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US Army War College

Military and Veterans Studies

2018

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2018 – 2020 Key Strategic Issues List, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii Aug 2018

2018 – 2020 Key Strategic Issues List, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii

Articles & Editorials

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Radical Islamist English-Language Online Magazines: Research Guide, Strategic Insights, And Policy Response, Robert J. Bunker Dr., Pamela L. Bunnker Aug 2018

Radical Islamist English-Language Online Magazines: Research Guide, Strategic Insights, And Policy Response, Robert J. Bunker Dr., Pamela L. Bunnker

Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs

Radical Islamist online magazines first appeared in November 2003 with the publication of Sawt al-Jihad (Voice of Jihad) in Arabic. This magazine discontinued publication in April 2005 after 29 issues, having been shut down by the Saudi security services. The magazine was produced by the Saudi branch of al-Qaeda that later evolved into al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). It called upon other al-Qaeda groups to develop and franchise their own magazines. Besides the plethora of radical Islamist online magazines in Arabic that has been produced since 2003—along with those in many other languages including Urdu, Russian, German, French, and …


Current Russia Military Affairs: Assessing And Countering Russian Strategy, Operational Planning, And Modernization Jul 2018

Current Russia Military Affairs: Assessing And Countering Russian Strategy, Operational Planning, And Modernization

Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs

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Avoiding The Trap: Us Strategy And Policy For Competing In The Asia-Pacific Beyond The Rebalance Feb 2018

Avoiding The Trap: Us Strategy And Policy For Competing In The Asia-Pacific Beyond The Rebalance

Monographs, Collaborative Studies, & IRPs

The pivot to Asia is over, suggested Susan Thornton, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, on the eve of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first visit to Asia on March 14, 2017.1 This statement, though expected, begs many questions: Is this just a repeal of the bumper sticker “Strategic Rebalance,” typical of administration change? If so, what is its replacement? Moreover, if this change is just in name but not in substance, will President Donald Trump stay the course? If not, what will be Trump’s policy toward the Asia-Pacific? What should be the new …