Bio: Dr. Elsa Kania received her PhD in Government from Harvard University. She served as a visiting scholar for the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, as an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security, and is an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve.

LinkedIn

Dr. Emma Salisbury is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Foreign Policy Research Institute’s National Security Program, an Associate Fellow at the Royal Navy Strategic Studies Centre, and a Contributing Editor at War on the Rocks. She writes widely on military-industrial matters, geopolitics, and national security in the United States, United Kingdom, and Europe, with a particular focus on the maritime. She is based just outside London in the United Kingdom.

Links

1. Proposed US Battleship: https://www.fpri.org/article/2026/01/the-trump-class-battleship-spectacle-wins-out-over-combat-power/

2. Constellation-Class Frigate: https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/12/want-of-frigates-why-is-it-so-hard-for-america-to-buy-small-surface-combatants/

3. Atlantic Bastion: https://www.fpri.org/article/2025/08/atlantic-bastion-the-future-of-anti-submarine-warfare/

4. Dr. Salisbury at FPRI: https://www.fpri.org/contributor/emma-salisbury/

Links

1. "For 250 years, it’s been ‘change or lose’ for our military. Here’s what needs changing now," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Defense One, June 22, 2025.

2. "Change or Lose: Past and Future War Lessons on 250th Birthday of the US Army and US Marine Corps," by Robert Neller and Peter Singer, Youtube, November 10, 2025.

3. "Thinking First, Adapting Fast: Debating the Marine Corps’ Need for the Information Group," by Brian Kerg, War on the Rocks, November 7, 2025.

4. "Kill It or Fix It: Why Marine Corps Information Warfare Has Failed After a Decade of MIGs," by Dan Burns, Information Professionals Association, August 20, 2025.

5. "Killing the MIG is the Last Thing We Should Do," by Colonel Ray Gerber, USMC (Ret.), Information Professionals Association, September 7, 2025.

6. "Blinding First, Striking Fast: Why the Marine Corps Needs Information Groups," by Ben Jensen and Ian Fletcher, War on the Rocks, October 13, 2025.