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John Horning, 2021
Every year the U.S. Army seeks out 125,000 to 140,000 new recruits to maintain the desired end strength and capability of the force… In order to do that the Army Enterprise Marketing Office has to craft a message that appeals to a broad audience across the shrinking qualified U.S. population. All the while the Army has to compete with the Navy, the Air Force, the Marines and now the Space Force also trying to attract the most qualified recruits from the U.S. citizenry. A BETTER PEACE welcomes Matt Lawrence and John Horning to the virtual studio… Continue to the podcast >>>
Jacqueline N. Deal, 2020
The DoD can exploit weaknesses in Chinese military attempts at political warfare, or “enemy disintegration,” most recently observed in PLA media on the subject of the pandemic. Targeted information efforts will signal the United States’ refusal to be intimidated, expose untruths in Chinese government messaging to its citizens, and reassure relevant third parties of US military resolve. They join podcast editor Ron Granieri to look at what it takes to create a message campaign that entices high quality personnel and dispel the myth that the Army is “the bureaucratic meat grinder of the underprivileged.” Continue reading the article >>>
David M. Finkelsteins, 2020
The Indo-Pacific will loom large in the future of the US Army. The region is increasingly important to myriad US national interests and is a major playing field for great-power competition. As it deepens its Pacific orientation, the Army has a rich institutional and operational legacy to draw upon, as well as encouraging recent initiatives that auger well for its ability to support the Joint Force in this critical part of the world. Continue reading the article >>>
Dr. Terry Babcock-Lumish, Col. Tania Chacho, Maj. Tom Fox, and Maj. Zachary Griffiths, 2020
Senior Conference 55—The Emerging Environment in the Indo-Pacific Region: Drivers, Directions, and Decisions, explores the possibilities and challenges that exist in this critical and dynamic region. This monograph captures three days of panels, keynotes, and discussions among a diverse group of distinguished experts. Continue reading the article >>>
Tongfi Kim and Luis Simón, 2021
Growing Sino-Russian coordination necessitates greater security cooperation between US Allies in Europe and East Asia. US Allies in both regions face remarkably similar threats requiring similar operational concepts, capabilities, and technologies. Further, these Allies must hedge against the specter of US abandonment. An exploration of the links between the two geographically distant US Alliance networks illustrates the Allies’ perspectives on US extended deterrence and highlights opportunities to devise better policies for cooperation. Continue reading the article >>>
Of Interest
Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Germany after Merkel
America needs a permanent military presence in the Baltics, and here’s why
With the Defense Department weighing whether and how to change the U.S. military footprint overseas, it’s time to make the American military presence in the Baltic states durable. Maintaining merely periodic American boots on the ground, sometimes there and sometimes not — especially while a more permanent U.S. presence takes shape in nearby Poland — sends the wrong message...
KCIS 2021: In Case of Emergency - The Military's Role in the Pandemic and Future Crises, Oct 25-28th 2021
Germany Has a Math Problem,
and It’s about to Get Worse
Chinese engagement in Latin America and Europe: Comparisons and Interdependencies
What is behind the escalating conflict in Israel and Gaza | WITF
As India’s Physical Borders Quiet Down, Its Virtual Ones Are Under Siege
By Sumit Ganguly and Carol Evans
Contemporary Strategy and Landpower
Essay Award Winners
Jason Healey, 2020
Ryan J. Scott, Odelle J. Means, and Patricia M. Shields, 2020
Nina Jankowicz and Henry Collis, 2020
US Army War College Quarterly, Parameters, released its 50th anniversary issue on March 2. The full-color issue features: a 50-year photo essay; a series of Prospectives on the future of the Army, civil-military affairs, and national strategy penned by leading national security professionals; and a series of Retrospectives by contemporary scholars and practitioners evaluating articles published in the journal's first year, 1971, on civil-military affairs, Russia, and lessons from history.
Veteran Disability Compensation and the Army Profession: Good Intentions Gone Awry
A Hard Look at Hard Power:
Mission Command of Multi-Domain Operations
Integrated Research Projects (IRPs)
Every academic year (AY), the Commandant of the US Army War College commissions Integrated Research Projects (IRPs) to conduct intensive study on the Army’s top priority strategic issues. An IRP research team consists of subject matter expert faculty members and select resident students who engage in strategic research and analysis on each issue.
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