National Capability Framework
Mapping the Capability Frontier. Power, Capability Tiers and Pareto Domination.
Mapping national capability through Pareto frontiers, revealing structural strengths, constraints, and power tiers beyond weighted indices.
Global Institute for National Capability
Artificial Intelligence
Building Synthetic Expert Panels for National Capability Analysis
How GINC uses synthetic expert simulation to rigorously test and refine national capability measurement before human validation.
Artificial Intelligence
Synthetic Simulation as a Hypothesis-Building Instrument in National Capability Research
Why Global Institute for National Capability uses synthetic expert simulation to rigorously test national capability frameworks before empirical validation.
Photonic Sensors
Photonic Sensors: Measuring the Physical World Through Light to Power Modern National Capability
Using light to sense, measure, and secure the physical world, photonic sensors are becoming a foundational technology for national security, critical infrastructure resilience, advanced industry, and next-generation healthcare.
Space
🇷🇺 Russia’s Baikonur Breakdown: What the Launchpad Mishap Reveals About Its Space Future
The Soyuz launchpad failure at Baikonur exposes deep structural weaknesses in Russia’s space program and raises hard questions about its long‑term role in human spaceflight.
Submarines
🇰🇷 South Korea, the 🇺🇸 United States and the New Nuclear Submarine–Fuel Bargain
Washington’s approval for South Korean nuclear-powered submarines and a 50–50 enrichment joint venture deepens alliance cooperation while sharpening questions over autonomy, latency and non‑proliferation.
Insights
Triads. The Quiet Power Geometry of the 21st Century
How three-country alliances are quietly reshaping global power, strategy, and the future of international cooperation.
National Defense Strategies
The Future of Defence: Accelerating Transformation in an Era of Ubiquitous Sensing
Deterrence and victory will hinge on software speed, resilient networks, and affordable mass.
Intelligence
The Changing Nature of Intelligence: From Ancient Craft to Algorithmic Ecosystem
Intelligence is evolving from a secret state craft into a global, data-driven ecosystem where insight, not access, defines advantage.
China
🇨🇳 China’s Fujian Aircraft Carrier: A Turning Point in Maritime Power Projection
China’s new Fujian aircraft carrier signals a bold step toward global naval power, blending technological ambition with strategic intent.
United States
🇺🇸 From Fiction to Force Posture: Nuclear Command, Control, and Credibility in the American Defense Architecture
A sharp geopolitical analysis of Netflix’s A House of Dynamite, this piece separates cinematic fiction from nuclear reality—examining U.S. deterrence posture, decision-making structures, and the limits of homeland missile defense in the face of a dramatized nuclear strike.
China
🇨🇳 China's massive military parade and national capability demonstration.
Beijing’s V-Day parade blends hard-power advances with alliance optics and WWII memory—signaling deterrence and a confident, multipolar China.