessment of Nationalism in Bosnia and its Ramifications for Foreign Intervention
September 12, 2019
Options for New Zealand’s National Security Posture
September 2, 2019
Options for the Nigerian Air Force to go on the Offensive in the Counterinsurgency War
July 22, 2019
Options for U.S. Use of Private Military and Security Companies
July 15, 2019
Options for the U.S. Department of Defense to Balance Peer Competition with Military Operations Other Than War
July 1, 2019
Options for Maintaining Counterinsurgency Capabilities in the Great Power Era
June 27, 2019
Options for Europe to Address Climate Refugee Migration
May 27, 2019
Assessment of the Operational Implications of 21st Century Subterranean Conflict
May 8, 2019
Options to Bridge the U.S. Department of Defense – Silicon Valley Gap with Cyber Foreign Area Officers
April 15, 2019
An Assessment of the Threat Posed by Increased Nationalist Movements in Europe
April 15, 2019
Options to Address U.S. Federal Government Budget Process Dysfunction
April 8, 2019
Options for the West to Address Russia’s Unconventional Tactics
March 25, 2019
Options for Peace in the Continuing War in Afghanistan
March 10, 2019
Alternative Futures: United Kingdom Options in Venezuela
February 11, 2019
Options for the U.S. Middle East Strategic Alliance
January 8, 2019
Options for Countering the Rise of Chinese Private Military Contractors
December 24, 2018
Great Britain’s Options After Departing the European Union
November 26, 2018
Options at the Battle of Leyte Gulf
November 12, 2018
Options for Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems and the Five Eyes Alliance
October 29, 2018
Alternative Futures: Argentina Attempts a Second Annexation of the Falkland Islands
October 15, 2018
Assessment of Russia’s Cyber Relations with the U.S. and its Allies
October 1, 2018
Alternative Futures: U.S. Options for a Chinese Invasion of North Korea (Part 3 of 3)
September 10, 2018
Alternative Futures: South Korea Options for a Chinese Invasion of North Korea (Part 2 of 3)
September 3, 2018
Alternative Futures: North Korea Options for a Chinese Invasion (Part 1 of 3)
August 27, 2018
Alternative Futures: Options for the Deployment of Iraqi Peacekeepers
August 6, 2018
U.S. Options for Responding to Sharp Power Threats
July 30, 2018
Divergent Trajectories for U.S. Military Power
July 23, 2018
Options to Manage the Risks of Integrating Artificial Intelligence into National Security and Critical Industry Organizations
July 2, 2018
Options for U.S. Naval Force Posture in East Africa
May 21, 2018
Options to Address Terrorism Financing in Australia
May 7, 2018
Episode 0003: Military Planning Constructs (The Smell of Victory Podcast by Divergent Options)
May 2, 2018
Options for Decentralized Local Defence Forces in Iraq & Afghanistan
April 23, 2018
Options to Manage the Kingdom of Saudia Arabia’s Nuclear Ambitions
March 26, 2018
Options for the U.S. to Deter China in the East & South China Seas
March 12, 2018
Options for the Strategic Goals of the Royal Canadian Navy
March 12, 2018
China’s Options Towards the (Re)emerging Quadrilateral Security Dialogue
March 5, 2018
Options to Build Local Capabilities to Stabilise the Lake Chad Region
March 5, 2018
Call for Papers: The Pacific
March 3, 2018
Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? Options for the U.S. Presence in Syria
February 26, 2018
Options for Streamlining U.S. Department of Defense Decision Making
December 4, 2017
Options for U.S. National Service
November 20, 2017
Victory Over the Potomac: Alternatives to Inevitable Strategic Failure
October 9, 2017
Options for Constitutional Change in Afghanistan
September 25, 2017
U.S. Options for Basing Forces to Deter North Korea
September 18, 2017
Options for U.S. National Guard Defense of Cyberspace
September 4, 2017
Great Power Interaction: United States Options Towards Iran
August 7, 2017
United States’ Options to North Korea Missile Development
July 31, 2017
People’s Republic of China Options Toward North Korea
July 24, 2017
Options for a Future Strategy for the Afghan Taliban
July 17, 2017
