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A New Way Forward for NATO Strategy in Afghanistan?
by Peter J. Munson

Blog post | May 21, 2012 06:17 AM | Comments(3)

The Center for National Policy offers a report on a new way ahead.

Strategic Implications for the Army in the Post-2012 Election Environment
by Douglas Macgregor

Blog post | May 18, 2012 05:09 AM | Comments(1)

COL Doug Macgregor (Ret) presented this well-received brief to ILE students at Ft Lee.

Clausewitz and the Non-State Actor: A Contemporary Application of the Paradoxical Trinity to Countering Terrorism
by Judd C. Floris

Journal Article | May 15, 2012 04:52 AM | Comments(7)

Clausewitz and non-state actors - a combination that surely won't produce any disagreements, will it?

War and Words: The Menace of Meaning
by Mehar Omar Khan

Journal Article | May 9, 2012 04:41 AM | Comments(1)

An erudite lesson on words and COIN from a Pakistani officer.

The FY13 Defense Budget and the New Strategy-Reality Gap
by Peter J. Munson

Blog post | May 5, 2012 08:06 AM | Comments(1)

Cordesman lambasts the lack of strategic reality in the defense budget.

Five Questions for America to Answer about Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, and Nation Building at Home
by Karl Slaikeu and Faieq Zarif

Journal Article | April 23, 2012 04:42 AM | Comments(3)

Five very intricate questions as to how we should look at the challenges at hand.

Disruptive Thinkers: The Disruptive Poets Society
by Grant Martin

Journal Article | April 18, 2012 04:59 AM | Comments(11)

  How The Dead Poets Society Advocated Disruptive Thinkers, Why DoD Shouldn't Encourage More Disruptive Thinkers, and 10 Principles for Those That do Think Disruptively

Echoes of the End of the Raj?
by Peter J. Munson

Blog post | April 17, 2012 08:26 AM | Comments(4)

Is America echoing the British experience?

The Strategic and Operational Dynamics of Limited War
by Adam Elkus

Journal Article | April 17, 2012 04:41 AM | Comments(0)

We must limit the ends we seek in these times.  Does that mean we can't remake the world?

Why Operational Access is No Revolution
by Peter J. Munson

Blog post | April 3, 2012 08:05 PM | Comments(3)

There is nothing new under the sun.  Anti-access/area denial is no exception.

Creative Thinking: Linking Environment, Vision, Change, and Strategy
by Dan McCauley

Journal Article | March 29, 2012 04:59 AM | Comments(5)

Dan McCauley argues that the unimaginative 2012 Strategic Defense Guidance calls for some creative thinking.

Bringing Real Life to American Strategy in Afghanistan
by Christopher Bassford

Journal Article | March 3, 2012 11:26 AM | Comments(45)

Christopher Bassford offers a saucy counterpoint to the Cordesman suggestion that we continue to muddle through in Afghanistan.

Cordesman Announces Death of a Strategy in Afghanistan
by Peter J. Munson

Blog post | February 28, 2012 07:52 PM | Comments(7)

CSIS's Anthony Cordesman announces the death of the strategy commenced upon under Gen McChrystal.

Strategic Thinking: Providing the Competitive Edge
by Dan McCauley

Journal Article | February 11, 2012 08:11 AM | Comments(13)

Dan McCauley urges us to consider strategic thinking and apply it in considering our complex problems.

Defense Strategy and Military Planning for an Era of Persistent Conflict
by Robert Tomes

Journal Article | January 26, 2012 06:17 AM | Comments(8)

American defense planners must consider what an era of persistent conflict will require of them.  Will the dictates of the Powell Doctrine or the imperatives of "human security" win...