Once sealed off from the rest of the world during the Soviet times, the states of Central Asia today... more

The annual Conference on the Chinese People s Liberation Army (PLA) took place at the U.S. Army War College (USAWC), in...... more

History provides numerous examples of leaders who failed at some point in their career, yet went on ... more

The War for American Independence was a complex, unconventional, and violent political struggle for the loyalty and...... more

The USS Liberty was an unarmed electronic intelligence gathering naval vessel patrolling in internat... more

Truman s decision to use nuclear weapons to end the War in the Pacific is the subject of much debate. The purpose of...... more

During the Civil War some of the earliest examples of joint operations in American Military history were undertaken...... more

of law and security that has triggered a war with organized crime. This war has involved all sectors of society and has...... more

The term "hollow army" became a part of the American political vocabulary more than 30 years ago, in... more

Remarkably ambitious in its audacity and scope, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) irre... more

During the past 2 decades, two interrelated security threats have emerged that Western democracies w... more

These papers represent the first in a series of papers taken from the Strategic Studies Institute’s ... more

This monograph describes strategic trends in cultural change and identity formation in the 21st cent... more

This monograph examines the strategic importance of Egypt for the United States by exploring Egypt’s... more

Disrupting, dismantling, and ultimately defeating al-Qaeda based and inspired terrorism is a declare... more

Permissible and Impermissible Coercion The Laws of War: Human Rights for Settings of Violence Personal Responsibility for...... more

equally green Confederate army in April 1862, the outcome of the Civil War was still very much in doubt. For two of the most...... more