Options for United States Military Assistance to the Kurdistan Regional Government in Northern Iraq
July 10, 2017
Options for Avoiding U.S. Complicity for Coalition War Crimes in Yemen
June 29, 2017
Options for Next Generation Blue Force Biometrics
June 26, 2017
Authorization for the Use of Military Force Options
June 22, 2017
Options to Counter Piracy in the Horn of Africa
June 19, 2017
U.S. Options to Address a Growing People’s Republic of China Army (Navy)
June 15, 2017
Hamas Policy Options Amidst Regional & Internal Change
June 12, 2017
Options for Paying Ransoms to Advanced Persistent Threat Actors
June 8, 2017
Options for Defining “Acts of War” in Cyberspace
June 5, 2017
“Do You Have A Flag?” – Egyptian Political Upheaval & Cyberspace Attribution
June 1, 2017
U.S. Options to Develop a Cyberspace Influence Capability
May 29, 2017
Evolution of U.S. Cyber Operations and Information Warfare
May 25, 2017
Cyber Vulnerabilities in U.S. Law Enforcement & Public Safety Communication Networks
May 22, 2017
U.S. Diplomacy Options for Security & Adaptability in Cyberspace
May 18, 2017
Options for Private Sector Hacking Back
May 15, 2017
Options to Deter Cyber-Intrusions into Non-Government Computers
May 11, 2017
Trump Administration Options Towards Iran
May 8, 2017
Options for Bougainville Independence
May 4, 2017
Options for United States Intelligence Community Analytical Tools
May 1, 2017
Options for Managing Xinjiang Uighur Ethnic Tensions
April 27, 2017
70th Anniversary Writing Contest: Options for a New U.S. National Security Act
April 24, 2017
Options to Evolve U.S. Law Enforcement and Public Safety Training
April 24, 2017
Islamic State Options: Pivot towards Australia
April 20, 2017
Options for U.S. Sanctions Towards Russia for Aggression in Ukraine
April 17, 2017
U.S. Options for Regime Change in Syria
April 13, 2017
America First Foreign Policy in the South China Sea
April 10, 2017
U.S. Options for the People’s Republic of China’s Maritime Militias
April 6, 2017
Options for the People’s Republic of China following the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1996
April 3, 2017
South China Sea Options: An Alternative Route
March 30, 2017
U.S. Partnership Options in the South China Sea
March 27, 2017
Options for the Philippines in the South China Sea
March 23, 2017
U.S. Options Towards a Rising People’s Republic of China
March 20, 2017
South China Sea Options: The Road to Taiwan
March 16, 2017
Options for Singapore in the South China Sea
March 13, 2017
Anti-Access / Area Denial Options in the South China Sea
March 9, 2017
South China Sea: Continuous U.S. Presence or a new Law of the Sea Treaty
March 6, 2017
Options to Arm Volunteer Territorial Defense Battalions in Ukraine
March 2, 2017
Government of Iraq Options for Islamic State Detainees
February 27, 2017
Options for Mexico with the Trump Administration
February 9, 2017
U.S. Options for Israel: Accept or Reject Settlement Activities
February 6, 2017
Israel Options: Continue Expansion or Recognize Palestine
February 2, 2017
One State & Two State Options in Israel & Palestine
January 30, 2017
Options for the Baltic States in an Uncertain Security Environment
January 26, 2017
Options to Increase Arab Middle East Stability Through Economic Investment
January 19, 2017
Syria Options: U.S. Grand Strategy
January 16, 2017
Syria Options: Refugee Preparation & Resettlement
January 12, 2017
Egyptian Syriana: A Gulf-Funded Russian Roulette
January 9, 2017
Syria Options: Russian Naval Activity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea
January 5, 2017
Syria Options: Safe Zone
January 2, 2017
Syria Options: Involving China as a Major Broker in Syria Peace Talks
December 29, 2016
Syria Options: No Fly Zone & Syrians Rebuilding Syria Program
December 26, 2016
Syria Options: Military & Political Pressure
December 22, 2016
Syria Options: No Fly Zone & Remove Assad
December 19, 2016
Red Team Options for Syria: The Fall of Raqqa, Syria from an Islamic State Perspective
December 15, 2016
Options for Turkey in Syria
December 12, 2016
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