Military Design Update

Frequent SWJ contributing author Ben Zweibelson has two military design articles out recently, as design continues to become an international affair. Ben has an article on the problems of traditional campaign planning where he uses the Johnny Cash song, “One Piece at a Time” to discuss planning pitfalls. The British “Defence Studies Journal” through Taylor and Francis published that article on December 14, 2015 here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14702436.2015.1113667. 

Ben also has a design article on the Royal Netherlands Army and their development of their design program in 2014 for their military education as well as strategic think tank applications. The Dutch "Atlantisch Perspectief” Journal, normally in Dutch and German language, will publish an all-English issue on December 15, 2015 at this link: http://www.atlcom.nl/media/nieuw/

Small Wars Journal is delighted to see the progression of design discussion become a true international affair for the military profession. While SWJ has published design articles as early as 2006 with regular contributions by design theorists such as Dr. Christopher Paparone, LTC Grant Martin, and Ben Zweibelson, design continues to expand into other military markets and disciplines.

Ben Zweibelson is a doctoral candidate with the Australian National University where he is pursuing a design focused degree in philosophy. He is adjunct faculty at USSOCOM’s Joint Special Operations University in Tampa, Florida where Ben teaches design theory. Ben is a recently retired US Army Infantry Officer with over 22 years of combined service including multiple combat tours in Iraq and Afghanistan.