Monday, February 9, 2026
Policy Paper Release
Strategic Attack: Maintaining the Air Force’s Capacity to Deny Enemy Sanctuaries
Authors and Gen. Tim Ray discuss the topic of enemy sanctuaries and what is required for a war-winning strategy.
Tuesday, December 9, 2025
Policy Paper Release
Charting a Path to Space Superiority: The Cross-Domain Imperative
Securing space superiority is a joint warfighting imperative for the U.S. military. This paper details why and what space-focused institutional, operational, and cultural changes are required to meet rising threats from China and Russia.
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Policy Paper Release
It’s Time to Invest: Enhancing Current and Future U.S. Air Force Airlift
The Air Force must develop and commit to a plan that will restore the nation’s mobility backbone, its air mobility fleet.
Friday, August 29, 2025
Policy Paper Release
Disconnected by Design: Fifth- and Sixth-Generation Aircraft in Disaggregated Collaborative Air Operations
Gen. Tod D. Wolters, USAF (Ret.) and the Mitchell Institute discuss new warfighting concepts with fifth-generation and sixth-generation aircraft that can achieve decisive effects forward in highly contested areas.
Thursday, September 4, 2025
Policy Paper Release
Homeland Sanctuary Lost: Urgent Actions to Secure the Arctic Flank
The rollout for this paper featured a conversation with Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, USAF (Ret.) and the Mitchell Institute about the state of the U.S. Arctic domain and the need for the nation to rebuild its northern tier defenses.
Monday, March 31, 2025
Policy Paper Release
Setting the Nuclear Deterrence Record Straight: Commanders’ Perspectives
Former U.S. Strategic Command commanders, Gen Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (Ret.), Gen. Robert Kehler USAF (Ret.) and Adm. Charles A. Richard USN (Ret.) set the record straight on nuclear deterrence. Given Russia’s nuclear saber rattling, China’s nuclear break-out, and America’s nuclear triad reset, this conversation is more important than ever.