FRANKY 🇺🇸🪖🛩️ 👊🇺🇸🔥
@jaharamatisek.bsky.social
USAF Pilot; PoliSci PhD; Mil. Prof. at US NavalWarCollege; Fellow @PayneInstitute & @EuropeanResilienceInitiativeCenter; 49ers fan; Tweets ≠ DOD endorsement // My Book: https://www.rienner.com/title/Old_and_New_Battlespaces_Society_Military_Power_and_War
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Or perhaps keeping one's shoes on during the flight? @radiofreetom.bsky.social
Finally getting some theological clarity on the ethics of reclining in one’s plane seat
November 29, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Or perhaps keeping one's shoes on during the flight? @radiofreetom.bsky.social
My latest with Morgan Bazilian in @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how the U.S. can improve its defense industrial base (DIB) by improving metrics, financial incentives for midstream manufacturers & a DIB doctrine for acquisition offices and defense planners:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
Operationalizing the National Defense Industrial Strategy for great power competition
Russia is setting a rare-earth extraction roadmap; the United States must do the same to ensure military readiness.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My latest with Morgan Bazilian in @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how the U.S. can improve its defense industrial base (DIB) by improving metrics, financial incentives for midstream manufacturers & a DIB doctrine for acquisition offices and defense planners:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
Be on the lookout 🧐 for this other Donald Trump
November 13, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Be on the lookout 🧐 for this other Donald Trump
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Just up at @fpri.bsky.social ... www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Data Centers at Risk: The Fragile Core of American Power - Foreign Policy Research Institute
On October 20, 2025, a glitch at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in northern Virginia triggered more than 6.5 million website outages, disrupting
www.fpri.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Just up at @fpri.bsky.social ... www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Published a great report here with the Payne Institute team on the US industrial base and Warfighting vulnerabliyies due to the material issues and wait times around building data center infrastructure to support a modern economy and military.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
Data Centers at Risk: The Fragile Core of American Power - Foreign Policy Research Institute
On October 20, 2025, a glitch at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in northern Virginia triggered more than 6.5 million website outages, disrupting
www.fpri.org
November 11, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Published a great report here with the Payne Institute team on the US industrial base and Warfighting vulnerabliyies due to the material issues and wait times around building data center infrastructure to support a modern economy and military.
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
www.fpri.org/article/2025...
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So we can see the pitch Central Asian, Southeast Asian, and African leaders might make as to why their regions of the world should matter more to the United States. x.com/SecretaryBur...
Secretary Doug Burgum on X: "🚨 Today, @Interior and @USGS released the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, identifying 60 minerals essential to our economy, national security and way of life. 🧵 https://t.co/YUC3wFAqQf" / X
🚨 Today, @Interior and @USGS released the final 2025 List of Critical Minerals, identifying 60 minerals essential to our economy, national security and way of life. 🧵 https://t.co/YUC3wFAqQf
x.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
So we can see the pitch Central Asian, Southeast Asian, and African leaders might make as to why their regions of the world should matter more to the United States. x.com/SecretaryBur...
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My take with the Payne Institute Team with @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how important gallium is to the U.S. defense industrial base and why America needs a proactive approach to solving this choke point before China turns off the flow of it:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
Solving the US military's gallium dilemma requires turning trash into treasure
Gallium, a key metal in US defense, mostly comes from China. To ensure war readiness, the United States must diversify its supply.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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My policy recommendations on how NATO should adapt to the current Cold War 2.0 environment:
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
Strengthening NATO for Cold War 2.0 - Jeremy M. McKenzie & Jahara Matisek
North Atlantic Policy Forum (NAPF)
www.napforum.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:54 PM
My (final) likely opus article on security force assistance (SFA) with Dr. Will Reno…probably will be the last peer reviewed article I ever publish on military assistance and security cooperation since the Pentagon is killing off SFA basically:
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/secu...
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/secu...
