Introduction For most of my career in military public affairs, the information environment was shaped by human decisions — what to say, when to say it, and through which channels. The challenge was strategic: how do you communicate credibly in a complex, contested environment while maintaining institutional trust? That challenge hasn't gone away. It has multiplied. A growing body of peer-reviewed research and policy analysis confirms what many communicators have sensed for ye

Introduction In February 2026, diplomats, defense officials, and technology leaders gathered in A Coruña, Spain, for the third international summit on Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain — a process known as REAIM. These summits have been, since their inception in 2023, one of the few serious multilateral efforts to establish guardrails on how governments use artificial intelligence in warfare. The outcome was sobering. Only 35 nations signed the summit