The U.S. Used to Make 90% of the World's Ships. Now it's Less than 1%. New GNSI Decision Brief.

American shipbuilding ruled the world's waves for decades but has now ceded that dominance to other countries. This new Decision Brief examines the fateful decline but also highlights an opportunity in the crisis.

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Two Weeks Away from the 12th Annual Cyber Beacon Conference

For the first time in its history, one of the nation's premier cybersecurity conferences will be leaving Washington, DC. The lineup of speakers for Cyber Beacon has been set and it is an all-star lineup of some of the world's leading experts.

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"The Future of Warfare" Research Initiative: A Webinar with Rob Burrell and Chris Mason

Drs. Burrell and Mason conducted a live webinar on the Study of Internal Conflicts database, as episode 2 of the FOW Research Initiative. Mason created the SOIC database, which he claims can predict with up to 100% accuracy whether a government will win or lose an insurgency.

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First Florida Security Forum to be Held November 4 at Port Tampa Bay

Florida's deepwater ports contribute over $117B each year to Florida's economy and support nearly one million jobs. These ports face innumerable threats in 2025 and each one can potentially disrupt trade, jeopardize public safety, and undermine our state’s competitiveness and resiliency.

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GNSI Decision Brief: Disarming Lebanese Hezbollah

The Brief examines three central questions: To what extent can U.S. pressure succeed in dismantling Hezbollah's military structure, under what conditions, and with what risks if the strategy fails or backfires?

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At the Boundary

• Beyond the Bullet: Is the Army's M7 Rifle the Right Choice?
• Countering the Swarm: America's Drone Deterrence Strategy
• Old Transformers, New Threats: America's Power Grid at Risk
• U.S. Naval Power at Risk? Inside America's Shipbuilding Crisis

What's Really Happening?

with retired Marine Corps General and GNSI Executive Director, Frank McKenzie

What makes a great leader? What makes a great general? While the two share many common characteristics, they are also decidedly different. We begin a multi-episode series on "The Studies of Generalship."



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