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Strategic Insights: Revolutionary Change Is Coming To Strategic Leadership, Steven Metz Dr. Dec 2017

Strategic Insights: Revolutionary Change Is Coming To Strategic Leadership, Steven Metz Dr.

Articles & Editorials

No abstract provided.


Strategic Insights: Proxy War Norms, C. Anthony Pfaff Dec 2017

Strategic Insights: Proxy War Norms, C. Anthony Pfaff

Articles & Editorials

No abstract provided.


Lessons Unlearned: Army Transformation And Low-Intensity Conflict, Pat Proctor Nov 2017

Lessons Unlearned: Army Transformation And Low-Intensity Conflict, Pat Proctor

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines the US Army’s experiences and lessons learned during military interventions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Kosovo. It explores why these lessons did not affect the Army transformation, directed in the late-1990s by James M. Dubik, John W. Hendrix, John N. Abrams, and Eric K. Shinseki.


The Belarus Factor In European Security, Alexander Lanoszka Nov 2017

The Belarus Factor In European Security, Alexander Lanoszka

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article challenges strategists to reconsider longheld assumptions associated with the alliance between Belarus and Russia when planning military support for the Baltic states.


Expansibility And Army Special Operations Forces, Eric P. Shwedo Nov 2017

Expansibility And Army Special Operations Forces, Eric P. Shwedo

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines how Army Special Operations might prepare to expand in the event of a major war by resolving impediments to growth, improving recall procedures, and developing plans to expand training capacities.


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Nov 2017

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Will War's Nature Change In The Seventh Military Revolution?, F. G. Hoffman Nov 2017

Will War's Nature Change In The Seventh Military Revolution?, F. G. Hoffman

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article examines the potential implications of the combinations of robotics, artificial intelligence, and deep learning systems on the character and nature of war. The author employs Carl von Clausewitz’s trinity concept to discuss how autonomous weapons will impact the essential elements of war. The essay argues war’s essence, as politically directed violence fraught with friction, will remain its most enduring aspect, even if more intelligent machines are involved at every level.


Parameters Winter 2017 – 2018, Usawc Press Nov 2017

Parameters Winter 2017 – 2018, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Navigating The Third Offset Strategy, Damon V. Coletta Nov 2017

Navigating The Third Offset Strategy, Damon V. Coletta

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article suggests adding a “craftsman” at lower ranks to steer private-sector projects through the Third Offset Strategy. This strategy was established by experienced leadership at the Pentagon to increase military acquisitions of automation and artificial intelligence technology.


Making Peace: Next Steps In Colombia, Seth Cantey, Ricardo Correa Nov 2017

Making Peace: Next Steps In Colombia, Seth Cantey, Ricardo Correa

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

After a brief history of the longest-running insurgency in the Western Hemisphere, this article contextualizes recent developments in the transition of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) to legal politics in Colombia. The authors also provide policy recommendations for the US Department of Defense.


Clausewitz's Theory Of War And Victory In Contemporary Conflict, Emile Simpson Nov 2017

Clausewitz's Theory Of War And Victory In Contemporary Conflict, Emile Simpson

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article considers whether Clausewitz’s account of the nature of war is universal to all wars, in order then to assess how far his concept of victory is universal. While aspects of Clausewitz’s concept of war are still universal, others are not. Accordingly, his theory of victory is not universal to all wars, and especially not to wars fought against transnational terrorist networks.


Deterrence & Security Assistance: The South China Sea, Tommy Ross Nov 2017

Deterrence & Security Assistance: The South China Sea, Tommy Ross

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article identifies how the United States can apply security assistance to support regional security in the South China Sea in order to counter China’s assertive expansion strategy.


Expansibility And Army Intelligence, Rose P. Keravuori Nov 2017

Expansibility And Army Intelligence, Rose P. Keravuori

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

This article provides insights valuable to transitioning America’s military intelligence resources from counterinsurgency operations to the force necessary for responding to a near-peer competitor in a major war.


From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria Sep 2017

From The Editor, Antulio J. Echevarria

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Rethinking Nato Policy On The Protection Of Civilians, Sten Rynning Sep 2017

Rethinking Nato Policy On The Protection Of Civilians, Sten Rynning

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Military Force And Mass Migration In Europe, Matthew N. Metzel, John M. Lorenzen Sep 2017

Military Force And Mass Migration In Europe, Matthew N. Metzel, John M. Lorenzen

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Third-Force Influences: Hollywood's War Films, John Chapin, Marissa Mendoza-Burcham, Mari Pierce Sep 2017

Third-Force Influences: Hollywood's War Films, John Chapin, Marissa Mendoza-Burcham, Mari Pierce

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Rapid Expansion And The Army's Matériel: Is There Enough?, Robb C. Mitchell Sep 2017

Rapid Expansion And The Army's Matériel: Is There Enough?, Robb C. Mitchell

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Limits Of Negative Peace, Faces Of Positive Peace, Patricia M. Shields Sep 2017

Limits Of Negative Peace, Faces Of Positive Peace, Patricia M. Shields

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Abandoning Counterinsurgency: Reviving Antiterrorism Strategy, Steven Metz Sep 2017

Abandoning Counterinsurgency: Reviving Antiterrorism Strategy, Steven Metz

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Insurgent Defectors In Counterinsurgencies, Jaqueline L. Hazelton Sep 2017

Insurgent Defectors In Counterinsurgencies, Jaqueline L. Hazelton

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Casualties Of Their Own Success: The 2011 Urination Incident In Afghanistan, Paolo G. Tripodi, David M. Todd Sep 2017

Casualties Of Their Own Success: The 2011 Urination Incident In Afghanistan, Paolo G. Tripodi, David M. Todd

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Expanding Brigade Combat Teams: Is The Training Base Adequate?, Esli T. Pitts Sep 2017

Expanding Brigade Combat Teams: Is The Training Base Adequate?, Esli T. Pitts

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Usawc Press Sep 2017

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


Rotational Deployments Vs. Forward Stationing: How Can The Army Achieve Assurance And Deterrence Efficiently And Effectively?, John R. Deni Aug 2017

Rotational Deployments Vs. Forward Stationing: How Can The Army Achieve Assurance And Deterrence Efficiently And Effectively?, John R. Deni

Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs

The Department of Defense can achieve deterrence and assurance objectives more effectively and efficiently through a rebalancing of its force posture. The Army should reverse the trend of the last 2 decades and forward station additional heavy units in Europe and on the Korean Peninsula, while ending lengthy, heel-to-toe rotational noncombat deployments.


Strategic Insights: Lost In Translation, M. Chris Mason Aug 2017

Strategic Insights: Lost In Translation, M. Chris Mason

Articles & Editorials

No abstract provided.


Strategic Insights: U.S.-China Relations: Avoiding The Traps, John F. Troxell Professor Jul 2017

Strategic Insights: U.S.-China Relations: Avoiding The Traps, John F. Troxell Professor

Articles & Editorials

No abstract provided.


Strategic Insights: Speed Kills—Enter An Age Of Unbridled Hyperconnectivity, Nathan P. Freier Mr. Jun 2017

Strategic Insights: Speed Kills—Enter An Age Of Unbridled Hyperconnectivity, Nathan P. Freier Mr.

Articles & Editorials

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews, Usawc Press Jun 2017

Book Reviews, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.


What Are America's Alliances Good For?, Hal Brands, Peter D. Feaver Jun 2017

What Are America's Alliances Good For?, Hal Brands, Peter D. Feaver

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.