Examine the Iranian Crisis through GNSI Resources

Iran, specifically, and the Middle East, generally, have been the focus of much analysis and research at GNSI. Here's a compilation of much of our work and other resources to help you better understand the current situation in the region.

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Headline Speakers Announced for GNSI Tampa Summit 6

The conference is less than three weeks away and the lineup of speakers for Cracks in the Lamp: Freeing the Nuclear Genie is one of the best groups we've ever put together.

• General (Ret) Frank McKenzie
• General (Ret) John Hyten
• Frank Miller
• Ambassador (Ret) Christopher Hill

Are we on the verge of another Nuclear Age? Proliferation and deterrence will be a common thread of discussion, along with a discussion about rogue nuclear states.



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GNSI Decision Brief: Intelligence, Technology and the Future of the American Republic.

GNSI Senior Research Fellow, Jeff Rogg, is one of the country's leading scholars on American intelligence. In this Brief, Rogg looks to the future, examining an American landscape in which intelligence gathering is inextricably linked with new, emerging technologies.

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Current Issue: (Vol 19, No.1)

The Digital Radical: Online Extremism, Propagation, and Terror by Design's Strategic Implications for Homeland Security The 'lone wolf' figure has long been central to counterterrorism analysis. Traditional frameworks emphasizing in-person networks or online exposure, however, fail to capture transformation of radicalization in the algorithmic age.

JSS Archives: (Volume 14, No.4)

New Under the Sun? Reframing the Gray Zone in International Security Apparent deadlines in interstate war reflect narrow definitions; gray zone strategies show enduring, lower-intensity interstate conflict, revealing continuity in states' chercive behavior rather that true disapperances.

GNSI Annual Report 2025

2025 was a year of defining achievement for GNSI: transformative programs focused on student success, dynamic research initiatives and accelerating audience growth. The GNSI team doubled down on its mission to INFORM decisionmakers, PREPARE current and future practitioners and ENABLE solutions for 21st century security challenges.

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Strategy Competition Coming to International Security Experience

20 teams will compete in the first-ever USF Undergraduate Strategy Competition. as part of the 2026 ISE. Teams from Poland will participate, along with teams from Duke, Georgetown, Arizona State, Texas A&M and many more.

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GNSI Appoints Bob Donahue to Board of Advisors

The former veteran and founder and CEO of By Light brings decades of innovation and national security experience to GNSI's strategic advisory body.

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At the Boundary

• Can Students Solve Real-World Security Crises?
• Peace in Ukraine Won't Look Like You Think
• Can American Freedom Survive the Age of AI Surveillance?
• The Hidden Security Risks Inside Artificial Intelligence

What's Really Happening?

As GNSI is preparing to host Tampa Summit 6, which focuses on the re-emergence of long dormant questions surrounding nuclear weapons, GNSI Executive Director, retired Marine Corps general Frank McKenzie, took some time to discuss the importance and relevance of two of the most iconic movies ever made on the subject: "Failsafe" and "Dr. Strangelove." It's a rare chance to look at those movies through the eyes of a 4-star general who spent many years involved in real-life, similar situations. 

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