Recent Publications

Category: Decisive Point Podcast, Conversations on Strategy Podcast, CLSC Dialogues

“A Bizarre Pair: Counterinsurgency Lessons for Cyber Conflict”
September 4, 2020 — The lessons of counterinsurgency have deeper implications for cyber conflict than previous research has identified. Two decades of experience in Iraq and Afghanistan provide insights into the cyber strategy of defending forward including treating major cybersecurity and technology companies as host-nation partners and focusing on winning the hearts... MORE

“The COVID-19 Enemy Is Still Advancing”
September 1, 2020 — The US military has a historical precedence for dealing with a pandemic while simultaneously conducting large-scale combat operations. Two twentieth-century examples assess the extent to which the military adapted operations following an influenza outbreak, and make clear military and civilian leaders must balance strategic objectives when facing... MORE