Chad Williamson

When President Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, the agenda will focus on hard issues including Taiwan, trade, technology, military stability,...

Defense is eating the world. Nearly fifteen years after Marc Andreessen published his legendary op-ed, Why Software Is Eating the World —August 20,...

Brendan Sargeant and the Courage to Imagine Differently I never met Brendan Sargeant. But by the end of Strategic Imagination , I felt as though I had...

Before a warrior learns to lead, they must learn to think. Before they learn to command, they must learn to reflect.

How Pete Hegseth Is Reframing American Strength for an Era of Shared Power “Those who long for peace, must prepare for war. ” — Platoon motto of...

Narrative Operators for Nuanced Terrain “We have a vision of what our warrior looks like… a guy who’s six-foot-five, who can lift mountains. I’m not...

SOF Week 2025 Day Four—Closing the Week with Clarity, Commitment, and Cognitive Edge By the fourth and final day of SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, the tempo...

By day three of SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, the real insight isn’t just on stage—it’s in the margins. It comes from a moment in a hallway.

Day 2 at SOF Week and the Quiet Battle Within Day 2 of SOF Week 2025 began with fire and ended with reflection. The morning keynote from Secretary of...

If there was a single word that defined the opening day of SOF Week 2025 in Tampa, it wasn’t one that the average American keeps in their vocabulary....