The Gold Institute for International Strategy is proud to share The New Race for Security, the new book by Distinguished Fellow Omer Haim. Drawing on more than twenty-five years in defense and security, he sets out how war, industry, technology and decision making are being rebuilt across Europe, the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East.
The New Race for Security
By Omer Haim · Paperback, 110 pages · Published November 4, 2026 · ISBN 979-8987496305
About the Book
The next decade will be shaped by a new race for security, not only a race for military power, but a race for industrial capacity, economic resilience, critical materials, trusted supply chains, technological integration, information resilience, cognitive security, and decision advantage.
Europe is the clearest example of this change, but it is not alone. Across the Indo-Pacific and the Middle East, and in the broader allied world, governments are reaching the same conclusion: the assumptions that shaped the post-Cold War security order are no longer sufficient.
For decades, many democratic nations operated under a familiar set of assumptions. Large-scale war in Europe was considered unlikely. Globalization was expected to reduce the incentives for major-power conflict. Defense industrial capacity could be reduced because future wars were assumed to be shorter, more precise, and technologically managed. Supply chains could be optimized for efficiency rather than resilience. The United States would remain the central security guarantor in Europe, the IndoPacific, and the Middle East.
Those assumptions have weakened.
Russia’s war against Ukraine, China’s pressure across the IndoPacific, instability in the Middle East, the proliferation of drones and missiles, cyber threats, fragile supply chains, and uncertainty over the ability of the United States to support multiple theaters simultaneously are forcing governments to rethink defense.
The result is not simply higher defense spending. It is a broader strategic awakening.
About the Author
Omer Haim is a Distinguished Fellow at the Gold Institute for International Strategy, where he focuses on U.S.–Israel defense and security cooperation. A highly decorated security and defense professional with more than twenty-five years of experience, he has built strategic partnerships across the defense, homeland security, and enterprise sectors and advanced industrial cooperation between the United States and Israeli governments and industries.
