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WEBNicole Grajewski, Hamidreza Azizi, Nakissa Jahanbani, and Jim Lamson. Paint the B-52s Brightly: Reducing Confusion Between Conventional and Nuclear Weapons Is Essential. Secure Visas for Afghan National Army Special Operations Command. A platform for analysis, commentary, debate and multimedia content …
Delivering the Army of 2030 - War on the Rocks
WEBAug 6, 2023 — Delivering the Army of 2030. Gen. James Rainey and Lt. Gen. Laura Potter. August 6, 2023. Commentary. The U.S. Army is transforming how it prepares to fight and win the nation’s wars. Senior Army leaders developed fresh concepts and logic to guide the Army’s most significant transformation in the past 40 years to ensure the service retains ...
A Thorough Explanation of China’s Long-Term Strategy
WEBAug 17, 2021 — As the title of his book suggests, Doshi argues that Beijing does have a coherent strategy to displace America’s position in the world by stymying U.S. power and creating the infrastructure for a China-centric global order. Doshi arrives at this judgment by examining the statements of intent in party documents, speeches, and policy memoirs.
Understanding the Russo-Ukrainian War: A Guide From ... - War …
WEBResistance “ Roots of the Resistance: Understanding National Identity in Ukraine,” by Aaron Erlich (4/2022) “ Of Roadside Bombs and Drones: Putin’s Looming Insurgency Problem,” by Scott Sweetow (4/2022) “ U.S. Public Perceptions of the Russian-Ukrainian War,” with Dina Smeltz (3/2022) “ Oft Forgotten But Critical Elements of Ukrainian Resistance,” by Walter Haynes (3/2022)
What Thucydides Teaches Us About War, Politics, and the Human …
WEBAug 9, 2017 — Thucydides’ pessimistic answer seems to be “No”: War was inevitable, we are told, when emergent power Athens contested Sparta’s supremacy 2,500 years ago. Allison offers only a slightly more optimistic take (“War is more likely than not”) in analyzing China’s growing challenge to America’s dominating position globally.
Desert Storm at 30: Aerospace Power and the U.S. Military
WEBMar 1, 2021 — Desert Storm was a sustained 43-day air campaign including four days of ground operations by the United States and its allies against Iraq between Jan. 17, 1991 and Feb. 28, 1991. In six weeks of fighting, the U.S.-led coalition defeated Iraq, which had initiated the conflict by invading Kuwait the previous August.
Professionalism is the Foundation of the Army and We Will …
WEBMar 18, 2024 — Grounded in our oaths, the “ Warrior Ethos,” and the “ Army Values,” our profession produces soldiers and leaders of character through well-established systems of selection, promotion, retention, training, and leader development. Through these accountability mechanisms, we build individual character to …
Joint Force Operating Scenarios: Improving Analysis and Oversight …
WEBMar 19, 2021 — Without an effective analytical process, the services will likely revert to generating questionable warfighting scenarios to justify parochial programming priorities.This would undermine the joint force’s overall effectiveness through misapplication of limited resources and energy.
A New Paradigm: Mutually Assured Security - War on the Rocks
WEBJul 20, 2021 — A mutually assured security system would handle these problems by restricting research and testing on offensive systems, by gradually improving the reliability of defensive systems, and by having a lot more interceptors than attackers. No system, offensive or defensive, will ever be completely reliable.
Loitering Munitions in Ukraine and Beyond - War on the Rocks
WEBApr 22, 2022 — Loitering munitions are not new to Russian operations. Russia’s military has two systems comparable to anything that Ukraine may build or acquire. The first system, the Lancet, was successfully employed in Syria in 2021 by Russian special operations forces. With a loiter time of 30 to 40 minutes and a range of approximately 40 kilometers ...