War
The Fight Within Every Veteran and with Those They Love
I left a good part of me in Iraq after my first tour in Iraq in 2003 as a Scout/Sniper ...
Challenge 2016 Candidates on Long-Term Security Policy
On June 2nd, representatives from twenty-four nations gathered in Paris to take stock of the international campaign against ISIS. With the recent ...
Vladislav Surkov: The (Gray) Cardinal of the Kremlin
In the parlance of our times, Vladislav Surkov is Russia’s very real answer to Frank Underwood – a behind the ...
Is Clausewitz Still Relevant?
Reviewing a book by Peter Paret, the dean of Clausewitzian scholars, is both an honor and a challenge. Professor Paret ...
Whack-a-Mole Strategy Against ISIS not Working
The evidence would suggest that a high value target (HVT) operation by the CIA and Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) is underway ...
Signature Strikes by Drones Are Counterproductive
Drone strikes have inspired no shortage of controversy. U.S. government officials point to thousands of dead (alleged) militants. They claim ...
The Melting Pot of our Military
What do American service members look like today? Do they resemble those that served in other wars? How has history ...
Emma Sky on How to Fix Iraq and Defeat ISIS
You write that the rise of ISIS in Iraq was not inevitable but a function of failed policies on the ...
Wheres the Courage of our China Conviction?
China is the foremost security challenge the United States faces in the future. At least that is the conventional wisdom. ...
John Boyds Revenge
One of the most influential names in strategic studies is that of Colin S. Gray. He is not only an ...