The Changing Face of War (Winter 2026) issue of the Texas National Security Review is a standout, featuring a slate of compelling articles that tackle “the world’s hardest problems.” In their opening article, TNSR directors Adam Klein and Joseph Maguire connect that ambition to the moment, writing that the post–Cold War order is “being battered by several concurrent trends,” and that “wise guidance should come from America’s great universities.” They argue that universities must honor their “social contract with American society” and remember that they are “quite literally, public trusts.” They frame TNSR as “an investment by the University of Texas” in fulfilling that public trust by elevating rigorous, accessible thinking on today’s pressing security challenges.
Foundation
The Changing Face of War—And of Our Work
Adam Klein and Joseph Maguire
Scholar
Wars of the Greater Middle East, 1945–92
Carter Malkasian
Threading the Needle: The Logic of Conventional Coercion in Nuclear Crises
Tyler Bowen
Bombs, Bots, and the Principle of Distinction: The Law of Armed Conflict and Contemporary Warfare
Nathan G. Wood
Strategist
A New World Order? Careful What You Wish For
Shivshankar Menon
How a US “Suez Moment” Could Hollow the US Alliance System
Bence Nemeth
The Arsenal of Democracy: Keeping China Deterred in an Age of Hard Choices
Eyck Freymann and Harry Halem
Roundtable
Elizabeth Saunders’ “The Insiders’ Game”
“Shaping National Security Decisions: An Insider’s View of The Insiders’ Game“
Mara Karlin
“Would a China War Scenario Break the Insiders’ Hold?”
Mathew Burrows