Security Force Assistance without Strategy: A Clausewitzian Reassessment - Military Strategy Magazine
In this article, Matisek and Reno reframe Security Force Assistance as an instrument of statecraft, making it a strategic act, not a technical task. Drawing on Clausewitz and recent cases like Iraq, A...
www.militarystrategymagazine.com
October 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
My (final) likely opus article on security force assistance (SFA) with Dr. Will Reno…probably will be the last peer reviewed article I ever publish on military assistance and security cooperation since the Pentagon is killing off SFA basically:
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/secu...
www.militarystrategymagazine.com/article/secu...
My article on why the U.S. needs to lead efforts in countering adversarial seabed warfare:
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
My article on why the U.S. needs to lead efforts in countering adversarial seabed warfare:
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...
digital-commons.usnwc.edu/cgi/viewcont...
My take with the Payne Institute Team with @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how important gallium is to the U.S. defense industrial base and why America needs a proactive approach to solving this choke point before China turns off the flow of it:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
Solving the US military's gallium dilemma requires turning trash into treasure
Gallium, a key metal in US defense, mostly comes from China. To ensure war readiness, the United States must diversify its supply.
www.atlanticcouncil.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 PM
My take with the Payne Institute Team with @atlanticcouncil.bsky.social on how important gallium is to the U.S. defense industrial base and why America needs a proactive approach to solving this choke point before China turns off the flow of it:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
My policy recommendations on how NATO should adapt to the current Cold War 2.0 environment:
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
Strengthening NATO for Cold War 2.0 - Jeremy M. McKenzie & Jahara Matisek
North Atlantic Policy Forum (NAPF)
www.napforum.org
October 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My policy recommendations on how NATO should adapt to the current Cold War 2.0 environment:
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
www.napforum.org/policy-brief...
Watch & Learn about our pitch for turning a Roomba into a “Boomba”!!!
Watch the Flash Traffic Podcast for cutting edge technology updates with @jaharamatisek.bsky.social Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek (PhD)!
Listen and watch on Spotify:
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Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
Listen and watch on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe...
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
October 14, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Watch & Learn about our pitch for turning a Roomba into a “Boomba”!!!
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Watch the Flash Traffic Podcast for cutting edge technology updates with @jaharamatisek.bsky.social Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek (PhD)!
Listen and watch on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe...
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
Listen and watch on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe...
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
October 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Watch the Flash Traffic Podcast for cutting edge technology updates with @jaharamatisek.bsky.social Jahara "FRANKY" Matisek (PhD)!
Listen and watch on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe...
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
Listen and watch on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/episode/3nYe...
Watch on YouTube:
youtu.be/Lcx5KaX3GnM
My latest at @csis.org with Col Schweiker & Morgan Bazilian on how quantum sensing tech needs to be developed and integrated into the U.S. military:
www.csis.org/analysis/qua...
www.csis.org/analysis/qua...
Quantum Sensing and the Future of Warfare: Five Essential Reforms to Stay Competitive
States has ceded key technological terrain in quantum. The administration’s research and development priorities elevate quantum’s importance from fundamental science to critical technologies, but five...
www.csis.org
October 9, 2025 at 4:56 PM
My latest at @csis.org with Col Schweiker & Morgan Bazilian on how quantum sensing tech needs to be developed and integrated into the U.S. military:
www.csis.org/analysis/qua...
www.csis.org/analysis/qua...
There’s a rare earth element (controlled by 🇨🇳) that is needed to make 🇺🇸 military jet fuel - JP-8 is used across US/NATO military aviation and even for M1 Abrams Tanks. My latest in @AtlanticCouncil with the @payneinstitute Team:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
Jet fuel, China, and lanthanum: a hidden risk to US military power projection
Why it matters to the US military that China controls the global supply of lanthanum, a rare earth element used to make jet fuel
www.atlanticcouncil.org
September 18, 2025 at 12:20 AM
There’s a rare earth element (controlled by 🇨🇳) that is needed to make 🇺🇸 military jet fuel - JP-8 is used across US/NATO military aviation and even for M1 Abrams Tanks. My latest in @AtlanticCouncil with the @payneinstitute Team:
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energy...
There are 7 minerals and materials in the supply chain that China will weaponize against the U.S. economy & defense industrial base. In this article with the team at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, we identify these chokepoints that can be fixed in 2-4 years
warontherocks.com/2025/08/thes...
warontherocks.com/2025/08/thes...
