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What are the implications of stress-testing U.S. war plans for national security and international relations?

The U.S. military spends billions trying to predict what its adversaries will do — and almost nothing testing whether its own plans make sense. In part, this asymmetry reflects the decline of red teaming, the practice of systematically challenging plans to expose biases, blind spots, and weak assumptions before they become operational liabilities. As U.S. adversaries become more sophisticated and the Department of Defense integrates AI into planning, restoring systematic self-critique isn’t optional — it’s urgent.Restoring red teaming will require updating how it was practiced in the past. There are four possible ways to make this happen: train all planners The post Who Stress-Tests U.S. War Plans? appeared first on War on the Rocks

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What are the best ways countries can work together to keep the Hormuz Strait open for shipping?

British foreign minister Yvette Cooper stressed Thursday the "urgent need" to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and slammed Iran's "recklessness" as she convened a meeting of some 40 countries on the vital shipping route. Cooper said Iran's blockading of the waterway was "hitting our global economic security" as she kicked off the virtual meeting of international allies. The strait has been virtually closed since the US-Israeli war against Iran started on February 28, impacting global supplies of important commodities including oil, liquid natural gas, and fertiliser

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