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Publications | May 29, 2024

Parameters | Summer 2024

The Summer issue is out! In this edition: "What American Policymakers Misunderstand about the Belt and Road Initiative" by Zenel Garcia and Phillip Guerreiro; A Major's Perspective “Professional Discourse Is Shaping the Force”; Civil-Military
South & Latin America | July 25, 2024

Venezuela’s Elections: Hoping for the Best, Preparing for the Worst

As Venezuela moves toward promised national elections on July 28, my heart is with the hopes of Venezuelans for a miracle that will translate their courageous act of voting, into a restoration of democracy. Everything I have seen unfold in the
Publications | July 24, 2024

2024 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment

The United States faces a complex and ever-changing global environment. The 2024 Annual Estimate of the Strategic Security Environment is designed to guide the collective defense community to research and write about critical national security
China Landpower Studies Center | July 22, 2024

China, the Illiberal Counter-Order, and the Role of Values in the Strate...

The dynamics of the international order in the third decade of the 21st Century are changing profoundly.  The magnitude and complexity of the change are illustrated by Russia’s invasion of the Ukraine, in both its initial failure, and in the ability
South & Latin America | July 15, 2024

Engagement with China has had a Multifaceted Impact on Latin American De...

While Beijing may not deliberately promote authoritarian regimes in Latin America, implicit risks to the dynamics of democracies arise out of engagement with China.In its public discourse, unlike the Soviet Union during the Cold War, the People’s
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Parameters Summer 2024
Parameters | Summer 2024
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Parameters Spring 2024
Parameters | Spring 2024
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Welcome to the Winter 2023–24 issue of Parameters. This issue consists of two In Focus commentaries which bring to light observations from the Russia-Ukraine War, two forums addressing deterrence and strategic influence, and the inaugural Director’s Corner for the China Landpower Studies Center (CLSC). Keywords: deterrence; Ukraine; Russia; Putin; NATO; unmanned aerial systems; deep strike; reconnaissance-strike complex; electronic warfare; Russia-Ukraine War; nuclear; misperception; Russia; multidomain operations; freedom to roam; grand strategy; offshore balancing; offensive realism; regional hegemony; stopping power of water; Middle East; integrated deterrence; strategy; Cold War; flexible response; New Look; economic interests; globalization; strategic competition; multinational exercises; bilateral exercises; reflexive control; strategic behavior; strategic analysis; nonlinearity; complex adaptive system; civil-military relations; general officers; promotions; flag officers; political participation; People’s Liberation Army; Chinese Communist Party; Belt and Road Initiative; China; Landpower; security assistance; Iran; Operation Iraqi Freedom; Operation Enduring Freedom; Bill Clinton; George W. Bush; Barack Obama; Civil War; Army of Tennessee; John B. Hood; William Tecumseh Sherman; Battle of Atlanta; Close Combat Lethality Task Force; Secretary of Defense General James N. Mattis; Iraq; Vicksburg Campaign; Ulysses S. Grant; William T. Sherman; Chickasaw Bayou; World War I; World War II; W. E. B. Du Bois; Talented Tenth; 1920s; citizen-soldier; National Guard; modern Army; Harry S. Truman; atomic bomb; Japan; nuclear war; North Korea; George W. Bush; Kim Il-Sung; Kim Jong-Un; China; Xi Jinping; Chinese Dream; authoritarianism; diplomacy; Samuel P. Huntington; Carl von Clausewitz; Dwight D. Eisenhower; George S. Patton; Kenneth Payne; Jan Smuts; South Africa; World War I in Africa; German South West Africa; German East Africa
Parameters | Winter 2023–24
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Parameters | Autumn 2023 From the Acting Editor in Chief Conrad C. Crane https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/8 In Focus A Historical Perspective on Today’s Recruiting Crisis Brian McAllister Linn https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/9 Parameters | Autumn 2023 A Call to Action: Lessons from Ukraine for the Future Force Katie Crombe and John A. Naglhttps://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/10 Strategic Challenges The Strategic Importance of Taiwan to the United States and Its Allies: Part Two – A Focus on Policy since the Start of the Russia-Ukraine War Luke P. Bellocchi https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/11 The Impact of Antarctic Treaty Challenges on the US Military Ryan J. Bridley and Kevin W. Matthews https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/12 US-Russia Foreign Policy: Confronting Russia’s Geographic Anxieties Caitlin P. Irby https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/11 Historical Studies Urban Resistance to Occupation: An Underestimated Element of Land Warfare Kevin D. Stringer and Jelle J. H. Hooiveld https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/14 The Chechen Kadyrovtsy’s Coercive Violence in Ukraine Wilson A. Jones https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/11=5 SRAD Director’s Corner US Army War College Russia-Ukraine War Study Project Eric Hartunian https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/15 Autumn Book Reviews USAWC Press https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters/vol53/iss3/16
Parameters | Autumn 2023
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The US Army War College Quarterly, Parameters, is a refereed forum for contemporary strategy and Landpower issues. It furthers the education and professional development of senior military officers and members of government and academia concerned with national security affairs.

Parameters is indexed in, inter alia, Air University Library Index to Military Periodicals, US Government Periodicals Index, LexisNexis Government Periodicals Index, Worldwide Political Science Abstracts, Lancaster Index to Defence & International Security Literature (UK), and PAIS Bulletin. Book reviews are indexed in Gale Group’s Book Review Index. Parameters is also available through ProQuest and UMI.

Parameters  Bookshelf
Book Cover: Info Ops: From World War I to the Twitter Era
Info Ops: From World War I to the Twitter Era
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Book Cover: Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World
Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World
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Book Review: Cold Rivals: The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition
Cold Rivals: The New Era of US-China Strategic Competition
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Book Review: Age of Danger: Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
Age of Danger: Keeping America Safe in an Era of New Superpowers, New Weapons, and New Threats
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