Empathy is arguably a one-word summary of the rationale for Red Teams, Human Terrain Teams, and the U.S. militarys vast attention to culture over the last decade. Once the military must co-opt others instead of coercing them, empathy becomes a professional ...Read more >

Prussian Carl von Clausewitzs meta-theoretical concept known as the Trinity has the potential to serve as an analytical vehicle to understand war in both a historical and contemporary context. An inherent historical misconception, however, restrains the Trinity from reaching its full ...Read more >

The strategic and operational use of preemptive strikes transitioned from the traditional tactic of air raids to the use of covert cyber-attacks like Stuxnet designed specifically to disrupt enemy capabilities. Through a close examination of the evolution of preemptive ...Read more >

This monograph seeks to determine if Chinas military has a uniquely Chinese flavor of operational art when compared to the United States. The study asserts the importance of history, specifically relating to Chinas unique philosophical and military ...Read more >

Combating the Influence of Non-State Organizations Deep Reach: Understanding The Expanded Influence of Violent Non-State Actors and the Methodologies Required To Counter Their Future ...Read more >

Cyberspace is a contested domain. Characteristics of the domain inspire a variety of actors to conduct operations in and through cyberspace. US and foreign government policy officials are focused on creating strategies and norms to reduce current risks through cyberspace to national ...Read more >

In October 2011, the United States Army published doctrine espousing its newest core competencies: Combined Arms Maneuver (CAM) and Wide Area Security (WAS). The use of these terms is neither academic nor arbitrary as they are ...Read more >

To determine why ASEAN failed to reach consensus required answering four interrelated questions. First, what is the strategic importance of the South China Sea? The importance of the South China Sea lies both in its resource potential and its location on a major sea ...Read more >

Army Doctrine 2015 depicts the Army as a profession consisting of two sub-professions: the Army Profession of Arms and the Army Civil Corps. This all-inclusive model of the Army as a profession is ahistorical and begs the question why Army leaders adopted ...Read more >

What utility does ancient military history have for the development of modern theories of warfare? This monograph discusses the development of theory from ancient history by examining the theories and writings of United States Air Force Colonel (retired) John ...Read more >

Bangladesh is a small state of South Asia. Like any other small states, Bangladesh also strives to maintain her most two important security interests, those are: territorial integrity, and political ...Read more >

The internal staff structure within division and corps headquarters is not designed to achieve its purpose in the current environment. The first section details the unchanging fundamental principles and the change in context from that which originally drove the current headquarters design during World War I to the current ...Read more >

The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) was established to serve as the primary organization in the U.S. Government for the integration, sharing, and analysis of all terrorism and counterterrorism ...Read more >

This dire warning by Leon Panetta, current US Secretary of Defense and former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, seems to sum up a grim new reality. Mainstream media coverage merely echoes what top military and intelligence officials appear to agree on: we have entered a new era of global ...Read more >

In distributed warfare, warfighters operate in remote and austere environments with limited support from outside. In such situations, each team has to take care of its own safety and security. For operations that last over several days, even the most highly trained teams are vulnerable to fatigue, leading to a loss of focus during long periods of boring activities such as night ...Read more >