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The People Problem in Rare Earths
Closing the U.S. rare earths gap with China starts with human capital
Jun 18
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Blake McFalls
18
3
Don’t Let China Buy Into America’s Industrial Future
Chinese capital and firms should remain outside of America’s advanced manufacturing buildout.
Jun 4
•
Nadia Schadlow's The Overview
19
4
Eight Years Before the First Shot
The strongest partnerships are built long before the crisis.
Jun 2
•
Daryl Wieland
21
May 2026
The Death of the Business System
Business systems are warfighting systems. Why don’t we treat them like it?
May 28
•
Greg Little
,
Aaron Jaffe
, and
Aaron
22
3
The Last Mile of Reindustrialization Is Real Estate
State and local governments play a critical - and overlooked - role in what gets built
May 21
•
Ken Biberaj
27
3
Cleaning House
Legacy defense firms and startups lock horns in the battle to restore the West's arsenals.
May 19
•
Blake Seitz
32
3
Avoidable Surprises
Lessons from Iran on forecasting and preparing for emerging threats.
May 12
•
Dominic Ventimiglia
and
Jarrett Lane
23
2
Building the WAR MACHINE
Why the next fight will be won between the factory floor and the foxhole
May 6
•
Greg Little
,
Shyam Sankar
,
Madeline Hart
, and
Blake Seitz
39
8
April 2026
Scharnhorst and the Rebirth of Prussia
He was a voice crying in the wilderness. Emergency turned him into a hero.
Apr 30
•
Peter Mitchell
14
Five Proposals for Mobilization—And the History that Backs Them Up
FAI’s creative proposals for the Department of War cut through the Gordian knot of defense reform
Apr 16
•
Shyam Sankar
and
Madeline Hart
27
5
Why Didn't Germany Win World War II?
And what lessons can the United States apply to today's defense industrial contests?
Apr 14
27
6
Start Where You Stand
A bottom-up approach to rebuilding America’s industrial commons—one procurement decision at a time.
Apr 9
•
Lucas Cristaldi
and
Matt Brien
16
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