Trump’s “One, Big Beautiful Bill” overhauls taxes and immigration—but also quietly adds $156.2B to defense, atop the Pentagon’s $848B FY26 request. Erin Dumbacher Michael C. Horowitz & I put our force development lenses back on to break it down for Council on Foreign Relations: cfr.org/expert-brief/w…

.Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz call on the United States to invest more in cheap, accurate drones—and “integrate this new generation of capabilities with its existing legacy systems.” foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

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Another great example of how the US is behind at scaling the "low" end of a high-low mix for the military, which is what we need to out compete China in the age of precise mass in war: nytimes.com/2025/07/13/bus… cc Joshua Schwartz Lauren Kahn David Hambling

Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can prepare for the future of warfare: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

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Want to hear me talk about #AI, the future of war, autonomous weapons, and more? Of course you do (maybe) - check me out on the Squaring the Circle podcast: shows.acast.com/squaring-the-c…

How can the United States adapt to the changing nature of war? Read the latest by Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and CMIST’s Joshua Schwartz in Foreign Affairs foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Listen to PWH Faculty Director Michael C. Horowitz on Squaring the Circle Podcast discussing AI, autonomous weapon systems and the future of warfare. 🎧 Listen here: shows.acast.com/squaring-the-c…

The Pentagon needs to leap ahead in scaling and fielding lower cost, precise mass systems - the LUCAS capability is hopefully a critical step forward - a low-cost, long-range, one way attack system that should have a v low price point: defence-blog.com/pentagon-showc…

Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can prepare for the future of warfare: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Fascinating paper on how AI might affect space operations. "Much like the F-35’s experimentation with collaborative aircraft, AI-enabled satellites could fly in close formation—enabling concepts such as defender satellites to protect high-value assets" cset.georgetown.edu/publication/ai…

Despite recent changes, Pentagon still not moving fast enough in scaling low cost precise mass, especially for the China challenge. Some thoughts from me in this The Japan Times article by Gabriel Dominguez japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/07/2…

The U.S. commercial space industry was built on #NASA. Its funding, test sites, and early contracts enabled the commercial boom we see today. As threats to NASA grow, we need to remember how we got here. New brief with CSET: 🧵

To read the latest on the White House's position on Nvidia and AMD's sales of chips to China, read this POLITICO piece with a quote from PWH Faculty Director Michael C. Horowitz: politico.com/newsletters/di…

“Today, operating with a mix of low-cost and high-end systems is the new combined arms warfare.” Read Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn, and Joshua Schwartz on how the United States can adapt to the changing nature of war: foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Strong recommend!

The character of war is changing and every country, including the US, needs to adapt to a world of precise mass on the battlefield

As Michael C. Horowitz, Lauren Kahn & I argue, a promising strategy would be to use cheap drones in conjunction with exquisite + stealthy assets to create synergies. To invest in a high-low mix of capabilities that would facilitate modern combined arms warfare foreignaffairs.com/united-states/…

Exciting news: GOD, GUNS, and SEDITION is out today in paperback! My @cfr_org and @columbiaUP book, co-authored with the great Bruce Hoffman, tells the story of far-right terrorism in America and beyond—a topic that sadly remains as relevant as ever. amazon.com/God-Guns-Sedit…