Required Readings

• National Security Strategy
• A National Security Strategy Primer
• National Defense Strategy
• National Security Council (NSC) and Interagency System
• Joint Warfighting Concept
• IC 2026 Annual Assessment

Required Wargame "Pacific Thunder" Exercise Readings

• Chinese Revolution of 1949 Milestones: 1945–1952 | Office of the Historian (U.S. Department of State)
• Is it time to scrap the China-US ‘Three Communiques’? | The Hill
• China’s ‘Never Again’ Mentality | The Diplomat
• China’s Massive Belt and Road Initiative | Council on Foreign Relations

Recommended Books/Articles (not required/purchase is not required)

• Strategic Assessment 2025: Evolving Great Power Competition at Mid-Decade
• The New Rules of War by Sean McFate
• World Order by Henry Kissinger