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Jared M. McKinney and Peter Harris, 2021
Deterring a Chinese invasion of Taiwan without recklessly threatening a great-power war is both possible and necessary through a tailored deterrence package that goes beyond either fighting over Taiwan or abandoning it. This article joins cutting-edge understandings of deterrence with empirical evidence of Chinese strategic thinking and culture to build such a strategy. Continue reading the article >>>
W. Andrew Terrill, 2013
The future role of US drones has been the subject of considerable controversy due to their use in remote parts of the world to target individuals designated as terrorists. In his confirmation hearings, Secretary of State John Kerry expressed concerns about overseas perceptions of such activities by stating that, “American foreign policy … Continue reading the article >>>
Charlotte F. Blatt, 2017
This article outlines the contemporary history of sectarian conflict in Iraq and identifies the consequences of the US surge strategy in perpetuating the region’s violence and strengthening the Islamic State.
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Keir Giles and Mathieu Boulegue, 2019
This article discusses the myths surrounding Russia’s A2/AD capabilities and the risks associated with the current counter A2/AD efforts among NATO countries. It offers recommendations for investing in a stronger defense of the Baltic states and Eastern Europe.
References to Russia’s anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) capabilities are now standard in assessments of America’s ability to protect its allies and its interests in Europe. Unclassified briefings on European military security now …
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Ben S. Wermeling, 2018
This article presents five scenarios that might result from a Russian coup de main in the Baltic region. The author argues the North Atlantic Treaty Organization should analyze
force capabilities further to ensure Alliance nations can adequately respond if Russia attacks across its border with Estonia and Latvia.
Russia’s annexation of Crimea, involvement in Donbas, and support of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria have strained the country’s relations with the West …
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Looking Back
Jeffrey Record Dr., 1996
The author takes a fresh look at Japan’s decision for war in 1941, and concludes that it was dictated by Japanese pride and the threatened economic destruction of Japan by the United States. He believes that Japanese aggression in East Asia was the root cause of the Pacific War, but argues that the road to war in 1941 was built on American as well as Japanese miscalculations and that both sides suffered from cultural ignorance and racial arrogance. He finds that the Americans underestimated the role of fear and honor in Japanese calculations and overestimated the effectiveness of economic … Continue reading the article >>>
David W. Hogan Jr., 1995
To begin a study of American theater-level organization and conduct of special operations in the war with Japan, one can consider two images. First, picture native stevedores at a port in the occupied Philippines unloading, under cover of darkness, crates of cigarettes, matches, chewing gum, candy bars, sewing kits, and pencils from a huge cargo submarine, each item bearing the inscription “I shall return” over a facsimile of the signature of General Douglas MacArthur. Then imagine Lieutenant General Joseph W. Stilwell at lunch with members of his … Continue reading the article >>>
J. Overton, 2003
Of Interest
Venezuela: Understanding political, external, and criminal actors in an authoritarian State
This publication is possible thanks to a collaboration between the
Strategic Studies Institute and the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies.
The predictable triumph by Maduro loyalists in Venezuela’s rigged November 2021 elections was a symbolic nail in the coffin for the attempt by the de jure government of Juan Guaido to restore the more ...
American Shift to China Both Opportunity and Peril for US Mideast Allies
The American policy of redirecting its attention to the “China challenge” and the Indo-Pacific region, while reducing its presence elsewhere – including in the Middle East – will continue, according to what is known of the US Department of Defense’s Global Posture Review (GPR) whose completion was announced on Monday.
Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure
Cyber Attacks on Critical Infrastructure, August 2021
Black Sea Cybersecurity Conference hosted by Constanta Maritime University, BSCySEC-2021 Conference – Section 6 – Energy Cybersecurity Pandemic Threats. Watch/listen to Dr. Lohman's contribution beginning at 18:00.
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
Chinese engagement in Latin America and Europe: Comparisons and Interdependencies
This publication is possible thanks to a collaboration between the
Strategic Studies Institute and the Peruvian Army Center for Strategic Studies.
This paper examines Chinese commercial, political, and security engagement with Latin America and the Caribbean, comparing it with similar engagement in Europe. It finds evidence that PRC engagement globally is driven by a strategy focused ...
As India’s Physical Borders Quiet Down, Its Virtual Ones Are Under Siege
Cyberattacks from China are on the rise, but the United States can help.
India has recently made news by agreeing to cease-fires at two of its disputed borders: one with China and one with Pakistan. But that doesn’t mean ...
Germany Has a Math Problem,
and It’s about to Get Worse
What the numbers say about the energy landscape. In this traditional state of Bavaria where election banners offering defense of “Heimat” (Homeland) seized the day in the last election, the posters wedged between ancient church domes on cobblestone streets now tout pictures of wind ...
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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