These Materials Could Cripple America’s Defense Industrial Base - War on the Rocks
The Pentagon’s arsenal and defense industrial base is built on materials that China can turn off like a light switch. Growing uncertainty in critical
warontherocks.com
August 28, 2025 at 4:27 PM
There are 7 minerals and materials in the supply chain that China will weaponize against the U.S. economy & defense industrial base. In this article with the team at the Payne Institute for Public Policy, we identify these chokepoints that can be fixed in 2-4 years
warontherocks.com/2025/08/thes...
warontherocks.com/2025/08/thes...
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The Houthis are still a thing. My latest with James Farwell on the 4 steps needed for a better strategy to contain and defeat Houthi ambitions in the Horn. Bonus: We also justify #SomalilandRecognition to counterbalance the Houthis & Al Shabaab.
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
www.realcleardefense.com
August 26, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Houthis are still a thing. My latest with James Farwell on the 4 steps needed for a better strategy to contain and defeat Houthi ambitions in the Horn. Bonus: We also justify #SomalilandRecognition to counterbalance the Houthis & Al Shabaab.
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
www.realcleardefense.com
August 26, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The Houthis are still a thing. My latest with James Farwell on the 4 steps needed for a better strategy to contain and defeat Houthi ambitions in the Horn. Bonus: We also justify #SomalilandRecognition to counterbalance the Houthis & Al Shabaab.
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
www.realcleardefense.com/articles/202...
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"Vehicle crews must train to fly, fight, and interpret data from UAVs as second nature. UAV control consoles must be built into future armored vehicles, not bolted on as afterthoughts. Units must integrate UAV operations into their battle drills." mwi.westpoint.edu/steel-and-si...
Steel and Silicon: The Case for Teaming Armored Formations with UAVs - Modern War Institute
Dawn broke over the rolling hills of Eastern Europe as Task Force Loki, a combined arms battalion, prepared to breach a fortified enemy defensive belt. Intelligence reports confirmed that an enemy mot...
mwi.westpoint.edu
August 25, 2025 at 3:54 PM
"Vehicle crews must train to fly, fight, and interpret data from UAVs as second nature. UAV control consoles must be built into future armored vehicles, not bolted on as afterthoughts. Units must integrate UAV operations into their battle drills." mwi.westpoint.edu/steel-and-si...
As I’ve written and talked about, there’s going to be a DMZ in Ukraine with a robust EU mission of peacekeeping forces:
www.rferl.org/amp/demilita...
cepa.org/article/ukra...
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/euro...
www.rferl.org/amp/demilita...
cepa.org/article/ukra...
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/euro...
August 16, 2025 at 7:22 PM
As I’ve written and talked about, there’s going to be a DMZ in Ukraine with a robust EU mission of peacekeeping forces:
www.rferl.org/amp/demilita...
cepa.org/article/ukra...
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/euro...
www.rferl.org/amp/demilita...
cepa.org/article/ukra...
www.foreignaffairs.com/ukraine/euro...
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‘NATO risks irrelevance by training Ukrainians for idealized battles, not their chaotic, drone-heavy, attritional war’.
mwi.westpoint.edu/learn-or-los... Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute
mwi.westpoint.edu/learn-or-los... Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute
August 6, 2025 at 5:33 AM
‘NATO risks irrelevance by training Ukrainians for idealized battles, not their chaotic, drone-heavy, attritional war’.
mwi.westpoint.edu/learn-or-los... Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute
mwi.westpoint.edu/learn-or-los... Learn or Lose: Lessons from Ukrainian Training in Germany - Modern War Institute
Best part of writing this article with Dr. Tingle & Major Hood is the way Ukrainian brigade & battalion staff are taught MDMP by the German Army
August 6, 2025 at 6:19 AM
Best part of writing this article with Dr. Tingle & Major Hood is the way Ukrainian brigade & battalion staff are taught MDMP by the German Army
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In the American Revolutionary War, British soldiers employed orderly, neat formations that they had perfected in European battlefields, but that were worthless against colonial rebels. More than two c...
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