From the Lab
CAGS produces original research designed for academic, practitioners and policymakers alike. Our papers are built to be used.
The Literature Behind the Work
Our work does not emerge from a vacuum. These are the books, reports, and papers that continue to shape how CAGS thinks about strategy, power, AI, and the future of statecraft.
Grand Strategy
On Grand Strategy - John Lewis Gaddis
What Good Is Grand Strategy? - Hal Brands
American Diplomacy - George F. Kennan
The Making of Strategy - Murray, Knox & Bernstein, eds.
Purpose and Power - Donald Stoker
Impact of AI on Strategy & National Security
Four Battlegrounds - Paul Scharre
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit - Kissinger, Schmidt & Huttenlocher
AI and National Security - Gregory Allen & Taniel Chan — Belfer Center
Final Report - National Security Commission on AI (NSCAI)
Simulation & Gaming
The Art of Wargaming - Peter Perla
Simulating War - Philip Sabin
Next-Generation Wargaming for the U.S. Marine Corps - RAND Corporation
War Games - Thomas B. Allen
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