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Systems Over Steel: How China is Redefining Amphibious Armor Survivability

The contemporary discourse on drone-driven warfare rarely suggests the end of maneuver, but it highlights an increasingly perilous gap between tactical movement and force survivability in a hypertransparent environment. Against this backdrop, the


Between Beijing and the Budget: The Domestic Realities of Taiwan’s Defen...

Taiwan's legislature spent six months blocking a major defense budget, then passed a scaled-down version days before the Trump-Xi summit. Jessica C. Liao and Kyle Marcrum argue why the story the US media tells is flawed.

“An Enviable Position in the Pacific”: An interview with General Xavier ...

Guest host Tom Spahr and General Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, ROK-US Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea (UNC/CFC/USFK), discuss Korea, the Indo-Pacific, and mission command.

Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy
October 16, 2013
Conflict Management and Peacebuilding: Pillars of a New American Grand Strategy

Op-Ed: Doubts on China’s “New Model for Great Power Relationship”
October 3, 2013

The Army Should Embrace A2/AD — A Rebuttal
October 3, 2013

Strategic Landpower Task Force Research Report
October 3, 2013

A Transatlantic Bargain for the 21st Century: The United States, Europe, and the Transatlantic Alliance
September 30, 2013
A Transatlantic Bargain for the 21st Century: The United States, Europe, and the Transatlantic Alliance

The Effectiveness of Drone Strikes in Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Campaigns
September 26, 2013
The Effectiveness of Drone Strikes in Counterinsurgency and Counterterrorism Campaigns

The Real “Long War”: The Illicit Drug Trade and the Role of the Military
September 24, 2013
The Real "Long War": The Illicit Drug Trade and the Role of the Military

An Assessment of the DoD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace
September 23, 2013
An Assessment of the DoD Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace

Closing the Candor Chasm: The Missing Element of Army Professionalism
September 19, 2013
Closing the Candor Chasm: The Missing Element of Army Professionalism

Op-Ed: Is Strategy Really A Lost Art?
September 13, 2013