Defense & Strategic Studies Online
Online journal of the
School of Defense and Strategic Studies
Reynolds College of the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
Missouri State University
DASSO is the online journal of MSU's
Defense and Strategic Studies Program
Dr. Ford became DASSO's founding editor-in-chief in 2024.
The journal may be reached at [email protected].
(New Paradigms Forum is entirely independent of DASSO,
but is happy to give readers access to the journal's content.)
Volume 1, Number 1 (Autumn 2024)
Welcome to Defense & Strategic Studies Online
The Ties that Bind: A Data-Driven Analysis of Oceania's Dependency on China
The Impact of Sea Versus Land Power in a Taiwan Conflict
The Weaponization of Integrity: How the West's Enemies Try to Leverage its Ethics Against It
Volume 1, Number 2 (Winter 2025)
Rebutting Sino-Russian Political Discourse and Getting Rights Right
The Strategic Culture of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
Snapping Back and Looking Forward: A New Old Approach to the Iran Nuclear Crisis
A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Volume 1, Number 3 (Spring 2025)
Cybernetics and Comprehensive National Power: The Grand Strategy of China's National Rejuvenation'"
Small Modular Reactors: Securing American Military Energy in an Era of Vulnerability and Demand
Lessons from Small-State Deterrence: Europe and the Nazis, 1937-44
Volume 1, Number 4 (Summer 2025)
Thinking About Strategy in an Artificial Superintelligence Arms Race
The Post-Truth Information Environment, Artificial Intelligence, and International Security: Initial Scenarios
From Traditional to Tactical: The Evolution of Female Terrorists in the PIRA and ISIS
The Underappreciated Problem of Religious Ideology in Nuclear Proliferation
Volume 2, Number 1 (Autumn 2025)
Defense and Strategic Studies at MSU: Security Sensibility and Strategic DNA
My Journey with the Defense and Strategic Studies Program
Defense and Strategic Studies: A Brief History
Transcending the Academic Haze: or How I Learned to Learn about the Bomb
"By National Security Professionals, For National Security Professionals"
Volume 2, Number 2 (Winter 2026)
Marxing America Great Again: Marxist Discourse in Right-Wing Populism and the Future of Geopolitics
The "4D Directive": Confronting the Fentanyl Crisis as a National Security Threat
Reinforce the Gates: Expanded Roles for U.S. Homeland Missile Defense in the 21st Century
