The War Series

Outlook 2026-08

Tactical datalinks: why they matter to the future of war

Outlook 07 2026

Betting on blue: how to improve NATO military forecasting for acquisitions

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Two to tango: Russian-Iranian drone cooperation

NDC Outlook 03-2025: Playing the long game - Russia in the Mediterranean, by Giangiuseppe Pili, Alessio Armenzoni, Gary C. Kessler and Diane M. Zorri

Playing the long game – Russia in the Mediterranean

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Controlling the danger: managing the risks of AI-enabled nuclear systems

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Inequality kills: on Russian combat ineffectiveness in Ukraine and beyond

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The new NATO Force Model: ready for launch?

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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee – How Allies adapt to drones

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NATO and a Taiwan contingency

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Who controls the past controls the future – How Russia uses history for cognitive warfare

The War Series

Focuses on possible trajectories of ongoing or possible future conflicts, including how and where actors fight.
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Imitation, innovation, disruption: challenges to NATO's superiority in military technology
1.42 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 25 – December 2019
Andrea Gilli and Mauro Gilli

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Fighting “Men in Jeans” in the grey zone between peace and war
1.65 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 18 - August 2019
Peter Braun

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Russia’s Military Posture in the Arctic Managing Hard Power in a “Low Tension” Environment
4.32 MB

NDC Research Paper
NATO Defense College
No. 04 July 2019
Mathieu Boulègue

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In the Service of Russiawar,
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Russian Studies No. 05 - June 2019
Gudrun PERSSON
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The necessary adaptation of NATO’s military instrument of power
1.38 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 14 - June 2019
Jan Broeks

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What NATO’s counter-terrorism strategy?
1.55 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 12 - May 2019
Kris Quanten

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General Gerasimov on the Vectors of the Development of Military Strategy
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Russian Studies No. 04 - March 2019
Dave JOHNSON
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The Great War legacy for NATO
1.29 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 04 - November 2018
Ian Hope

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Projecting stability in practice? NATO’s new training mission in Iraq
1.28 MB

NDC Policy Brief No. 02 - October 2018
Kevin Koehler