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Why Historical Context Matters in Strategic Competition
Why Historical Context Matters in Strategic Competition
Digital wargaming is gaining momentum across defense and beyond.

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What Questions Are Wargames Designed to Answer?
What Questions Are Wargames Designed to Answer?
A simulation and a wargame may examine the same problem. They are unlikely to answer the same question.
Preparing for the Predictable: Why Familiar Acquisition Risks Continue to Resurface
Preparing for the Predictable: Why Familiar Acquisition Risks Continue to Resurface

Listen to this article: 00:00 The acquisition community has spent decades studying schedule delays, cost growth, technology maturity challenges, and industrial capacity constraints. Yet many

Rethinking Maritime Prepositioning for Contested Environments
Rethinking Maritime Prepositioning for Contested Environments

Listen to this article: 00:00 Mark Schouten, an analyst at SPA For decades, maritime prepositioning depended on a basic assumption: forces would be able to

SPA FOCUS: Gaming to Win: Expanding the Role of Digital Wargaming
Gaming to Win: Expanding the Role of Digital Wargaming
Digital wargaming is gaining momentum across defense and beyond.
Cybersecurity in 2027 and Beyond: Why Complexity Is the Real Challenge
Cybersecurity in 2027 and Beyond: Why Complexity Is the Real Challenge

Listen to this FOCUS: SPA Perspectives post here: 00:00 https://youtu.be/V9NYvd427yg?si=Itzehp_jrtnADnuR At WEST 2026, SPA Cyber Fellow Keegan Mills joined senior Navy and Marine Corps cyber

Workforce Mobility Employee Spotlight: Alex Schmid
Workforce Mobility Employee Spotlight: Alex Schmid

00:00 Available now on: Back to Blog Post When Alex Schmid joined Systems Planning & Analysis (SPA), she expected to build technical modeling skills. What

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