Small Wars Journal

The Modern War Institute

BIO

The Modern War Institute (MWI) is a research center at West Point devoted to the rigorous study of contemporary conflict by convening interdisciplinary panels and speaker forums, providing rigorous policy-relevant research, and educating our future leaders on how to win on the modern battlefield.

Articles by this Author

Getting Beyond Door Kicking: Four Tasks for Urban Warriors Tue, 09/18/2018 - 8:42am
Humanitarian War Is an Oxymoron, So Why Do We Keep Doing It? Tue, 09/11/2018 - 9:53am
Six Months in Afghanistan: A Progress Report from the 1st SFAB’s Inaugural Deployment Thu, 08/23/2018 - 9:58am
Buying Victory: Money as a Weapon on the Battlefields of Today and Tomorrow Tue, 07/03/2018 - 4:17pm
Rule of Law in the Gray Zone Mon, 07/02/2018 - 7:12am
We Crowd-Sourced Your Thoughts on the Challenges of Urban Warfare. Here’s What You Said. Sat, 06/30/2018 - 12:51am
From Guerrilla to Maneuver Warfare: A Look at the Taliban’s Growing Combat Capability Wed, 06/06/2018 - 9:13pm
Beyond SFABs: Getting the Most Out of the Army's Planned Higher-Echelon Advisory Units Fri, 04/06/2018 - 9:26am
Yes, Unfortunately, Sometimes Militaries Must “Destroy the Town to Save It” Tue, 02/06/2018 - 10:43pm
A Better Approach to Urban Operations: Treat Cities like Human Bodies Wed, 09/13/2017 - 10:05am
Book Review - "In the Warlords’ Shadow: Special Operations Forces, the Afghans, and Their Fight Against the Taliban" Tue, 09/12/2017 - 6:47am
Fixing the Way the Army Trains for Urban Warfare Tue, 07/18/2017 - 9:23am
Objective Metropolis: The Future of Dense Urban Operational Environments Fri, 06/02/2017 - 10:28am
Broken and Unreadable: Our Unbearable Aversion to Doctrine Thu, 05/18/2017 - 7:50am
The Adviser's Dilemma: Endemic Challenges and Unrealized Opportunities in the Training Mission in Afghanistan Wed, 05/17/2017 - 9:25am
So You Think the Army Can Avoid Fighting in Megacities Tue, 05/16/2017 - 8:04am
Book Excerpt: Crisis, Agency, and Law in US Civil-Military Relations Sun, 05/14/2017 - 1:35am
Multi-domain Battle and the Masks of War: Why It’s Time to Eliminate the Independent Services Thu, 05/11/2017 - 8:54am
Concrete Barriers: A False Counterinsurgency Idol Thu, 03/23/2017 - 7:10pm
Balancing Force Modernization and the Most Likely Future Wars We’ll be Fighting Wed, 03/22/2017 - 4:07am