Insights

Ideas, not just a pitch.

Two decades of thinking out loud about defense innovation, foresight, wargaming, and what it actually takes to move technology to the warfighter. Books, talks, podcasts, and writing.

Books & Chapters

Published work.

Book

The Future of Stability Policing

Primary author. Published by the NATO Stability Policing Centre of Excellence.

Book Chapter

When the Network Goes Dark: AI and Marine Logistics in DDIL Environments

In Logistics Wins Wars, Marine Corps University Press. Forthcoming.

Book Chapter

The Duality of Strategy in the Indo-Pacific: Balancing Competition and Readiness

In International Law and Security in Indo-Pacific: Strategic Design for the Region, Routledge, 2025.

Book Chapter

Take Your Eyes Off the Balloons

How the Chinese global surveillance network threatens the security of the U.S. and its Oceania partners. In 21st Century as the Pacific Century, University of Warsaw, 2023.

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Audio & Stage

Podcast & speaking.

Luke Shabro recording an episode of The Convergence podcast
Recording an episode of The Convergence.
Luke Shabro speaking at a podium
On stage.
Podcast

The Convergence: An Army Mad Scientist Podcast

Founder and host, 2020 to 2024. Conversations with innovators, operators, and thinkers shaping the future of national security.

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Guest

Podcast appearances

Cognitive Crucible, Principled Minds, ClearedCast, Got Your 6, GovCon Unscripted, The Warfighter Podcast, Future of Intelligence (Janes), and There I Was.

Talk

The Power of Outsiders

TEDxDAU, 2020. Returned as a TEDxDAU speaker coach in 2021.

Recognition
“He doesn't simply point toward the future, he helps the rest of us find our way there.”
Named to the Top 100 Defense Innovators, 2026, by The Difference Makers. Archetype: The Compass.
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