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The Last Mile of Reindustrialization Is Real Estate
State and local governments play a critical - and overlooked - role in what gets built
8 hrs ago
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Ken Biberaj
12
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Cleaning House
Legacy defense firms and startups lock horns in the battle to restore the West's arsenals.
May 19
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Blake Seitz
26
2
Avoidable Surprises
Lessons from Iran on forecasting and preparing for emerging threats.
May 12
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Dominic Ventimiglia
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Jarrett Lane
21
2
Building the WAR MACHINE
Why the next fight will be won between the factory floor and the foxhole
May 6
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Greg Little
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Shyam Sankar
,
Madeline Hart
, and
Blake Seitz
36
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April 2026
Scharnhorst and the Rebirth of Prussia
He was a voice crying in the wilderness. Emergency turned him into a hero.
Apr 30
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Peter Mitchell
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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
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Shyam Sankar
and
Madeline Hart
26
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Why Didn't Germany Win World War II?
And what lessons can the United States apply to today's defense industrial contests?
Apr 14
26
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Start Where You Stand
A bottom-up approach to rebuilding America’s industrial commons—one procurement decision at a time.
Apr 9
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Lucas Cristaldi
and
Matt Brien
15
The Founders Offset: Why Entrepreneurs are the Key to Victory in the Global Tech Race
America does not need to out-China China. It needs to be more American, not less.
Apr 1
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Evan Loomis
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Jordan Blashek
, and
Morgan Hitzig
36
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March 2026
The 1-to-100 Trap
Why defense can't scale innovation.
Mar 26
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Stuart Lodge
28
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Mobilization Day
Announcing the release of our book Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III
Mar 17
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Shyam Sankar
and
Madeline Hart
42
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The Man Who Taught the Navy to Shoot
William Sims's 'gross act of insubordination' led to a revolution in American naval gunnery.
Mar 12
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Max Streeter
27
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