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White Paper: Accelerating Industrial Base Issues from Operation Epic Fury
By: Michael Morford Download PDF Strategic Lessons from Operation Epic Fury for U.S. Defense Production, Allied Integration, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction A Policy Analysis By Michael
What Secretary Hegseth Got Right—and Missed—in His Call for Acquisition Reform
By: Michael Morford Download PDF What Secretary Hegseth Got Right—and Missed—in His Call for Acquisition Reform Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s remarks last Friday on
White Paper: Civilian Industrial Reserve Forces (CIRF)
By: Michael Morford Download PDF Civilian Industrial Response Forces (CIRF) A National Surge Workforce for the Modern Era Background: The Proven Guard & Reserve Model
White Paper: What Large Language Models Can’t Do (Yet)
By: Michael Morford Download PDF What Large Language Models Can’t Do (Yet) A Practical Guide for DOD Leaders Understanding the Invisible Limitations of ChatGPT, Ask
Press Release: ASPI USA, Knudsen Institute, and Oklahoma Institutions Align to Operationalize Oklahoma Chair
Creation of the ASPI USA Oklahoma Chair for Strategic Policy and International Engagement Building on a series of strategic partnerships across Oklahoma, the Knudsen Institute
Best Track Paper Runner-up at IISE 2025 Modeling & Simulation Division
Congratulations to Binoy Debnath, Zahra Pourfarash and of course Knudsen’s own Bhairavsingh Ghorpade for your paper titled “Integrating Reverse Engineering and Life Expectancy Analysis in