Recent Publications

National Hispanic Heritage Month – COL Alejandro Amigo
September 30, 2022 — Colonel Alejandro Amigo:Foreign Faculty in Latino American Studies and Multicultural LeadershipDepartment of Command, Leadership, and ManagementColonel Alejandro Amigo is a Foreign Faculty in Latino American Studies and Multicultural Leadership at the United States Army War College. He teaches the Strategic Leadership course, the Regional Studies... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – COL Alexis “Pancho” Perez-Cruz
September 29, 2022 — COL Alex “Pancho” Perez-Cruz is a military brat from Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and grew up in El Paso, Texas where his father was an Air Defense Artillery Sergeant Major. He entered the Army as a Medic in 1994. Having been awarded an Army ROTC scholarship, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications from Stephen F. Austin State... MORE

Putin is Mobilizing. Germany and France are Unlikely to Step Up.
September 26, 2022 — Dr. John R. Deni, Sept 26 2022 in PoliticoJohn R. Deni is a research professor at the U.S. Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute and a non-resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council. He’s the author of “Coalition of the unWilling and unAble.”Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recent decision to partially mobilize Russian... MORE

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“Assessing the Army’s Cyber Force Structure”
September 23, 2022 — The skill and capacity of Army cyber forces have grown in the decade since their creation. This podcast focuses on needed structural changes to the Army’s portion of the Cyber Mission Forces that will enable their continued growth and maturity since the Army’s past organizational and structural decisions impose challenges impacting current and future efficiency and effectiveness. This assessment of the current situation highlights the areas military leadership must address to allow the Army’s cyber forces to continue evolving to meet the needs of multi-domain operations. ... MORE

Urban Warfare
September 22, 2022 — 21st Century Warfare, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), Afghanistan, al-Qaeda, collapse, Doha Accord, Grand Strategy, international relations, Military Change and Transformation, Military Strategy and Policy, Pakistan, Security force assistance, Statecraft, strategy, Strategy and Policy, Taliban, Ukraine, War and... MORE

European Strategies in Post-Pandemic Peer Competition: Implications for America
September 22, 2022 — Dr. John R. Deni, Sept 25 2022 in Taylor & Francis OnlineThe recent reconceptualization of national and/or defense strategies, hangovers from the sovereign debt crisis, and the impact of the pandemic-induced recession in four of the most powerful European countries – France, Germany, Italy, and the United Kingdom – will have profound implications... MORE

Deconstructing the Collapse of Afghanistan National Security and Defense Forces
September 21, 2022 — The rapid collapse of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in August 2021 was widely anticipated and due to its structural constraints and qualitative decline from 2018–21. This article provides a targeted analysis of ANDSF operational liabilities and qualitative limitations, referencing often overlooked statements by US and Afghan political and military officials, data from official US government reports... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Celestino Pérez, Jr.
September 21, 2022 — Celestino Pérez, Jr.: I serve as the Chair of Executive and Strategic Leadership at the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, PA. I also direct the Carlisle Scholars Program, for which I design and teach a seminar of select national-security professionals in political science, strategy, war, and military ethics. Finally, I serve as an adjunct... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Zenel Garcia
September 21, 2022 — Zenel Garcia is an Associate Professor of Security Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College. His research focuses on the intersection of international relations theory, security, and geopolitics. Specifically, how interpretations of security and the geopolitical environment shape the policy... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – LTC Jeannette M. Molina
September 21, 2022 — LTC Jeannette M. Molina graduated from the University of Louisville with a Bachelor’s Degree in English and was commissioned in the Adjutant General’s Corps in 2003. She holds a Master of Arts in Union Labor and Human Resources. Following graduation from Adjutant General Corps Officer Basic Course, Lieutenant Colonel Molina was assigned to 2d... MORE

National Hispanic Heritage Month – Dr. Ricardo Herrera
September 21, 2022 — Dr. Ricardo Herrera is a visiting professor in the Department of National Security and Strategy, US Army War College. He specializes in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century American military history. He previously served as a professor of military history at the School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS), US Army Command and General Staff College... MORE

“Professionalizing Special Operations Forces”
September 20, 2022 — The special operations community could best address the perceived ethical crisis it faces by professionalizing as an institution. While earlier assessments have attributed special operations forces’ ethical issues to a focus on mission accomplishment that led to a broken force generation process and a high operations tempo, such diagnoses obscure a more comprehensive solution. Using sociologist Andrew Abbott’s work on professions as a framework, this article explores the benefits of building the kinds of institutions that can claim a jurisdiction, develop and certify expert knowledge, and establish and apply a code of ethics that addresses special operations unique concerns so that it builds trust and better serves the American people... MORE